Critique Style Requested: Initial Reaction
Please share your immediate response to the image before reading the photographer’s intent (obscured text below) or other comments. The photographer seeks a genuinely unbiased first impression.
Questions to guide your feedback
Is my imagination running wild? Do I need to change anything to make Neptune have more impact - or is there too much impact?
Other Information
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Image Description
Photograph from the rock shelf at Cylinder headland, North Straddie. A NE wind produces waves that reflect off the rocks and hit the following incoming wave, producing constructive and destructive interference. This is the first humanoid shape I have seen - the first in about 5 years of visiting the area. Rachael Talibart’s book, Sirens, encouraged me to spend more time watching the waves here.
Sea masked from land and then used the colour channels and contrast to produce the photo. Neptune’s eyes and hands tweaked using dodge and burn. More info in the metadata.
Technical Details
Canon 90D Sigma 17 to 70 at 37mm, 1/500 sec, F11 ISO 200
Specific Feedback
Is my dodging and burning too blatant?
Critique Template
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