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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: churly on October 01, 2013, 05:47:58 pm

Title: Study on Two Rocks
Post by: churly on October 01, 2013, 05:47:58 pm
Time for Lula and photography have been very limited lately and I'm way behind on viewing.
Here are a couple of recent shots.  Critique always welcome.

Chuck
Title: Re: Study on Two Rocks
Post by: Isaac on October 01, 2013, 07:09:41 pm
I doubt you intended people to choose between them, but otherwise I'd probably be making a comparison to some imagined scene.

The first one -- DSC1755_LM_web2.jpg

I haven't given much thought to why: maybe it's more 'concentrated', maybe it's the strong lines, maybe it's more unusual than a view that shows it's from the beach.
Title: Re: Study on Two Rocks
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 01, 2013, 11:23:20 pm
It's a fine series, Chuck. I like them as a group.
Title: Re: Study on Two Rocks
Post by: Roman Racela on October 02, 2013, 03:08:08 am
I love them all, but #2 is my fave from the group. The rocks look like I can just pick them up!

Great job.
Title: Re: Study on Two Rocks
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on October 02, 2013, 03:45:43 am
I particularly like the first, which seems to me to have just the right shutter speed to capture the movement in the foreground and the breaking wave at the rear. I'd perhaps prefer it with a little more room at the top and the main rock off centre (crop on the right), but that's pickiness.

Jeremy
Title: Re: Study on Two Rocks
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on October 02, 2013, 04:13:57 am
They work very well as a group. Nice series.
Title: Re: Study on Two Rocks
Post by: mattpallante on October 02, 2013, 03:09:07 pm
Well I really like the second image. But I find myself wishing there was a little more image (Water.) on the top edge.

Matt
Title: Re: Study on Two Rocks
Post by: dhancock on October 02, 2013, 04:13:11 pm
I would agree with Matt on both topics.  :D
Title: Re: Study on Two Rocks
Post by: churly on October 02, 2013, 06:12:49 pm
Thanks everyone for your comments. 
It's interesting that several of you wanted more at the top because when I shot these, I deliberately cut that space short trying to decrease the weight of a less dynamic element.  But I agree the result left them top heavy.  They needed that space for balance.

Chuck