Rialto Beach

[David Eckels]

The distant sea-stacks have been seen in many images, but I didn't want to walk that far!

[francois]

Stunning composition and great colors.
I really love it.

[David Eckels]

Thank you for your generous comments, Francois. I am having fun working through these images from late October-early Nov.

[armand]

I like the composition, and the foreground is quite appealing. The ocean and the distant rocks seems to be a little off color wise as far as I can get from the jpg, maybe too much turquoise?

[degrub]

the water is that colour from my visits.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Nice one.

[David Eckels]

...maybe too much turquoise?

Aahh, Armand, je suis artiste! Yes, I take license Thanks for the comments.
But seriously, the reason I shifted the hues just a bit was to bring some separation in the water, stacks, and sky. Having said that, I was saturating those hues already present though not coming out sufficiently to my eye. What I really appreciate in addition to comments, is the amazing ability so many on LuLa have to detect subtleties of tone and hue; I always learn from these. I was going for a mood, je ne sai quoi, so I do take liberties; realities are much too banal, though concerning. Sorry for the bloviation

[Mark Nadler]

I love the image and how you developed it.  I think you have a bit too much foreground. 

mark

[francois]

How can we have too much turquoise? Just kidding, of course...
I like the colors or more precisely the color combination. It may not reflect the reality (I really don't know) but nevertheless  I find them pleasing.

[David Eckels]

Francois, you raise a good point. What is reality? I really don't know either. To your and Mark's points, when we came to this beach it seemed vast, probably at least two miles to the stacks from where we were standing. The dominant feature was the beach with the little rocks you see and the waves breaking gently on the shore. The headlands, if that's what they are, were far away, at least further than I wanted walk in the sand. So, the image reflects that reality, at least as far as I can interpret it. I wasn't going for documentation; I try to avoid it in fact with varied success. I was going for pleasing or peaceful, which governed my color choices. Hope these thoughts are pertinent.

Thank you for the comments and discussion.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

...maybe too much turquoise?

That doesn't bother me... but too much dirty-looking foreground does.

[francois]

Francois, you raise a good point. What is reality? I really don't know either. To your and Mark's points, when we came to this beach it seemed vast, probably at least two miles to the stacks from where we were standing. The dominant feature was the beach with the little rocks you see and the waves breaking gently on the shore. The headlands, if that's what they are, were far away, at least further than I wanted walk in the sand. So, the image reflects that reality, at least as far as I can interpret it. I wasn't going for documentation; I try to avoid it in fact with varied success. I was going for pleasing or peaceful, which governed my color choices. Hope these thoughts are pertinent.

Thank you for the comments and discussion.

Thank you for taking the time to provide more context... As I said above, I really like it a lot.

[David Eckels]

but too much dirty-looking foreground does.

Those are called earth tones, Slobodan

As I said above, I really like it a lot.

Thank you, Francois, appreciate it.

[MattBurt]

Nice image. I like the scattered rocks in the foreground. It could be a nice shot with less foreground too, I think.