srapson

A new crop and conversion of an old favorite

C&C appreciated, this is a new b/w conversion of this: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6865342

Great color in the dunes... would be a stronger image if the sky was a pure, deep blue.

 

If you have a chance to reshoot I'd suggest going on a clear day.

C&C very much appreciated

C & C highly appreciated.

C&C highly appreciated

Thank you both for your suggestions... it's always nice to get constructive critiques instead of "Nice photo!".

 

Localized contrast is a little difficult in the sky as I quickly start running into noise. Unfortunately the P&S camera that I shot this with didn't leave me with as clean of an image as I'd like. I tried a little burning and it does help some with mood, but there's not much detail left to pull out in the clouds.

 

Perhaps I need to work on my B/W conversion a bit, I think the noise might be mostly contained in one of the channels.

 

Asla, for your composition critique, is your suggestion to shoot further to the left so as to pull both subjects more to the center of the frame? I could see how that would allow the eye to travel between the subjects a bit more, unfortunately I think it's physically impossible as further left= downhill. I guess I could widen the shot a bit, but it may feel a bit loose then.

Comments, critiques and suggestions are highly encouraged.

Interesting and well done.

 

Is this a combination of two pics? What did you do to get that effect in the background? Strip it out and bump the contrast/brightness way up?

Comments, suggestions and critiques are very much appreciated.

Comments, suggestions and critiques are very much appreciated.

Critiques, comments and suggestions are very much appreciated.

Excellent subject... too bad the reflections blew out the details on the coins. I would lean towards a slightly shallower depth of field to draw the eye to your main subject a touch more.

 

Not sure that the range hood is helping here... was that drawn in?

 

On the whole it delivers on looking sleek and futuristic, though you're flirting with the line of looking over-produced/CGI created.

 

On the whole, well done, best of luck.

Possibly crop out some of the shore? I don't feel like it adds anything to the image and some of the clutter from leaves etc. pulls your attention from the main subject.

As always comments, suggestions and critiques are welcome.

Excellent image, does a great job of conveying emotion.

As always critiques, suggestions and comments are highly encouraged.

Thanks for the suggestions... I'm pretty new to this and definitely looking for (constructive) criticism. I do wish that the sky wasn't overexposed, I was having trouble getting a good idea from the back screen. As far as sharpness goes, do you mean running a sharpening filter or getting a sharper initial photo. I took this shot with my tripod standing in the surf, so I might have lost some sharpness to shake. Anyway I'll sharpen and saturate and see how that goes.

Comments are very much appreciated.

Please include critiques with your ratings, your

suggestions/complaints are always appreciated.

What are those bushes? That's a pretty brilliant red. I'd try filling up the foreground with those rows, I don't think the trees add enough interest to justify the empty sky that comes with them.

An interesting subject, nice choice! You might try taking a shot from slightly above the trunk, angled down so the patterns fill the frame a bit more. Also it looks like the branch in the top right came out a bit overexposed.

Critiques, comments and suggestions very welcome.

Comments, suggestions and critiques are appreciated.