Seashores

[sdwilsonsct]

I hardly ever see the seashore, so I have almost no idea what I´m doing. 
Feedback welcome, thanks for looking.

[PeterAit]

Very nice, what a spot! You have nicely captured the beauty and drama without succumbing to the temptation to overprocess. Where is this?

[francois]

This is Iceland… Very nice and dramatic shots. Looks like the weather was perfect for photography!

[Paulo Bizarro]

I really like #1, truly rugged seascape.

[stamper]

#1 looks over sharp to me but a nice composition. #3 is very nice. The best of the 3.

[sdwilsonsct]

Thanks! Yes, Iceland.
1 is the western tip of Snaefellsnes.
2 is the beach near the glacier pool, Jökulsarlón.
3 is the south coast seen from Dyrhólaey.

I agree 1 is a bit crunchy. HDR to capture the range of black rock and bright surf. I´ll look into toning it down.

[thierrylegros396]

#1 looks over sharp to me but a nice composition. #3 is very nice. The best of the 3.

+1 for me too!

Thierry

[polaris-14]

I think #1 would be amazing in long exposure. Like many said, it's a great composition. I would love to be there.

[Rajan Parrikar]

Thanks! Yes, Iceland.
1 is the western tip of Snaefellsnes.

Skálasnagi. Tremendous location, especially when the weather is rough.

[sdwilsonsct]

Polaris, I took a ND filter along on the trip but the wind was generally strong to very strong, so there were a lot of hand-held shots at high speed. I have no idea what my colleagues with tripods were doing.

[Kerry L]

Polaris, I took a ND filter along on the trip but the wind was generally strong to very strong, so there were a lot of hand-held shots at high speed. I have no idea what my colleagues with tripods were doing.

All very nice Scott. For me #2 is #1!

I think that #1 would be much better as you took it rather than with an ND & a slow shutter. It's the energy of the crashing of the waves that makes this for me. Slow silky water has it's place but that's not here.

Well done I hope that there's more to come.

[graeme]

#2 for me - very atmospheric. The pylons disappearing into the distance make it for me - I wonder what they lead to.

Also like #3.

Thanks for sharing.

Graeme

[sdwilsonsct]

Kerry, Graeme: thank you.

Like everyone else with a camera here, I spent hours shooting icebergs from many angles, distances, settings. But in the end, this final snapshot of the big picture seemed to tell the story best of all.

[Jeevz]

All very nice Scott. For me #2 is #1!

I think that #1 would be much better as you took it rather than with an ND & a slow shutter. It's the energy of the crashing of the waves that makes this for me. Slow silky water has it's place but that's not here.

Well done I hope that there's more to come.

I agree that I don't think that a super long exposure would show the energy as much.
But I would quite like a 1/4 - 1" exposure as well to show some of the movement of the waves without creating that silky water.

Also I agree that it looks a bit oversharpened.

Nice shots though! awesome locations.