mathewcook 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Photo taken on Oahu, Hawaii's North Shore. Thanks for comments and critiques. Link to comment
cathy hennessy 0 Posted March 15, 2007 No matter how you tweaked it, it is still a nicely composed shot. The color enhancements make it just that much more intriguing. Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted March 15, 2007 Wonderful Landscape image, great light here and very great composition and colors Wishing you all of the best Link to comment
kmuru 0 Posted March 15, 2007 lovely capture. u've done a wonderful job with a landscape shot in the horizontal format. very inspiring too. cheers Link to comment
bony_chow1 0 Posted March 15, 2007 i like the color~ and the clouds too~ where is it? it seems by a beach? Link to comment
will king 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Matthew, Wow, you really caught a magical scene. Very dramatic light. In my opinion, the composition could have been improved by not centering the sun and the horizon in the middle. Link to comment
nokiah 0 Posted March 15, 2007 beautiful shot, and i know it breaks the rule of thirds, and that you shouldn't have the horizon in the middle, but for some reason, in my opinion, i find that regardless of all that it works perfectly in this shot. I'm not exactly sure how much you boosted the saturation in this (if you did), but it's just on the edge of reality, so it works. Noah Link to comment
bbphoto123 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Fantastic shot! I love the reflection of the colors in the water! Beautiful! Link to comment
mathewcook 0 Posted March 16, 2007 Thanks to everyone who has commented on this photo. I brought out some highlites in the ocean and the rocks, but didn't tweak the saturation much at all, it was a spectacular sunset. I do realize I broke the rules, but I couldn't bear to lose any more sky, or any more foreground as this was as wide as my 17-40 would go without showing my grad ND filters. Thanks again for all the feedback. Cheers, -Mathew Cook- Link to comment
fergi 0 Posted March 16, 2007 Mathew- Great work here. I would not change the capture at all, as the rule of thirds demands to be broken on a sight like this. I like the softness of the waves but the red of the sunset is phenomenal. You are my new favorite red sunset photog. Thanks for sharing. fergi Link to comment
marcadamus 1 Posted March 16, 2007 Some very impressive reds here, and the water does a great job holding that strong color which I would say is borderline over-the-top, but most are going to like it that way. I personally would have prefered a more dynamic range of exposure without the complete shadows at lower-right. Just a hint of detail in there would make for a more balanced composition IMO, but a minor point. The sunset sky and sea alone are rarely enough for me, being such a widely used subject. Additionally, the 'rule' of thirds, is absolutely not a rule, but rather a suggestion that will more often that not benifit a composition, but simply cannot be applied best in every single case. Link to comment
mehrashk 0 Posted March 17, 2007 When I saw this photo, I was shocked. The reflections on the water have made this photo stunning. Undoubtedly this is one the best photoes I have seen on internet. I can feel anger and tenderness of the nature in this picture together. Link to comment
depanti 0 Posted March 17, 2007 really2 great picture.. superb composition and moment... this is amazing pict Link to comment
jseah 0 Posted March 18, 2007 Simply breathtaking! Brings out the tropics, and blends it into the sea..if there were possible! Link to comment
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