Waves Crashing In

[ThomasATC]

The Pier was closed off yesterday for safety. The waves were quite large.

Anysuggestions for improvement greatly appreciated. I was shooting almost directly into the sun withlight to moderatecloud cover.The lighting was on the gloomy side. With the blowing sand and surf, I kept my polarizing filter on to protect the lens, (I didn't have any other fliters with me.) After a few adjustments in PS to boost contrast, this is my final result. All comments welcome! :-)

Thomas.

[Hards80]

overall i rather like this shot...

its a good composition with the pier coming out of the corner and leading into the distance... you captured the power of the ocean well with the waves crashing in..

i think this would look good in black and white.. you could increase contrast a bit more in black and white as it gets a bit washed out in places right now.. also, i think if you would have left a little more room on the right hand side of the frame it would balance better.. and its maybe a bit bare in the foreground..

but as i said, i like it..

-dustin

[ThomasATC]

Thanks Dustin!

I will definitely give the B&W conversion a shot with boosted contrast. Thanks for the critique, your insights are always most helpful.

Thomas.

[E.S. Crawford]

oh yeah!

c-street just up the beach.

that's where i learned to surf way back when.

thanks for the shot and the memories, thomas!


scot

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I don't know.

The angle isn't quite right to me.

Maybe if the horizon was at the vertical halfway mark or something.

It looks like a very good photo but not a great one.

I'm sure if you shopped around slightly for more angles you could have come up with a better photo.

How many shots/attemps did you make?

-- Terry

[Widowmaker]

Yeah I think a higher perspective might work better but thats not really an option unless you get farther back and zoom in.

[Aumma45]

In addition the weather was really against you. The light is not good. The shot would be very powerful with good day light.

[ThomasATC]

Thanks you for all the comments!

Scot: 15 years in California and I still haven't learned to surf. I think I will wait until the waves are a bit smaller. :-)

Terry: I took adozen or so shots from different angles. I will try and post a couple morelater. I may have a couple others with better compositions.

Widowmaker: Unfortunately,I didn't bring any of my longer lenses. efs17-85 was the longest I had. I will try a few from a higher perspective nexttime I am out there.

Aumma45: I was hoping so much for good light. Last time I was there a few weeks ago, the lighting was fantastic, but the waves were flat!Maybe next time!

Thanks again!

Thomas.

[Aumma45]

Tom, don't give up keep trying one day it will be bingo!:homey: