Last Visit

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 10, 2010270 views18 comments

Going back to my last visit to the good 'ol Blowing Rocks Preserve in Florida. I took this image back in February. I have since moved to Middle Tennessee and I'm starting to think this is the reason for my creative rut. There's not much to shoot up here in terms of landscape photography. Sure, there's a bunch of cool historical buildings and stuff, but it's not my thing. I gotta drive at least 2 hours to get to anything good which is torture when I see perfect shooting conditions.
Anyway, there was something about this scene that really grabbed my eye. Maybe the way the sky mimmicked the water and the rocks. I felt a vertical composition was a must and I wanted a slightly longer exposure to emphasize the streaks in the receding water, but short enough to capture the waves.

Comments and critiques appreciated

Canon 40D
Sigma 10-20mm @10mm
ISO 100
1/4 sec @ f/13
2-stop GND soft

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Matt Anderson on November 10, 2010 at 2:40 PM

Nice coastal scene Rick. Maybe a small crop off the top and a very small CW rotation.
Nice work.

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Comment posted by Mike Ryan on November 10, 2010 at 2:50 PM

What a cool beach to shoot at with great foreground potential. The wave action really makes this nice as well as the sky and overall color palette. Nice work!

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Comment posted by John Williams on November 10, 2010 at 4:14 PM

There sure is a lot for the eye to feast on here. On my monitor, this is perfectly sharp, and the details really sing. Beautiful Rick! Sounds like it's time for a coastal vacation.

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on November 10, 2010 at 4:39 PM

Lovely. Great colors, comp and technically perfect.

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on November 10, 2010 at 4:55 PM

Rick,

This is incredible. An amazing shot for sure. As much as I love the sky, I agree with Matt about a crop off the top. I'd really like to see the horizion classically balanced at 1/3 of the frame. I am not as high on oceanscapes as some on here are, but this is one of the best I've ever seen. The colors, processing, and shutter speed are magical. Congratulations!

Michael

Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments

Comment posted by Zack Clothier on November 10, 2010 at 5:10 PM

Great FG here, I love the lines from the receeding water..I wouldn't crop anything, this would make a good mag cover.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on November 10, 2010 at 5:20 PM

Beautiful coastal scene Rick. I really like the foreground rocks and turquoise water.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on November 10, 2010 at 5:28 PM

Love the crisp details and gorgeous light. No suggestions from me to improve this.

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Comment posted by Barry Vangrov on November 10, 2010 at 6:55 PM

Beautiful image. Great light on the foreground rocks.

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Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on November 10, 2010 at 9:16 PM

Stunning, from top to bottom!!
I like the big sky, love the detail in foreground and the color is splendid. No crop needed.

Registered on January 15, 2009, 13 Posts, 772 Comments

Comment posted by Krunal Janani on November 11, 2010 at 2:51 AM

what a lovely beach scene this is Rick, i jus got back from my vacation from Goa & was really disappointed as it was raining the whole time & i didn't get any beach shots

this is surely making up for it

Registered on September 16, 2010, 60 Posts, 1370 Comments

Comment posted by Arild Heitmann on November 11, 2010 at 5:20 AM

Gorgeous seascape. I agree about cutting just slightly in the top.

Otherwise perfect!

Registered on October 13, 2010, 27 Posts, 378 Comments

Comment posted by Naret Visesvongsa on November 11, 2010 at 7:15 AM

You make the right choice for vertical format which create the dynamic composition for this image. The texture and formation of cloud also make this image look very interesting.

Registered on November 10, 2010, 6 Posts, 73 Comments

Comment posted by Rick Gomez on November 11, 2010 at 11:26 AM

Thanks for all the great compliments. Makes me like this image a little more knowing that others like it as well.
As far as the sky is concerned, I'm actually kinda' partial to it. Especially since most of the details in the clouds are higher up in the frame. The reason I think it works, without having the horizon in the thirds, is that there is sort of a symmetry in the shapes in the sky and the lower half of the scene (One of Ian Plant's tricks that I observed and applied here).

Looking back at the image, I just noticed a dust spot that I need to take care of.

Thanks again!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 11, 2010 at 6:52 PM

I like the warm cool contrast of color, the great clouds, and it is an engaging comp. Your shutter speed works very well, also. Really well done!

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Comment posted by Aaron Cowan on November 11, 2010 at 7:59 PM

The wave action is very nice. I especially like all the parallel diagonals in the scene, with the rocks, waves and even clouds. Very nice comp.

Registered on September 22, 2010, 8 Posts, 165 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Plant on November 12, 2010 at 1:50 PM

Sweet one Rick - too bad you're in a creative rut at the moment - I'm sure you'll snap out of it soon! This is perfectly balanced and the color palette is very nice.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on November 12, 2010 at 10:10 PM

Very nice image, Rick. I like the balance of light and the interesting textures.

Don't give up on TN. The light will find you there too. Just give it some time to catch up.

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