Sand, Sea & Rocks

[mpaul73]

I've posted this one in the past but it was in colour. I think it works much better in black & white. I'll be interested to hear what you think of it.

regards
Martin.

http://www.imgmag.org/images/mpaul73/RocksxBW.jpg

[J___]

nice!
wat exposure and aperture? i can never get that "flowing" effect in daylight of water..

[mpaul73]

J___ wrote:
nice!
wat exposure and aperture? i can never get that "flowing" effect in daylight of water..

Hi
I've not got that info at the moment. It was tweaked in Photoshop just so you know. I'll try and post it later.

Thanks J

Martin.

[Warman]

I dont have any real knowledge so i can only tell by intuition and how if feels. I think that the rising in depth towards the top of the picture looks unnatural. Maybe its actualy two great shots if you cut the one you have in half.

Here is more of less what i have in mind:
http://bragatel.pt/warman/crop.jpg

[eland]

I don't like to make negative comments but as you ask,
to me the pic looks unnatural.
The foreground with the white lines right around the black rocks
looks overworked somehow and so do the streaks in the water.

I'd be interested to see the colour version.

J___ asked how to get that effect in the camera.
Quite easy.
Set the camera to a low ISO eg 50 or 100.
Place the camera on a tripod and as the wave breaks
or as it washes in or back as here, take the shot on
Aperture Priority at 1/8 or 1/15 th sec.
Even slower if your camera will allow it but these speeds work.

regards
eland

[J___]

eland wrote:
I don't like to make negative comments but as you ask,
to me the pic looks unnatural.
The foreground with the white lines right around the black rocks
looks overworked somehow and so do the streaks in the water.

I'd be interested to see the colour version.

J___ asked how to get that effect in the camera.
Quite easy.
Set the camera to a low ISO eg 50 or 100.
Place the camera on a tripod and as the wave breaks
or as it washes in or back as here, take the shot on
Aperture Priority at 1/8 or 1/15 th sec.
Even slower if your camera will allow it but these speeds work.

regards
eland


i did that in daylight, and everytime it turned out over exposed...
maybe i put the exposure to too long.. i'll try again. thnx !!

[mpaul73]

Sorry Warman I much prefer the crop as I have it. But thanks for taking the time.

regards
Martin.

[RedShoesGirl]

mpaul73 wrote:
Sorry Warman I much prefer the crop as I have it. But thanks for taking the time.

regards
Martin.

So do I. It is a much more complete image.

[stopbath]

RedShoesGirl wrote:
mpaul73 wrote:
Sorry Warman I much prefer the crop as I have it. But thanks for taking the time.

regards
Martin.

So do I. It is a much more complete image.

Playing with the cropping (via web browser window) I kind of like a square image. If cropped on the right so that the rock outcropping touches the right side of the image, the image gains strong diagonals and creates a great 'zed' in the landscape (the wave, rocks outcropping, shore.) It also accents the white/black rock difference.

[mpaul73]

stopbath wrote:
RedShoesGirl wrote:
mpaul73 wrote:
Sorry Warman I much prefer the crop as I have it. But thanks for taking the time.

regards
Martin.

So do I. It is a much more complete image.

Playing with the cropping (via web browser window) I kind of like a square image. If cropped on the right so that the rock outcropping touches the right side of the image, the image gains strong diagonals and creates a great 'zed' in the landscape (the wave, rocks outcropping, shore.) It also accents the white/black rock difference.


Yep I think that is a good choice of cropping also.

thanks
Martin.

[stopbath]

Martin:

Glad you like the suggestion of cropping off a little on the right. I just think it creates a bit more drama in an already great shot.