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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Fred B on August 04, 2011, 12:51:01 pm

Title: Rays of Light
Post by: Fred B on August 04, 2011, 12:51:01 pm

Hello, new fourm member, Ive been a member of the Canon forum, Fred Miranda, and Texas Photo Forum, now Pixus for some time now and decided to join here also.
Here is a Galveston East Beach sunrise taken 2 weekends ago,
C&C always welcome.

Title: Re: Rays of Light
Post by: Justan on August 04, 2011, 06:01:52 pm

Hi and welcome to the forum! 

The colors are great. I'm torn about the composition. I like it but think I'd like it more if it were possible to shoot only the water, or just a tad of foreground. The combination of the amazing cloudscape and absolutely calm water is an impressionistic delight by itself.

Title: Re: Rays of Light
Post by: francois on August 05, 2011, 02:29:49 am

Welcome on the forum,
I'm with Justan for the dramatic clouds and sky colors... fantastic. Initially, I was not so convinced by the composition but the foreground breaks the symmetry of the image, so I wouldn't remove it (via cropping or cloning).

Title: Re: Rays of Light
Post by: degrub on August 05, 2011, 06:20:43 am

anyone notice the puppy face in the right hand cloud ?

i like the anchor of the rocks in this one.

Title: Re: Rays of Light
Post by: Fred B on August 05, 2011, 06:59:07 am

Thanks folks for the welcome and comments.
The reason I chose this composition is to use the forground rocks as an anchor as stated. I do agree that maybe removing them would be an acceptable composition, but I personally feel the forground gives a bit of bottom framing to the water and reflection so it dosent look as if the water is running off the frame.
Thanks again for the kind welcome and comments.   :)
Always look forward to learning
Fred.