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Many Thanks,

Sunil

I like the natural channel between the foreground rocks that you have used to compose this shot. The foreground is full of great detail and really needs to be viewed large to be fully appreciated. The stark silhouettes look good against the subtle graduated colour of the sky. Very well done!

Best Regards

Alf

overall nice composition.  could be further refined. two things: i would either get a little closer or crop about 10 or 20%. the foreground is more interesting than the upper half and sides of the picture, which distracts from the contrast of the two rock formations. i would also think about ways to further emphasize the foreground, which is where the eye is drawn to. also, the reflective light is unbalanced on one side of the rocks in the foreground which is a problem. OTOH, you have some nice color transitions and subtleties, mainly arising from the fact you took a long exposure, which 'calms' the waters and results in smoothed waves. i would maybe take an even longer exposure to further enhance this effect--up to 10 sec.--which might also burn in some of the light reflections on the R hand side. to not overexpose the background, you would need either to take this slightly later in the day or use an ND grad, since stopping down below f/10 will result in diffraction and rob sharpness. perhaps, i would also like to see more of the mid-ground rocks, which are more interesting than the ones on the R side.

suggestion: in addition to framing the composition a little tighter, why not get closer to the shoreline and place the camera at a low angle, filling the background with the silhouetted rock formation and at the same time getting more of the natural light interplay between the water, the rocks and the twlight sky? you may find it illuminating to experiment with both horizontal and vertical perspectives. basically, with an UWA, you can get a more dramatic perspective from standard or normal-angle shots, but to do that, you need a closer foreground and not so much wasted space at the top. hope that helps.

hi sunil,

i took the liberty of cropping the image a little bit to illustrate my suggestion. i think it makes a big difference in overall impact without losing the strengths of the composition. what do you think?

HI Eric,

Thanks a lot for your feedback. I can see you cropped from left, right and from Top. Now It looks better, by the way the version i placed was also slightly cropped as my tripod leg was visible in that.

I tried getting close but my camera and lens got wet with waves. This place is beautiful at the same time it is very challenging to compose. There is always chance to improve and will try again.

Regards,

Sunil

Wonderful spectacle well depicted! Very well indeed!

PDE

Fantastic framing and colors, and I do not agree with the crop. The original image has a V shape that resonates thrice among the major rock formations. The narrow path leading to the water is splendid. You may add a grad ND from the top to darken the sky a bit... and then put this in a gallery somewhere! Very beautiful!