Ocean Wave

[dennylee60]

Hello all,
GB1 asked me to post this for critique. Any thoughts?

[Loupey]

I'm not sure what to make of this one. It has to do with the houses.

I understand that it adds size perspective to the wave. But it is obscured a little too much for my taste. Generally, when I shoot scenics with evidence of civilization, I make sure that it is deliberate and emphasize its presence. Otherwise, I omit it altogether. In this case, its presence is "undecided".

It may not have been possible at the time but a lower shooting angle would seem ideal. Near the waterline with something else (flying birds, etc) to show scale. Just don't get washed out to sea!

[gahspidy]

I have no problem with the house(s) or cars up in the scene, and they are quite diffused and blurred as well. but Loupeys points about it are valid and , of course, it's a matter of opinion. i like the scene, but felt something was not quite working. after viewing it for some time I come to feel that if you crop out the orange rock in the foreground completely, the image is much better composed and i prefer the aspect ratio resulting.

[dennylee60]

Gary,
Thanks for the suggestion. I wll try cropping or cloning out the rock.

Loupey,
I was also torn about the houses and the cars. I wanted to show how high the wave was and so I could not shoot around the houses. I tried cropping them out but it just did not look right.

Denny

[drg]

I am getting a bad image??? Very pixellated, is this a hosting problem? I'll check back later. The photo from I'm seeing has some real interesting potential, but I'm hesitant to comment on a couple of facets because it doesn't look right.

[dennylee60]

Drg,
Try this one. I resized it and it should be less distorted.

[swmdrayfan]

Denny, I like this shot, and I'd also go with cropping out the foreground rock. As far as the houses and cars go, they give added scale to the shot, so I wouldn't worry too much about that. Some things you can't avoid.
John

[drg]

Thanks,

I was using a notebook the other day as well and I was having several probelms.

I like the photograph overall with two suggestions:
It needs the color enhanced (curve or saturation increase) just a bit and I believe that cropping off everything above the cliff would greatly enhance this seascape.

The lower 90% is well composed with three different elements (foggy/seaspray rocks, the foreground of light color which provides a base and the ocean.

The other option might be to crop the lower foreground quite a lot to let the sea be the lower part and right corner of the photo. That way you'd enhance the foggy houses in terms of their contribution to the overall photo and have a good cliff shot. This would fit well with the title as then the waves breaking are more prevalent.

Hope some of this might be helpful.

I like this photo quite a bit, just would tweak it one way or the other to really make it work!

[dennylee60]

dr g
Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I tried enhancing the color and balance earlier but did not get too far. I think I will have to break out the Photoshop Elements manual and start learning to do stuff.

Denny