OOYCZ 4 - Silhouettes from Pawley's Island, SC

sapphire73

I was in Pawley's Island for a few days and had a chance to capture a few silhouettes. Have done a quick processing to get input before looking more thoroughly through the photos I captured.

The last photo was taken when my son and I were both on the beach trying to capture the moonlight dancing on the water. When he turned to capture Myrtle Beach in the distance, I took a few photos of his silhouette. I was bracketing my exposures and found that I had captured some movement on the longest ones.

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May be able to add a few more options tonight or tomorrow - where the silhouette is more distinct.

Thanks,
Gretchen

jwear

I would say the first one with a tight crop for the roof and sky would work better for the theme , but I am still working on it to understand .

tinamarie52

I like the first one in B&W. I would crop some space from the right side to put it more into the Rule of Thirds. You may need to take a bit of the top , too.

Chris

sapphire73

Thank you for the input! Here are a few more silhouettes from my trip to Pawley's Island:

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grandmaR

This gave me such a feeling of nostalgia (I've been to Pawley's Island). I do like the last one of your son. And while sunsets are really good ways to get silhouettes, I would prefer 5a which has some color but not too much.

sapphire73

One more for consideration...

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kdotaylor

I like that last one, as you can see the weather vane. How about a shot just of the weather vane?

sapphire73

Thanks for the input, Kate, GrandmaR, Chris, and Jeff.

I may get a chance to reprocess #1 a bit. I tried cropping #1 a bit differently and didn't like the result but may get a chance to reprocess it.

Kate, I am back home in PA now, so no opportunity to try something else on Pawley's Island. A tighter "shot" of the weather vane would mean significant cropping. I do like that last one for its simplicity.

The silhouette of my son is somewhat "lost" in overall scene but I am still drawn to it.

Fun challenge!

Gretchen

jwear

Now remember this is not my thing but everyone has an opinion so #3 the close up version on 6 I would really like .( 6 with a close up crop ) On 7 my eye goes right to the blue bars and not the shot other than that I like it

Kinkajou

I'm going to be the oddball here (this always happens lol) and vote for #5. To me, in the ones with the structure and the tree line, the structure gets lost in the tree line. With the structure next to the large tree in #5, it still happens a bit, but to a lesser extent. In this case, it works a little bit better because of the clear contrast in form (organic of tree vs strong lines of the structure). I do love your processing on these, especially the BW. Beautiful!

sapphire73

Thank you for the input! We've been away (in Dawson Creek, BC). Hoping to get home in time to enter one if these.

sapphire73

Two more variations for your consideration:

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