single photos Serene Pacific 1

Looking out into the Pacific Ocean. Comments welcome.

Excellent tones. Nice B&W.

Beautiful - gives me a sense of serenity. The zig-zag pattern of the white water leads my eye into the distance. Congrats

This is a killer shot Kurt. Absolutely love the serenity that emanates from it! Very nicely done. One suggestion for an alternative crop, is to try for a square format, cropping out a good chunk from the sky and the bottom all the way to the first rock.

Thank you all for your comments. Younes, I wanted to try to maintain some balance in the distribution of elements but I'll try lopping off some of the sky and bottom and see what happens.

A very beautiful photo. As written above it evokes serenity

great seascape with lovely tones.congrats.

Hi Kurt,

I didn't mean that this photo needed any cropping, I actually quite like it as it is, I just wondered how it would look cropped...:-)

I really like this composition; the horizontal bands of light and dark, whether they be made of rocks and water or sky and clouds, are great.

Kurt, I'll go with Younes' square crop suggestion. I think it'll produce a superior image. The mass of sky should be minimized as revealing too much sky allows the eye to wander from the rock formation which I am assuming is your subject. A square crop with only a sliver of sky showing above the furthest rock eliminates the problem. There, my neck is now fully extended. Best, LM.

 

Len, be nice to Younes. Actually, I like the idea of square aspect; however, this is roughly the output of my camera, and I always hesitate to crop more than a few percent. Isn't it said that cropping indicates poor framing and execution? As Stephen Penland and others mention, I was composing for alternating bands of rock/water/sky/cloud. You are correct that the entire composition would change with the removal of the sky down to the farthest rock, but imbalance would be introduced. I can attempt this and see what you all think. Thanks.

Kurt, See my comments on your cropped version. Best, LM.