rock formation

This is the third I’m commenting on, and is my third favorite. I really like the detail and colors in the foreground rocks, and the single glowing warm rock is wonderful, as is the unworldly blue glow to the water. In an ideal world, though, I would have liked to see a little more wateriness to the water; that’s what the variations caused by the breaking waves brought to the previous two images. It looks like there wasn’t much wave action here, so it may not have been possible to incorporate that kind of variation. There’s also a slight warm cast to the water in the foreground and on the left—I would guess that’s from cloud reflections, but the darkened sky makes that explanation non-viable, so the warm surface on the water is left seeming out of place. Lightening the sky (there goes the vignette again—I’ll stop mentioning it) might make the water and sky seem a bit more compatible. It’s still a wonderful picture, but the previous two I commented on represent really stiff competition.

Thanks once again Leslie for your thoughtful and helpful critique. I have studied your comments with great interest and find myself agreeing with most of what you say. I have attached a version with a lighter sky and I think that is certainly an improvement.

Regards,

Brian