Advice Please? How can I do better?

Went to the waterfront at dusk today with my camera and tripod to get some shots. I like them, but I was wondering if anybody had advice on how to make them better, either when taking them or in PP. Thanks for your help

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What dont you like about these photos?

As long as YOU like them, then there is nothing wrong or nothing to be fixed with them

Well apparently he thinks he can do better. You can start by looking into GND filters.

1 looks a little bit dark, no real subject

I quite like #2, maybe boost the colors a little bit.

#3 is good but it makes the mountains seem really small. Perhaps it would look good cropped as a pano?

I love the composition on #1 and #2; especially #1. A cpl could make the clouds pop and gnd's are always nice to hold back the sky. Iwould love #1 with just a little longer shutter so maybe a three stop nd (thats just me) #1 is an excellent image and maybe just perk them up a little in pp.

Joel:

Check your PMs.

Glenn

Are these down at the breakwater?

I don't normally shoot landscapes but I shoot enough "water" or "ocean shore" themes. The shore has to be interesting enough to become the subject of the composition. Looking for the special lighting, waves hitting rocks, and etc. Otherwise, they look very uninteresting. The mountain range can be an interesting background but they seem to be too far out. That large body of water in front of it does not contribute more attentions.

merlin2375 wrote in post #11260706
1 looks a little bit dark, no real subject

I was trying to get the face of the wave... but I can see maybe it didn't quite work how I hoped... Maybe I need a bigger wave

as in more saturation? I just started using lightroom 3 and am really new to the whole post precessing thing.

I did have some of the sky cropped out but decided to leave it... Maybe I'll take it out again

CameraBuff wrote in post #11261793
I love the composition on #1 and #2; especially #1. A cpl could make the clouds pop and gnd's are always nice to hold back the sky. Iwould love #1 with just a little longer shutter so maybe a three stop nd (thats just me) #1 is an excellent image and maybe just perk them up a little in pp.

Yeah I would like to get some filters but I've already used my camera gear money for the month. It's high on the list though

yagimax wrote in post #11262304
Are these down at the breakwater?

Yes. Ogden Point

TooManyShots wrote in post #11262456
I don't normally shoot landscapes but I shoot enough "water" or "ocean shore" themes. The shore has to be interesting enough to become the subject of the composition. Looking for the special lighting, waves hitting rocks, and etc. Otherwise, they look very uninteresting. The mountain range can be an interesting background but they seem to be too far out. That large body of water in front of it does not contribute more attentions.

Thanks. I'll try to look for that next time.

Thank you everyone for your advice. Theres always room for improvement, especially for a beginner like me.

I like #2 the best, and I agree that it could benefit from boosting the colors... maybe even crop out a little bit of the water in the foreground as well?

As everyone was saying boost the colors a bit, but maybe some brightness and added contrast as well?

This is what I came up with...

Curves adjustment
Color Balance
Brightness/Contrast
Levels.

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#1 for me, nice work