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I am always looking for something like this on the beach but never find it. I like the abstract feel. I think a tighter crop could be explored. The tighter crop would possibly give it a feel of a forest of trees.

Please rework this with regards to that wire. The image has a wonderful and yet unique still life feel to it.

Another in my series of fine art wave photographs. I try to collect different colors and

shapes to try to appeal to a wider audience. The photographic technique is the same

with camera motion and slow shutter speeds to create a more fluid look to the photo.

The main manipulation is some dodging and burning to different areas of the photo.

Any suggestions for improvement are welcome.

I like this one much better. The wave face has beautiful lines and texture. It is a bit of a shame that the waves weren't bigger for some of the days you were there. Maybe this needs just a hair of clockwise rotation.

The person in front really doesn't add much to the photo. Without him, it would have been better. Otherwise, it would have been a classic reef break photo.

I admit I have a few of these types of photos in my "library", but many have some sort of rising wave in them so this caught my eye when I was checking out your profile page. I do enjoy the almost gradient feel going from very thin "ripples" on top to the thicker and more substantial "ripples" at the bottom. The color doesn't appear to be overdone at least on the current monitor I am viewing this. it is a quite pleasing golden glow to it consistent with a sunrise/sunset.

 

A crop off the top and bottom to make it traditional landscape is also a very pleasing composition to me.

Beautiful timing to catch all four heads and the eyes lined up so nicely.

Well framed and executed for the situation. The light conditions kind of rob this photo of color. If you like black and white photos, this might get a little more pop with a conversion.

I really like the lighting and presentation of this photo. The hint of the crowd in the shadows also is very intriguing to see. If only you could have been a little more the left to get the pole completely out from the face. Still a great mood and atmosphere was captured and created in this photo.

Unusual crop. It has a very graphic feel to it. For me a unique feel to the photo and quite uncharacteristic to the "usual bird photo" we see all too often on many site. Well done.

Thanks everyone. I am actually considering a slightly lighter version of this. Do any of you think it is too dark?

There are several aspects that I like about this photo. I like the boat captured out of the water. I love the city background as it gives it a "place" rather than open water and sky in the background. I like the other boat as well, as it gives the sense of a race, although the boat in the background seems a little "outgunned".

This might work better as a vertical orientation as I think you needed a little more room below the car. Or you could have composed this photo in this orientation and pointed downward to remove the blue banner above and show a little more of the stand the car is on. Not seeing some of the tire is kind of awkward.

In some of my surfing photos, I try to combine action with a fine art aesthetic by

photographing before dawn and using slow shutter speeds and panning of the camera

to create a more fluid appearing photo. I miss many photos due to the difficulty. This

was photographed at 1/3 second using a 600 mm focal length

I hope you have one with the other flipper fully extended and are saving that for publication. Otherwise, a beautiful photo.

The high vantage point makes air moves less dramatic as it "compresses" the height. The action moving away from the camera is also not as strong. But it is well exposed and the timing was good.

This doesn't work wide due to that yellow top of the fence in the background. Finding a different angle so the second baseman isn't behind the pitcher would be better as well. The timing of the shot is good but could be better. I see shots where the ball has just left the pitcher's hands which are more dramatic.

It is a face without much context and hence for me little to no story. I am not really engaged with the subject. Even though the background is blurred there is still a lot of distraction. The dark legs contrasted with the brighter sidewalk is a significant competition for my attention. It seems a little overexposed as well.

Thanks Blake. The beach is The Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu.

The uniforms are so colorful which really adds impact for the viewer. You demonstrated the concentration required for aiming the rifle. Some might fault cropping off the muzzle of the rifle, but the point is really the shooter's expression and not the gun.

The water color is that nice Hawaii blue and the exposure looks like you pushed the limits maybe a touch too far with some of the whitewater, but with a little processing bring it back in. The main issue is the action of e surfer. The wave is closing out and his ride is over. The action, if there was any, was missed.

Either one likes the blur of the dirt flying or prefer crisp bits of dirt flying. I tend to like crisp specks of dirt flying. I am guessing, but it looks like the light was somewhat diffuse and required you to use a shutter speed slower that 1/1000 second. It would be also improved if the head of the horse was a little bit crisper. This could also be a little motion blur, but may be from compression. But, the isolated action and moment in the stride is a powerful image.

I find the drab light to be a problem in this shot. I realize that great photography conditions are much less frequent in the UK.

Well captured. Typically having the ball in the scene is even more advantageous. Do you have an earlier in a sequence with that?

You timed the action well. However, the horizon is crooked which is easily fixed. The low contrast light of this "dark day" makes for a less interesting and striking surf photograph.