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Busy Beach

by Ronald Murphy

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 31, 2016163 views4 comments
South Whidbey State Park, Whidbey Island, WA

Three Raw exposures for DOF, hand blended in PSCC, processed in LRCC. TK resize/sharpening for web. 
Canon T3i, 1/25 s, f/8, ISO 200, EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5 @ 10 mm, CPL. 

Please view the large image! 

Seeking any and all advice and comments. Thanks in advance. 

And thank you to all who commented on my last posting.

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Igor Doncov on August 1, 2016 at 1:55 AM
I like this image quite a lot. It has a fairly complex composition held together by that round rock right of center. The color palette is rich and yet not artificially saturated. The lighting provides great texture to the sand, rocks, and algae through to the sea surface and even the small amount of sky has rich colors that complement the color scheme. Can't find any way to improve this other than small nits (sand a bit to bright on beach at upper right edge). It's interesting in that it's not a particularly 'wow' subject and yet it's a wow image. Great job.
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 1, 2016 at 8:46 AM
A fine look at this beach, Ronald.  The color mix, lots of parts, and the lighting are great, there's good action in the surf and a fine sense of space include the touches of color in the sky.  I agree with Igor about that tiny bright spot upper right edge.  I might also try to dodge the seaweed near the bottom center just a bit.  This does look great as presented.
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Comment posted by gary phillips on August 1, 2016 at 12:09 PM
I like that this is an ordinary beach scene, made extraordinary  by the light and comp.  Love the luminance and colors. Very nice. I could also see this with the sky and driftwood cropped.  
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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on August 2, 2016 at 11:26 PM
I like the warm glow on the beach from the landscape.  I like the idea of the crop suggested by Gary.
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