Diamond head beachPOPULA

by Abdulmajeed Aljuha

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 7, 2013362 views14 comments

two exposure for on the beaches in Honolulu, Hawaii. it's called Diamond head beach

your C&C is highly required

thanks,

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Marc Adamus on June 7, 2013 at 8:42 PM

Excellent back and forth action here. Great job making something this strong out of a pretty empty beach. I might work on cleaning up that halo on the horizon a little here but that's about all the stuff I can suggest. Might I add though, that this shot deserves more than the 100 views and 0 comments it's gotten in 6 hours here. What ever has happened to this site? There's no reason this can't still be one of the sharing venues online and it would be nice to keep it that way.

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Comment posted by Mike Dawson on June 7, 2013 at 10:21 PM

Great sky, mirros the foreground water action well, Perhaps a bit of attention to the tree line halo and a hotspot middleground, This must have been one of those sunsets where it was hard to concentrate on the shooting and not just taking it all in.

Registered on February 4, 2006, 364 Posts, 8872 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on June 7, 2013 at 11:53 PM

Pretty intense image. I'm treated to two simultaneous explosions, sky and surf.

Registered on September 9, 2009, 294 Posts, 2006 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Harding on June 8, 2013 at 3:53 AM

A very powerful image with great colors. Very well done Abdulmajeed.

Registered on January 19, 2011, 33 Posts, 408 Comments

Comment posted by Brad Strong on June 8, 2013 at 8:13 AM

My initial impression is that it is HDR, not an exposure blend. I like it as an HDR image, but as a photograph, it's oversaturated and the white balance seems off. The sky is what really stands out as HDR to me.

The composition looks pretty good. Perhaps a bit wider to capture more of the water flow in the foreground. The most interesting part of the water is at the very edges of the image. The horizon doesn't look quite straight either.

The sand at the right edge is brighter than everything around it and gets brighter as it exits the image. This draws my eye out of the frame. It is competing for attention and winning over the water and sky.

Something about the hillside is distracting to me as well. The color is off and the details look a bit noisy, but it's tough to tell in a small image.

I kind of like it, but it isn't really there for me.

Registered on October 1, 2012, 43 Posts, 302 Comments

Comment posted by Oleg Kuchorenko on June 8, 2013 at 3:04 PM

Great and full of dinamic FG. I personally would like to see some more details on waves ! And little bit more sharpness ( maybe tripod was not so steady ? ) ! As Marc says hallows looks disturbing. In all thought it looks nice !

Registered on July 2, 2012, 9 Posts, 111 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on June 8, 2013 at 5:38 PM

I think the image is nicely dynamic. I agree with cleaning up the horizon haloing and maybe reducing the saturation a hair. Kick butt image worth many comments.

Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments

Comment posted by Abdulmajeed Aljuha on June 15, 2013 at 8:43 AM

Marc, I really appreciate your comment and I agree with your suggestion. regarding the site and comments.. I believe that one comment in this site worth 100 comments in other sites.
thanks,