Ok - this one is still a work in progress. I’m at a place I feel it could still use some final sparkle. Anyone have any ideas? Would love to get some outside of the box thoughts!
Also - any thoughts on the comp? I’m back and forth on it. It also crops horribly for IG 
Not sure if I should keep investing time in or not.
Thanks!
I like the composition
The I assume wide angle lens makes the rock foreground look like an alligator
The star of the scene though is the tall rock formations in the back (especially the ones in the center of the frame) though so the main thing you need to fix is bring more attention to them
The choice of ultra wide it appears has made them smaller than they are in person
If you can experiment with accentuating the side run light coming into the scene to bring the background to more prominence that could really change the shot.
A higher tide (more water) would obviously help but no longer anything you can do about that
Would add some blue to the shadows ; temp looks very warm and see if you can lighten up any water present
Have to agree that maybe investing so much of the frame to the foreground subject takes away from the more attractive background you have there. The light is certainly very lovely as presented. I would maybe try to work the light onto the foreground rock, more glow more luminosity in the areas already receiving light.
This is a strong image as it is, Jordan, no need to do more. We can’t always make some images bend to our after shot thoughts. This seems a moody, lonely, cloudy gray, overcast day and you have captured that nicely. The low tide sand bar and alligator rock are very strong visual elements and they are nicely presented. For me the attractive sea stacks are not the central focus here, just interesting and supporting background in this image. If compelled to do more, you might open up on the pristine sand around the rock. Work completed.
I like the concept of using this rock as a foreground lead-in to the interesting light in the background, but this image needs more of a mid-ground. The top of the rock merges with the sea stacks, which is very distracting. There needs to be some separation for this to be a more effective composition. The color balance also feels too warm, and a lot of the colors are very muddy looking, I would cool this down, especially in the shadows.
As a color image, I’m not sure this really works for me. But that rock has a great shape and nice texture, so I thought this image might work better as a B&W, so I downloaded it and gave it a go. In B&W, the rock becomes the star of the show, once you strip away the color in the sky.
And who cares if it doesn’t translate well to Instagram, there is life beyond the square crop 
@Ed_McGuirk excellent call that really made the image for my eyes too
@Jordan_Inglee great comp man!
I see this image a bit differently than the others. I see it as an ominous creature coming out of the dark seas. It’s actually somewhat threatening as it stretches towards the viewer. In this case the background is not the main point of interest but just the ‘background’ providing the mood to make the creature more sinister. Adding more texture to the rock makes it less threatening and therefore defeats the purpose that I see in this image. So I like it as is pretty much for the message I see in it. Just goes to show that you process to a point you’re trying to make. I don’t know what the real intention was here but that how I see this massive rock. Cheers.
What’s up, Jordan? Gnarled texture and muted darker tones create a nice mood. It is hard for me to pull off leading lines from the center but you pulled it off well here with the framing and focal length. Love the natural vignette of the clouds. I don’t often move back from the water’s edge when at the coast, but I think I will have to keep images like this in mind on my next trip
My eye goes out but then doesn’t have a focal point to rest on. Have you thought about building up the light a bit? I could imagine a little dodging on the foreground rocks and some more substantial dodging on the left side of the sea stack in the distance. I highlighted those areas in green. This would play to the natural direction of the light. For some additional color separation, I might try adding some blue/cyan tones into the mid tones or shadows to further pull the eye out towards the warm light.
Nice one!
