Three from Bolzen

[Diego Pigozzo]

Taken last weekend in Bolzen

[stamper]

I don't see what you "saw" in the first one. The highlights are annoying. However the second and third are worth looking at. Perhaps a crop at the top of the second one? I like the shallow depth of field in the third one.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Gosh! Normally I find myself agreeing with almost all of Stamper's comments, but not this time.
My initial reaction (before I read his post) was: "Wow! I wish I'd taken that first one! The other two are pretty nice, too."

I guess it just confirms that it's "different strokes for different folks."

-Eric

P.S. I do a lot of shooting on a sandy beach at low tide of backlit sand forms with sparkly highlights from the sun, so I'm a bit prejudiced.

[Jeremy Roussak]

Gosh! Normally I find myself agreeing with almost all of Stamper's comments, but not this time.
My initial reaction (before I read his post) was: "Wow! I wish I'd taken that first one! The other two are pretty nice, too."

I agree with all of that! I really like the first one, save only for the loss of focus in the upper part. The others are OK, but they don't stir me anywhere near as much.

Jeremy

[sdwilsonsct]

I agree with all of that!

Yes, #1 turns my crank.

[Rajan Parrikar]

#1 is very good.

[Diego Pigozzo]

I don't see what you "saw" in the first one.

What struck me when I shot the first one was both the blinding light of the sun and the smooth tonality and texture of the sand.
During post-processing I end up with this quite dark rendering, which I think influenced me for the other twos (because I applied to them the same post-processing of the first one).

As Eric said, this just means we have different tastes .



That said, thanks all you guys for the comments: they are really appreciated

[davidh202]

I really like #1 also.
I experimented with a horizontal crop of the central portion only,leaving a slight nub of the upper shoreline inat the right top, which accentuates the rays of the sun reflections almost appearing as Sea Urchin spines.Makes for an interesting abstract.

[Diego Pigozzo]

I really like #1 also.
I experimented with a horizontal crop of the central portion only,leaving a slight nub of the upper shoreline inat the right top, which accentuates the rays of the sun reflections almost appearing as Sea Urchin spines.Makes for an interesting abstract.

Please, post your experiment: I personally like very much to see how other peoples sees my shots.

[davidh202]

Hi Diego,

This is what I saw in your image .
I also cloned out the sticks and their shadows as they were more noticeable  in the closer view, and sharpened slightly.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Hi Diego,

This is what I saw in your image .
I also cloned out the sticks and their shadows as they were more noticeable  in the closer view, and sharpened slightly.

I like that version even better. I think it is close to what I might have done if I had been there.

Eric

[Diego Pigozzo]

Hi Diego,

This is what I saw in your image .
I also cloned out the sticks and their shadows as they were more noticeable  in the closer view, and sharpened slightly.

I like it, too.
It's more abstract than the original one.
Very well done.

[davidh202]

Thanks Diego,
Glad you liked it!

David