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A close up photo of some archtectural elements of the Walt Disney

Concert Hall designed by Frank Gehry located in Los Angeles, California.

I love the action and the number of windsurfers in the frame.  I am not so thrilled about the lighting.  I hope you can return when the lighting is even better and get a photo like this.

Thanks everyone.

There was some burning and dodging done which is why this isn't

"unmanipulated" by the Photo.net definition

The direction of view is northwest.  The time is dawn.  The moon is in the frame.  The dawn light is coming from the right.

I used a split neutral density filter to darken the sky and allow more exposure for the mountains and valley floor.

Thanks everyone for their comments and suggestions.

I had two light sources. I had the full moon in the western sky and dawn light from the

east. This was photographed from Dante's Peak overlooking Death Valley.

Nice photo.  I think you can warm it up a little and bring out a little more yellow and red to contrast with the blue cloudy sky.

If the story is about the guy and the "rooster tail" as you call it, then crop in tighter.  You will end up more with a panoramic crop as you don't want to crop out any of the spray.  The foreground breaking wave adds little to the story.

 

The light quality at the time you were photographing is not bringing out the best colors of the water.  

Photo taken dawn of a full moon from Dante's Peak overlooking Badwater and Death

Valley. Heavy rains this year has created small lakes in the valley. Light from the

dawn glow is balanced with light from the full moon. A 3 stop split neutral density filter

was used

Interesting use of textures. The composition is strong putting the bird high in the frame. I wish the face of the bird was a little lighter and not quite so dark.

I like the contrast of the silhouettes and the backlit steam/smoke. The intense red glow is eye catching.It would be a lot of work, but removing the contrails would be nice.

The prickly bush gives the photo an asian feel to it. I like it. But, I wonder if there is a little too much sky that doesn't really add to the story of the photo.

Clearly it is a photograph of the warm up before the game. Having two players of the opposite team standing and talking shows this. It shows some power in the hitter.

A camera does not see a scene like our eyes do. So it is up to us, the photographer, to take the image and bring it to a place where hopefully it represents the grandeur and beauty we saw when were were there. The RAW file is like the film transparency. The processing is truly the digital dark room.

I put the RAW file JPEG in my landscape portfolio. Remember that for the highest quality, one should expose to the right so that you get the best detail in the shadow areas. That is why the RAW file looks bright and flat. I take the RAW file, lower the brightness and add contrast and then do burning and dodging in selective areas.

I used a 3 stop graduated neutral density filter. The image was processed in

Photoshop with curves adjustment layers and a burning and dodging layer.

The horizon looks a little crooked in the background. The action is a good peak moment. The photo appears underexposed a little.

I think you need to do a better job of maksing if you are going to add an effect like this to a photo. It doesn't make visual sense why the water next to the windsurfer looks different in terms of motion blur than the rest of the water. Better masking to include all of the water would improve the look you were after or working harder to get that in camera with panning and a slow shutter speed is the other option.

Photographed from the shore as the sun rose above the horizon to create the golden

reflective strip on the face of the wave. Panning and a slow shutter speed help to

create the fluid appearance of the wave.

You did a very good job with this shot. Frequently water shots aren't level but this seems very level. You really framed the arc of the breaking wave well and the light really shows through the wave nicely.

It is a good photo. What I would have also liked to see is a vertical photo to emphasize the reflection and splash of one runner hitting the water. You have a hint of it here.

I really like the graphic quality of the background. The rectangles and stair case makes for a chaotic and interesting background. The moment caught was good as well.

It is a nice perspective on the action, but there is too much spray obscuring the surfer.

This photo begs for a tighter portrait/vertical crop to allow us to see his facial expression better as he is being hit.

Of the two photos you submitted in this sequence, I like this one a little bit better. The aisle in the background matches up well with her head to allow better separation from the background. It is a little unfortunate that her face is partially obscured by her hands. The photo tells us that she made it over the bar.