Wallpaper

Critique Style Requested: Standard

The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

Description

On the beach a couple of years ago. I was trying to find something on my cell phone the other day and this caught my attention. It was just different sand formations on the beach near Cape Disappointment, but I thought it would look cooler rotated to look like a wall.

Specific Feedback

I’m mainly interested in whether the wall or cliff illusion worked.

Technical Details

Google Pixel 6a (the free one with a relatively low resolution single camera). 4.38 mm, f/1.7, 1/1150. Processed in LR & PS CC. Rotated, flipped and cropped to 2105x2252. I used an old Topaz Detail plugin to accent the curves and a curves layer to darken the shadows a bit.


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