little help needed on this image...

so i've not been here long, but i thought i'd jump right in.

i shot this a couple weekends ago and i liked it in camera but got it back and was disappointed that it was shot on velvia 100. it just didn't look at all what i expected. i've tinkered with the color and contrast and all that a bunch, but can't seem to get it just right and i've not had this kind of struggle in a long time and i know it's just the film that's messing me up. i've even gone as far as trying velvia vision on a friend's machine, but it's not doing it for me either.

i guess add your critique while you are at it

never posted an image here, so i don't know if it works

edit: pentax 67, 45mm @ f22 or 16, velvia 100, shutter speed dunno , 2 stop nd grad

This shot has lots of possibilities...

Great sky and great ripples in the sand

It's not too far off - it has a slight magenta cast that is the main color problem for me. Back that off a bit, and you've got a nice exposure. As far as composition, the clouds and ripples form a nice abstract echo, so the thirds rule probably doesn't apply to your placement of the horizon line here. I think it works.

Tom

thanks guys, i think the first comment sums it up for me. it has possibilities...
however i'm just not sure i got what i wanted out of it, the problem is i just am not sure what bugs me about it.

i'm going to try to crop it a bit and see if that works for me.



edit: magenta fixed, and i have a very hard time cropping out of camera, so that's for another night,

The main problem with this image is composition based. I think the ideal shot here would have bee to eliminate the middle ground so all you had was those cool ripples and the great sky...and not the average middle stuff. I would have gone really wide and really low here I think.

that's an interesting point. i have a tendency to crop too tight and shoot telephoto or the extreme opposite. i end up with flat photos with no foreground of super weird wide photos that no one buys. i have been studying the compositions of ian cameron lately and my 'lesson' on this day was go shoot a photo in the style of ian but include a water feature. now i missed the water part, unless you count that little bit on the left

i think i missed the ian cameron part too, but i did succeed in shooting something in between what i would normally do. however the more i muck around with my photography, the less i like it.

i think i'll put this one away for a bit and see if i like it in a few months/years, but i'd still like some input because i'm not even sure why i don't like it myself

The pattern in the sky and sand are nice. To me that justifies the centered horizon. Overall, I dig this image. Nice to see you checking out this very cool site Michael. Don't forget the ESS gallery for critiques too. Take care, Dan.