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For another effect, trying cropping this as a panorama. I would also try lightening the shadows just a bit to bring out a little more detail in the lower left… you might or might not like the effect. Lots of possibilities here. This photo has an "other-worldly" feel to it, carted in large part by the pelican, which does not look natural in scale or position. I would love to see a pocket watch dangling from his beak at sunset… time is running out? : )

Excellent - tack sharp with blurred DOF in just the right place. Wing shots only, cropped to a square make wonderful abstracts - or as I like to call them, "natural abstracts." Nice bokeh also.

Thanks, Tony. It's Maine where photography is easy: everything is beautiful there. (Also an abundance of fog). : )

Thank you Garry and Tony.

Tony- Thanks for your time and comments! I'm with you 100%. I was having some of the same thoughts/concerns you were. My problem with moving to the right was a couple of kids (siblings) running around throwing rocks at each other. The sky was terrible - I cropped the top and left sides to eliminate it. But the emptiness of the lower left bothers me… a lot. And now I know it's not purely my imagination! The other problem was that the rocks on the right were in total shade; I grabbed the only llbit of light interest there was. It was a good practice for "slo-mo"/smooth water shots, first in a year. Maybe I should clone a few rocks in or a nice red lobster buoy. haha. My other problem was time - in ANP on the boat and depending on the Island Express bus too get around… so I only had one hour and the next bus was the last bus…. Next summer we'll have our car up there, too! Again, thank you very much for your comments!

My current photographic experiments are leading me into the world of minimalism. Comments. suggestions and honest opinion on this piece would be greatly appreciated.Thank you for your time.

Comments, suggestions and observations are all appreciated. Thanks for your time.

Thank you Ruud.

Hi Larry- Thank you for your comments. This photo is in fact the East River in NYC. Depending on your monitor balance there may or may not be a blue cast. Many of the buildings have blue or aqua tinted glass. The sky was blue, but the white boat has no blue cast, which to me indicates there is not an overall blue cast to the photo. This was pretty much a grab shot as I was shooting from the bow of our sailboat as we transited the city on the fair tide, which added a few knots to our speed.

Harry - Thanks for your comments. Try dimming your monitor a bit. I don't know how you set yours, but most people (myself included except when I'm processing or looking at photos) tend to adjust their monitor at or very near the highest brightness setting (or leave it on auto adjust). I processed this photo in CS5 and LR. There is no clipping whatsoever. This was shot with a 200mm lens, so the sailboat was a fair distance away; a lot of white on white detail is not visible at the distance I was shooting from. The colors= palette is neural dominant, and they are there, rich and subdued as the sun ducked behind a cloud. I will take another look at enriching the colors a bit based on your comments. Thank you for commenting!

You really captured the feel and mood of the ocean! Nice positioning of the horizon, and centering the subject is the perfect treatment for this photo. While the wake is not blown out or clipped, decreasing the highlights or whites in curves in PS or in LR would probably reveal additional detail adding to the turbulent feel of the water as it churned up.

Suggestions and comments are appreciated. I shot this on the fly from the bow of our sailboat as we transited the East River. The visual cacophony of the Manhattan skyline is fascinating to me and an irresistible source of photo ops. Thanks for looking.

I think this photo would fit in either architecture or abstract. I used no special post-processing techniques to create this photograph. It is purely reflections and juxtaposition of shape and color. The sky-scrapers of Manhattan, sandwiched one beside another create amazing compositions. Any suggestions or comments are always greatly appreciated.

Comments/suggestions are always greatly appreciated. I shot this from the bow of our sailboat as we transited the East River in NYC.