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    Beach boats & seagulls!(warning may be a large load!!)

    Went out this morning for a walk with my dog... What do you guys think??













    Thanks for looking!!

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    Re: Beach boats & seagulls!(warning may be a large load!!)

    #1. I can't find too much to complain about. Nicely centered.
    #2. The horizon needs to be straightened, and I'd crop a little more off the right--you've got half a gull there.
    #3. This has the possibility for an outstanding shot. It looks like you have a dust speck just to the left of the cab. The sun and the reflection on the water looks a tad blown out. I like your choice of b & w, though.
    #4. Another excellent shot, but the horizon's a problem again, and we have lens flare.
    #5. Just right. The water level on the right side of the boat seems a little higher than on the left. ??
    #6. I think you could crop out the left side past the outer band of the rainbow. The way it stands, right now the faded color looks more like an aberration in the lens.

    All in all, nice captures.
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    Re: Beach boats & seagulls!(warning may be a large load!!)

    Thanks for the help. Will try and patch some of the iritating lens glares and dust! thanks for letting me know that they are there!!

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    Re: Beach boats & seagulls!(warning may be a large load!!)

    I like the last two especially the boat though I can't for the life of me figure out why the water is higher on the right than the left.
    Some crop on the rainbow, as John suggested, should help.
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    Re: Beach boats & seagulls!(warning may be a large load!!)

    Personally, I think #1 is too well centered. Considering the gulls are looking to the right, there should be more room on the right and less to the left. It's a little more eye pleasing if things aren't too centered. This goes back to "the rule of thirds".
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    Re: Beach boats & seagulls!(warning may be a large load!!)

    They're all very clear and clean. The first two are more a study of the birds. The pix aren't revolutionary but they don't need to be - they're crisp, clear-cut, OK shots. # 2 is titled a bit, but you can fix that easily.

    # 3 and # 4 are artistic, fun shots. They are good, though not quite over the top to the excellent category, for the bulldozer seems too centered and the text on the boat isn't really easily readable or so interesting to merit the emphasis you gave it (but perhaps I'm missing the pt?). It is also tilted a bit.

    The fifth is OK but a bit straight-forward. The sixth is very pretty. I wonder if a polarizer would have added much. I would darken the sky a bit with PS or whatever.

    In all, some good shots. They all are close to moving up to the next level but require a bit more. Just my opin, anyways

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