More from Marblehead - harbor and beach

eoren1

Had a chance to shoot around town today for future entries on my blog. Light was just getting nice with some great sky replacing dull clouds. I'm still in HDR-mode but hope these come out as solid landscapes. Greatly appreciate your thoughts before they get posted on the blog!
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1. In the harbor


2. Rays


3. At the beach


4. Fort Sewell


5. Blue - can't decide if I like this one or not:dunno

ashrugged

nice series
#2 is exceptional.

hawkeye978

Like #2 and 3. There is some great color in the rocks in #3. You may want to try and darken them slightly to see if those colors pop out.

eoren1

Thank you both - appreciate the comments
I'll work on bringing up the blacks and contrast a bit more on 3 Tom

grimace

ashrugged wrote: »

#2 is exceptional.

I agree. Nice work.

eoren1

Thanks Adam! Haven't seen that monkey with lipstick in a while...

Toonartist

Excellent series, especially #2!

ront

Very nice series with #2 being a real standout for me also!!

There does seem to be some halo around the trees on the left side of the picture in #1.

Ron

eoren1

Thanks Duncan and Ron
I'll take another look at the first on my monitor at home. I'm usually very careful when it comes to those darn halos but I'm sure I've let a few through...
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Stash

#2 is outstanding!

snowman1

Very nice, realy like #2 also



Doug



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starcluster

Your #1 Shot needs better composition..
#2 the sun rays are interesting

3&4&5 also needs better composition

Nice Try

eoren1

starcluster wrote: »

Your #1 Shot needs better composition..
#2 the sun rays are interesting

3&4&5 also needs better composition

Nice Try

Appreciate your taking the time to view and comment but would you mind offering some more constructive criticism than 'needs better composition'? What is it about the compositions that needs improvement? Crop, angle...

I do sincerely appreciate everyone that takes the time to comment on my images and am always looking for constructive critiques to improve my shots.

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hawkeye978

E,

I've been looking at #4 and I was thinking about some alternate crops. The first would be a sort of pano. The top of the crop would be the top of the white wall and then include just some of the grass in front. That would bring attention to the doors and wall along with the shadows on the right.

My second thought would be a tighter crop concentrating on the right hand set of doors. Again the top would be the top of the white wall, but the left side would be just to the left of the tree. Then include some of the grass to balance. You then concentrate on the details and shadows on the doors.

Just a thought....

eoren1

hawkeye978 wrote: »

E,

I've been looking at #4 and I was thinking about some alternate crops. The first would be a sort of pano. The top of the crop would be the top of the white wall and then include just some of the grass in front. That would bring attention to the doors and wall along with the shadows on the right.

My second thought would be a tighter crop concentrating on the right hand set of doors. Again the top would be the top of the white wall, but the left side would be just to the left of the tree. Then include some of the grass to balance. You then concentrate on the details and shadows on the doors.

Just a thought....

Thanks Tom
I have taken shots of those red doors from various angles and have been unhappy with all but one to date
I stopped here briefly before heading up the steps to shoot #2 and concentrated mostly on including that sun draped patch of grass. Tried portrait orientation to include all of the tree but it has few leaves so it didn't quite 'work'. Had a bit wider landscape as well that I cropped to get this. I'll give your ideas a shot when I get there again. I might have to recruit you to come down to shoot with me though
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And the one shot I like of the doors: