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On the same beach/afternoon than the previous one.
Hi Joao,
I feel at ease; like dipping my toes in the water and letting it swirl around them. The warm morning? light is exquisite and I quite like the details in the water swirling around that larger rock. The ripples in the sand work really well in the scene as do the amazing textures in that FG rock. This is wonderful as is and I can see a twofer out of this image. Maybe something like this. Very nicely done.
Joáo, I like this a lot. You’ve got a good sense of motion from the draining water that contrasts very well with the solidity of the rocks and the rock wall. There’s good eye pull from the big rock and water at the bottom to the nicely colored rocks on the “beach”. Yes, the ripples in the sand are a good extra. Ed’s crop looks good also although it loses a bit of context.
This gives me a feeling of moving on to explore more. I think it is because the waves form rough arrows pointing up to the brighter rocks on the right, which leaves me with a sense of what else I might see if I wandered this scene?
I find ocean shots looking toward shore a bit challenging, so well don on this one. my only thought is that viewing this large the rocks on the shore seem slightly soft.
Really lovely Joao. I am enjoying that palpable sense of the water pulling back against my toes as I explore the shoreline.
Looking at the info above afterwards, I kind of like the crop suggestion. I think that Tilt-shift lens is giving you a wonderfully wide angle, but the foreground is more interesting than what’s above the rocks.
