Gillespie's Pebbles

Nice light and dramatic shapes Kah.
I would prefer more d.o.f myself
Im planning a trip down these parts end of next month.

Great silhouette, light and composition, Kah. Love the rim light on the pebbles. I'm a bit on the fence about the DOF too. While I like the idea of using the blurry stones to move the eye into the shot, they are visually that strong that I always have to go back to them once I'm inside the image. And when you look there then, the blurriness doesn't look that great any more. But overall that's a very lovely capture of a wonderful moment.

I'm really on the fence about this one, Kah. Whilst I like the shape of the big rock (looks a bit like a big cat sat on a boulder) and the dramatic sky I'm not sure that shooting into the sun does the scene many favours. Sure it's dramatic but it's also very contrasty and this makes the foreground a little too chaotic, imo. Did you carry on shooting after the sun had gone down? I'd love to see this in more subdued lighting with all the detail and textures of the rocks nicely brought out....

I am liking the OOF foreground. The blur makes my eye just barely take note of the foreground, the move past into the image, which is what I want to happen. Beautiful light and strong graphics in your comp. Well done.

This one is nice, but the flat rock reflecting the sunlight on the bottom edge draws my eye to it over and over. If it were sharp and in focus that would be fine, but with this DOF that is distracting in my mind.

Other than the DOF I really like this though.

You didn't happen to take a shot with the foreground in focus and the background blurry did you? That would be interesting to compare. As is, my favorite part of the photo is the light spilling onto the foreground rocks, so I agree that focus there too would be optimal.

I love the shilouette, the light and the dramatic here. i'm not quiet sure about the OOF foreground.

Have to join the chorus here, the OOF pebble up front distracts. And the top of the rock is too close to the top. But i love your low perspective, nice light and great exposure control. A great idea that almost works....almost

I must say a little refreshing with the oof fg. Similar to what your eye might see if you were focusing on the mid-ground and having blur in your near vision. Colors look good and too bad you didn't catch a sunstar
Nice work Kah Kit

I realize the OOF foreground may not be for everyone but while letting my participants workshop to work the usual areas allowed me to experiment outside of the conventional. Anthony you've read my intentions exactly. I was lying flat on the pebbled beach watching the sun go down and wanted to recreate exactly the blur in my near vision. The rocks in the foreground by the way are too close to focus in any case.

The light and textures really work well together in this image.

nice technique you have used Kah!, i really got an idea from ur image & i will try to do it in my next trip to the desert

Great light and I really like the pov here, Kah.

Nice to see something a bit different. The light bathing over the rocks is fabulous here, as is the backlighting on the top of the main rock. Being so low to the rocks on the ground makes me feel immersed in the warm sunlight... I feel like I'm actually lying on the rocks and enjoying the sunset. I don't mind that the fg is not in focus because of this.