The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
I’ve been to Shore Acres many times and have been lucky enough to experience heavier surf than this but it was still a pretty good day. I had never ventured very far from the main observation area but this time I hiked up the shore line quite a ways and was rewarded with this view looking back toward the viewing platform. I wanted to stay for sunset but one of the rangers came up the trail reminding all of us late hangers on that the gate would be locked at 6:00pm so if we didn’t want to spend the night in our cars we needed to hustle back to the parking lot. As it turns out the light would have been better later but the surf was more subdued so I may have struck the best compromise. >=))>
Specific Feedback
I didn’t ask the guy with the red jacket to stand where he was but I think it helps to give the scene scale more so than if the wall was unoccupied. Would be easy to clone away but I think it’s a nice element.
Technical Details
Sony A7rIII
Sony 70-200 f2.8 GM-II @ 198mm, CP
ISO 200, 1/640 @ f5.6
Critique Template
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Bill,
I love the atmospherics with the light mist created by the crashing surf. The softness of the mist makes a great counterpoint to the rugged jagged edges of the rock. I would definitely keep the people because as you said they do add a sense of scale to the scene. Nicely done!
Bill, this looks great. It’s very dynamic (even if you say that the surf was not up…). The people at the overlook are important for setting the scale of the waves and rocks.
Bill - nice perspective and comp here. The people definitely add to the image. The subtle outlines of the diagonal cliffs in the BG are very ethereal, and the subtle colours offset by the white waves makes a very dramatic statement.
In the large version, the mist from the waves seems a bit “crunchy.”
Well-seen and captured.
I visited Shore Acres for the first time this summer and made a mental note to return sometime for the winter waves. This is beautifully captured. I think you chose the perfect shutter speed to freeze the wave action. I also appreciate the scale provided by Mr. Red Jacket Tourist but if I had to offer a constructive critique, I’d prefer to not see him so close to the edge of the frame. Nice work, Bill!
Even if you seem not completely happy for this photo it’s for me an excellent image well taken and processed. You regret having missed the sunset but looking at the shades in the image the sunset don’t seem to be very far. Do you have an horizontal version?
The lighting is great, you’ve caught the crashing wave beautifully so, as far as I’m concerned, all the elements are there in the photograph. My problem with this image is your choice of going with a portrait format. For me, this picture is about horizontal lines - starting with the rock face jutting out from the bottom right of the frame all the way back to the horizon line of the shore in the background. The image feels cramped to me. I want to stretch it out in accordance with its flow, which for me, is east-west, not north-south. To me, the picture feels like it has been cut in half and I wonder what it would be like if it had been extended to the left as a 4x5.
@Kerry_Gordon : I hear you and have posted a landscape wider comp. The trick was trying to anticipate the biggest waves. I just so happened to be in portrait mode when I got the biggest wave of the evening.
