Sunset - Carmel River Beach

StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
edited September 11, 2014 in Landscapes
This is a hidden gem of a place, teeming with wildlife and truly has the white sandy beach and in the morning nice turquoise water as well. I think I got some good light today. I used soft-grad filter and nothing else.

All feedback and criticism is cherished!

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Comments

  • bocoboco Registered Users Posts: 710 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2014
    mooie beelden, al ben ik geen liefhebber van die trage sluitertijden bij water.
    grt,boco.
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  • lifeinfocuslifeinfocus Registered Users Posts: 1,461 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2014
    #2 and #4 are my favorites. Color me old fashioned, but landscape view of this type scene seems to be best fit.

    Been a long time since I was there - great memories.

    Phil
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    Phil
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2014
    boco wrote: »
    mooie beelden, al ben ik geen liefhebber van die trage sluitertijden bij water.
    grt,boco.

    Thanks Boco ! Veel waardering voor de feedback ! Er was geen opzettelijke poging om lange belichtingstijden te doen. Slechts weinig licht maken ongeveer 2 seconde lange belichtingstijden . Soms blurr draagt ​​bij aan het, someties het niet. Cheers !
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2014
    lifeinfocus wrote: »
    #2 and #4 are my favorites. Color me old fashioned, but landscape view of this type scene seems to be best fit.

    Been a long time since I was there - great memories.

    Phil

    Thanks Phil! Glad it brought back memories for you! Always appreciate your feedback!

    I lean towards landscapes too. Sometime portrait works as well. Here the intention was to create leading line towards the sun using it s reflection as well elements lining up to point towards it. Also attempt was to make the highlights in very near foreground more prominent, such as in #6. I hedged bets on some of them....so did both! Cheers!
  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2014
    #2 is well done and I likes.

    #6 If you crop off the bottom I think it really looks great.

    #7 With some additional selective processing, and adding orange to the sky looks much better.

    Just my muddled thoughts.

    Sam
    www.samlinvillephotography.com
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2014
    Sam wrote: »
    #2 is well done and I likes.

    #6 If you crop off the bottom I think it really looks great.

    #7 With some additional selective processing, and adding orange to the sky looks much better.

    Just my muddled thoughts.

    Sam

    Thanks Sam! Valuable info as always!bowdown.gif I agree with your diagnosis for #6. Point I made to Phil was that I wanted to bring the highlight in the foreground out, but heavy bottom is not letting it happen. So will work on that. For #7, it was last minute before sun went out, and I didn't try to crank up sat on anything, but I will try that too! Cheers!!
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited September 8, 2014
    Sam wrote: »
    #2 is well done and I likes.

    #6 If you crop off the bottom I think it really looks great.

    #7 With some additional selective processing, and adding orange to the sky looks much better.

    Just my muddled thoughts.

    Sam

    Here is the re-work

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    Thanks!
  • WirenWiren Registered Users Posts: 741 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2014
    #6 re-worked is the strongest here in my opinion.... Heading to the beach myself this week... i'll try to bring something passable back to share.

    Lee
    Lee Wiren
  • EvanThomasEvanThomas Registered Users Posts: 82 Big grins
    edited September 11, 2014
    I really like that #7 re-work! :)
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  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited September 11, 2014
    I think they are both definitely improved. clap.gif

    Sam
    www.samlinvillephotography.com
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited September 11, 2014
    Wiren wrote: »
    #6 re-worked is the strongest here in my opinion.... Heading to the beach myself this week... i'll try to bring something passable back to share.

    Lee

    Thanks Lee!
    EvanThomas wrote: »
    I really like that #7 re-work! :)

    Thanks Evan! Pays to listen to the Wizard! ;o)
    Sam wrote: »
    I think they are both definitely improved. clap.gif

    Sam

    Thanks Sam!bowdown.gif
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