Sea Breeze

I'll finally throw my hat in. When I took this I had the plants

centered, but I cropped the bottom and right sides to give a horizon

and maybe movement. Comments? Thanks.

I like the left / right placement. It's more dynamic than I think you may have had it before, but I'd put a little bit back on the bottom. . . . about the same space as the top left leaf to the top edge.

 

The curved lines are nice . . and I always admire photographers who take something intrinsically ugly and make something harmonious out of it.

This is nice. The limited pink/green palette is unusual and attractive, while the dual curve looks very natural and harmonious. The smaller grass do not really create clutter - they just fill spaces that would other wise be too empty, in my opinion.

 

In short, not a prize winner, but a fine picture nonetheless. I'm just back from the sea and I wonder if my own algae shots will turn out to be that nice. We'll see.

 

 

Other than burning-in the corners slightly and adding a bit more space to the bottom, I wouldn't change a thing. Everything else, from the color of the sand to the shape and positioning of the plant, works well here. Nice one!

I find this image to be composed very nicely, and I suspect quite effective as part of a series documenting this area. I think you did a good job with a difficult subject...dificult in the sense that I would never have looked twice at this if I walked past it on the beach. You were able to show us some of its natural beauty. I would have to say that you did a remarkable job with a very un-remarkable subject. A difficult task indeed.

I'm continually amazed by the photographers in this circle who take ordinary (even ugly) things and make them beautiful, usually things I wouldn't dream of photographing. This is another classic example!

 

My only slight criticism is that I think the image is too tightly cropped. It feels a little crowded and the grass or whatever it is carries my eye to the left and out of the photo which seems to end somewhat abruptly.

Excellent shot! This looks like palm trees blowing in the wind. Nice detail and the muted colors work well.

 

 

I guess my only criticism relates to my impression of a landscape. I wonder what it would look like in landscape format with the subject in the left of the frame following the rule of thirds? It might better portray a sense of wind then. This cropping does seem a little tight.

 

 

Then again, this might not be at all what you intended (although your title suggests it is). As is, an interesting still-life and detail shot with a surprising sense of motion.