ketchemr

February 15, 2006

Very nice shot. I like it a lot. I drove from San Diego to Seattle up the coast a few years ago. Nice drive.

Could you try something for me? Add a curve adjustment layer and set a point on the blue curve at 172,164. It might be my monitor, but it looks like the shot has a slight blue cast. Let me know what you think after trying the curve. Thanks!

January 27, 2006

Marc, you show the dedication in obtaining your images necessary to achieve a shot like this, and you have been well rewarded for your efforts. Your composition showing the curve of the snow at the foreground, leading my eye toward the lake, then mirroring the flow of the shore, is wonderful.

September 7, 2005

Jay, nice capture. The mist makes the shot. Very peaceful and serene. I also like the way you avoided symmetry by including the foreground grass.

June 2, 2005

The line of the foreground dune leads my eye to the bowl, where my head moves back and forth like a skater in a half pipe, then roams back to the light which leads me up to the dark mountain peaks and the well textured clouds above. I love it. I also like the empty space in the foreground created by the dune. It provides a nice base for the details further back. Thanks, Jay.

April 14, 2005

Are the flowers in this one copied from your shot "San Domenico Abbey", or is it the other way around? Regardless, this is a beautiful picture.

March 24, 2005

Nice. Perhaps use a slower speed next time to blur the distant wave more. At this speed it looks blurry rather than blurred. Good composition and foreground exposure.

March 24, 2005

Nice composition, but bad light. Return early in the morning. Also, crop out the ground in the bottom left.

March 14, 2005

Your meter assumes a scene is middle gray. For a mostly white scene like this one, this leads to underexposure. Try adding about two stops. Unless you meant the image to be underexposed.

February 20, 2005

Very dramatic image. Nice color in the grasses, yet they are still more texture than color. Very nice.

February 11, 2005

Nice composition and sand patterns. Can you crop out the building on left?

January 30, 2005

Very nice image. Perhaps a slight levels adjustment would better silhouette the trees and help remove some flatness. Otherwise, very nice capture.

January 23, 2005

Stunningly beautiful! My only suggestion would be to level the horizon.

January 3, 2005

Wonderful light! I think the foreground trees add character. Nice shot.

January 3, 2005

What a mood this image invokes. Wonderful.

January 2, 2005

Here I boosted the blue using a curve, brought the RGB levels in to the edge of the histogram, and added a slight S curve for contrast. What do you think?

January 2, 2005

Snow and shadows appear blue under a blue sky. I do not think that would differ in India or the US. As for the green cast, I would use a curve adjustment layer in PS to tone down the green.

January 2, 2005

I love the sky, but it looks like the foreground has been severely shadow/highlight hit with PS. Am I wrong? Or perhaps a layer mask was used and that caused the darkened edges to the foliage in the back.

January 2, 2005

Looks like the colors are off a bit. Perhaps it is the green cast to the sky.

January 1, 2005

Very nice location. A little gray, though. A warming filter would help a lot.

January 1, 2005

I like the scene. Perhaps a warming filter would help remove some of the distant blue.

January 1, 2005

A little tweaking would help this image a lot. I would crop off the sky a bit and burn in the mountain a touch.

November 11, 2004

Wow, Jay, very nicely done. The glow on the cliff and clouds is beautiful. Vincent is right. The sky really completes this image.

October 8, 2004

I love the way I cannot tell the distance from the lens to the water. A view of the sand ridges lets me know it is close, but the edge of the surf and the wind blown sand give a feeling of distance, as if in an airplane looking at a long coastline. I like it.