"Beach Bums"

cacee · June 14, 2005

Quick stop in Biloxi, MS. Returning from LA. to
AL. The two little ones first exploration, old sister is an old hand at beach bumming. Comments welcome.

Higgmeister · June 14, 2005

Hi Cacee,
I like the composition and your idea here. I wish you hadn't cut of the front shadow, but it still works. Since there is nothing in the sky, you may want to crop it down to accent the forground more. It's really a sweet shot.

Thanks for sharing,
Chris

Nir · June 14, 2005

What Chris said

Very sweet

cacee · June 14, 2005

Higgmeister wrote:

I like the composition and your idea here. I wish you hadn't cut of the front shadow, but it still works. Since there is nothing in the sky, you may want to crop it down to accent the forground more. It's really a sweet shot.

Thanks for sharing,
Chris

Hi Chris, Thanks for the input, I cropped in PS, I haven't quiet mastered it yet. I can't seem to crop exactly what I want to. I cropped some sky, and beach behind them. Josh's shadow I didn't even notice when I snapped the shot. It was just a moment, not a planned shot. I would appreciate any help with the cropping, if you or anyone can help. Thanks again for the suggestions

cacee · June 14, 2005

Nir wrote:

What Chris said

Very sweet

Thanks Nir, I am glad you took the time to check it out.

Steve Cavigliano · June 14, 2005

Very nice Cace

As mentioned the composition is good and would be improved by cropping out some of the sky. Bringing the farthest child into the upper right "third" If you missed the shadow on the closest child, oh well, maybe next time....lol But, if you just mis-cropped it, you can re-crop it

Thanks for sharing and good to see some pics from Biloxi (spent the longest year of my life there in '69 and '70

) Did they ever rebuild any of those Gulf front hotels?

Steve

Angelo · June 14, 2005

this is really nice. I agree about the cropped shadow but not the sky... there's a balance to this that I like (IMHO)

This shot reminds me of something I can't quite put my finger on... sure is nice.

Rufio220 · June 14, 2005

nice
i love it, totally unexpected. I love it, nice line and 3 and everything.

cacee · June 15, 2005

Steve Cavigliano wrote:

Very nice Cace

As mentioned the composition is good and would be improved by cropping out some of the sky. Bringing the farthest child into the upper right "third" If you missed the shadow on the closest child, oh well, maybe next time....lol But, if you just mis-cropped it, you can re-crop it

Thanks for sharing and good to see some pics from Biloxi (spent the longest year of my life there in '69 and '70 ) Did they ever rebuild any of those Gulf front hotels?

Steve

Hi Steve, Thank you for your input, I tried your suggestion, and here is what I came up with, (if I did it right). As for Biloxi, yes they have rebuilt since the time you were there. Will try to take some shots the next time I'm over that way.

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cacee · June 15, 2005

Angelo wrote:

this is really nice. I agree about the cropped shadow but not the sky... there's a balance to this that I like (IMHO)

This shot reminds me of something I can't quite put my finger on... sure is nice.

Angelo, I tried Steve's suggestion, I like them both. I do hate that I didn't catch the full shadow, wasn't thinking about the photo, but thinking about the kids ...

If you remember what the shot reminds you of, let me know. Thank you for viewing my work, and for your comments.

cacee · June 15, 2005

Rufio220 wrote:

i love it, totally unexpected. I love it, nice line and 3 and everything.

Thank you Rufio, it was totally unexpected, no plans were made to go back along the scenic highway, we usually travel the interstate. The little ones were so amazed, I just started shooting, I got a few keepers.

Higgmeister · June 15, 2005

Hi Cacee
I like this crop better. The original crop made me feel like I was veiwing the scene from a distance where this crop makes me part of the scene. Just my opinion.

Thanks for giving it a try,
Chris