Of Tides and Time

Your comments and suggestions are most welcomed...

Your cautious way of urgency.

Un exclente encuadre, bello color y espectacular atardecer, de verdad que te agradezco tu comentario, pero el merito no es mio si no vuestro, gracias una vez mas David..-------An exclente fits, beautiful color and spectacular late afternoon, indeed that I am grateful for your commentary to you, but the merit is not mio if not yours(your), thank you once again David.

A haunting image, in particular the subdued colors and the mist. The almost palpable depth of field here is appealing. I find the composition both attractive and problematic: attractive in that my first impression of the picture is positive, I like the echo between the nearby rock and the distant one, and there's a strong sense of balance. Problematic in that I'm missing some kind of a leading line, and the smaller rock in the foreground interferes with the shadow of the large rock. Wherever this is, it obviously calls for meticulous photographic exploration, so I hope we'll be seeing a series of images from this location.

Thanks Daily and Julio. Chris, very good to hear from you. Your feedback here is very helpful. The composition here as you state leaves us wanting more. The blocked reflection is bothersome. The gradient of color and tone help this one along some but perhaps not enough. Anyway thank you all for your comments...

Great tonal range here with the bright sky and water, down to the dark of fhe foreground rocks. The contrasts create a strong image and the gentle mistiness in the distance add another counterpoint. I tended to agree with the above comment on the leading lines but without being there it is difficult to say whether there was a stronger or more striking way of seeing the scene or whether that would 'improve' the image. Probably not. A beautiful and atmospheric image.

After looking for a while I have the impression of a motion from right to left - I mean, the distant tree line, midground, and foreground rocks converge like an arrow to the left, also the shape of the large rock in the center is nice in this regard. I dont know if you had something like this in mind when shooting, but sometimes you realize your subcortical motive only ex post...

Very good shadow detail and very beautiful color palette. Agree on the rock/ shadow interaction comment, maybe a higher camera position would have been better

This is one of the more original shots I've seen of these famous formations. I think you have captures a quite essence here. The composition is carefully and formally arranged, and the distant stack's relationship to the close one makes the shot. The subdued palette fits perfectly.

I'm not sure I want to see the whole of the reflection. Like Carsten, I'm reading this right to left. After my eye is done with the jagged peak, it passes down to the dark foreground reflection and then on up between the two rocks to the rounded distant peak. If the reflection was visible, it might hook up the eye and prevent it from moving on.

 

Love the atmosphere in these...

Thank you Colin I think the tonal range really does make this one for me. Carsten, I very much enjoyed your comments about our subliminal compositional "choices". I agree. Leigh, thank you for your comments on this composition too. The distant sea stack and its relationship to the primary sea stack really was at "conscious level" was I was seeing. And Stephan I learned to read this one differently after yours and Carsten's comments. Our work is really about learning to see better. I thank you all for sharing...