into the sunset . . .

PeterPeter Registered Users Posts: 280 Major grins
edited November 13, 2004 in Wildlife
It was a nice end to our last day at Pismo Beach, CA.
We were lucky to catch the sun considering all the rainy weather in the area.

Setup for a sunset shot and then just waited for the some birds to come into the scene.

The pelicans did a great job co-operating :-)
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Peter

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  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2004
    Very nice colors, nice shot.

    I think I would crop a bit of the dark area from the bottom to bring it into the infamous rule of thirds.
    http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/

  • PeterPeter Registered Users Posts: 280 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2004
    Thanks Greaper . . .

    Never really heard about the infamous rule of thirds . . . :-) . . . but of course I would understand that to reflect on equal balance throughout the picture. Will try your suggestion and see how it looks.

    Nice galleries you have btw . . .

    Peter
  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2004
    Thx,

    For an explaination of the rule of thirds and other composition tips click HERE


    Before you can get away with breaking the rules, you need to know the rules, so they say.
    http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/

  • PeterPeter Registered Users Posts: 280 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2004
    GREAPER wrote:
    Thx,

    For an explaination of the rule of thirds and other composition tips click HERE


    Before you can get away with breaking the rules, you need to know the rules, so they say.
    Thanks Greaper . . . I will check out the link . . .

    I guess I was breaking rules not knowing there were rules . . . and I got it away with . . . unitl now . . . lol

    Peter
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2004
    I agree with Greaps about cropping off a wee bit of the black bottom. But I'd be proud to have that shot to my name. Lovely.
    Sid.
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  • PeterPeter Registered Users Posts: 280 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2004
    Thanks again Greaper and thanks Sid . . . just tried a couple of crops:


    This one I cropped out some of sky and some of the beach:
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    And this one I cropped out just some of the beach:
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    Slight difference on both.

    Thanks again, the comments do help.

    Peter
  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2004
    I like the third one best. They are all great, a shot to be proud of. I think the third one is just more pleasing to my eye, maybe thats why they made it a rule?
    http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/

  • PeterPeter Registered Users Posts: 280 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2004
    Thanks . . . :-)

    I will be sure to read up on some more rules deal.gif . . . since in this case, it did make the picture more balanced . . .

    Appreciate the feedback. thumb.gif

    Peter
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,948 moderator
    edited November 12, 2004
    These are all great shots. But I do think the third one is my favorite.

    Ian
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  • snapapplesnapapple Registered Users Posts: 2,093 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2004
    Peter, I have been enjoying all of your landscapes. I'm a landscape person too. I like that one with the chair on the beach with no one sitting in it. The composition is so great. And the chair calls to me. This is a very cool sunset too. Love the birds. thumb.gif
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  • PeterPeter Registered Users Posts: 280 Major grins
    edited November 13, 2004
    Thanks Ian and Snappy :-) < - - - still looking for a simply smilie :-)

    Waited for a long for birds to come into the scene just the right way Snappy. I was quite happy when I saw the string of them gliding towards the sunset and into the camera frame :-)

    Peter

    snapapple wrote:
    Peter, I have been enjoying all of your landscapes. I'm a landscape person too. I like that one with the chair on the beach with no one sitting in it. The composition is so great. And the chair calls to me. This is a very cool sunset too. Love the birds. <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6029383/emoji/thumb.gif&quot; border="0" alt="" >
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