Shoreline

All comments and critiques are appreciated. Thanks.

Very nice. Excellent contrast and clarity. The detail in the rock is excellent.

 

Very well done - 6/6

The B&W conversion looks to be just perfect. I can't tell whether it's due to some newly learned techniques or that the light was so nice - probably both? Nice work.

Thanks J.C. I appreciate your comments.

Julie, thanks and yes on both counts! After Larry and Richards discussion on one of my photos, I decided to do a little learnin'. It does help that the light was perfect too. This is looking away from the sunset after the sun has gone down. The sky was a really nice pink and blue..I should have been shooting the factories at that time, but my dog needed some exercise. I was actually going to leave it as color, but opted for b/w, I think it looks better this way. Thanks

This is an excellent shot, a superb composition with near-perfect light. Lots of lines leading the eye in and out over the horizon to who knows where -- very evocative. I especially like that some of those lines are actually underwater! The underwater rocks at right are wonderful, as is that one complete stone that you managed to keep in the frame toward the top left. The light and dampness on the stones in the foreground also work perfectly, and the light on the posts in the water is beautiful. As someone who's trying to improve his B&W technique himself, I hope you won't be offended if I say this B&W is a big improvement over "Lighthouse Park." There the entire foreground is pretty muddy: here you have a good range of tones. Of course it's the light, but it's not _just_ the light.

Thanks very much Chris. No offense taken at all regarding the Lighthouse Park image, I agree. It's amazing what can be done if you just take a little time to learn how and a little time to implement the techniques. I found in the past I was usually just too lazy, but I see the value in it now. It's funny too as this is another beach I regularly walk my dog at and I'd never before noticed these six parallel pilings in the water until yesterday. Thanks for the comments, much appreciated.

Very impressive composition and perspective, nice tone and detail!

A very good B&W, I like the vertical composition and the wide FOV. Well chosen camera point. I am not sure how much sky is enough here, maybe I would play a bit with the channel mixer for a red filter effect and sacrifice a bit of the sky, because from there doses not come so much interest.

Bond, how did you do your B&W conversion for tihs one? Carsten, are you implying that just looking at the rocks and sky, there seems to be too much blue channel and not enough red? It's true that this shot might work well with quite a dark sky.

Its a guess, the sky doesnt look like red filter or a comparable channel mixer. Would be interesting to see the color version

Awesome photo. This has fantastic tonal range and looks great to me. I think that this is the best shot of your whole portfolio. Well done.

Thanks Clint, but if you think I'm going to pay you for leaving that comment you're sadly mistaken.

Thanks Carsten, I know what you mean about the sky, and I'm sure it would look quite dramatic with a darker tone to it. Usually I think I would gravitate towards doing something ilke that, but for this one, I liked the way it looked being light. Thanks for the comments. I'll post the color version if I get a chance, the only drawback to the color version though are the rocks..they have a brownish green sludge all around them..not too photogenic.

Chris, for the B&W conversion on this one I pretty much followed Larry's suggestions on my other photo. I played around with the values a little in the blending modes..but nothing too complicated or spectacular. I've yet to start messing about with the channel mixer but am looking forward to doing so. Cheers.

This is a classic scene that many people take, but you've done it so very well. I like the tones, the texture of the sharply-angled rocks in the foreground, and how the land on the horizon is just the thinnest of strips, like a border separating sea from sky. The old wooden posts are well-positioned as well. Great job.

Thanks Mark. This image represents one step along a seemingly endless journey of learning black and white conversion techniques in PS. I'm glad you found something of interest in it. Cheers, Bond.