Posted by Bryan Spahr on September 6, 2008 at 2:51 AM
One from tonight at the coast. I have been wanting to shoot this scene for awhile now, and this is the first attempt. C&C always welcome
-Bryan
Posted by Hans Sager on September 6, 2008 at 11:47 AM
I too have eyed this location before. You captured beautifully the shot I had envisioned. Love that tree and the FG highlights. Can't find anything needing change here. Congrats on a great image.
Posted by Paul DeCesare on September 6, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Bryan, this is excellent. Besides the wonderful tones, I feel like I'm walking right out onto the sand. If you don't mind a suggestion, I think cropping a bit off the bottom would help... the FG rock just feels a bit too far out. Totally subjective, I realize, someone else may like the bottom the most! Nonetheless, that's a very small nit. This is an image I'd be proud to have in my world.
Posted by Darren White on September 7, 2008 at 12:10 AM
I grew up near here and have seen this rock and tree in a million different kind of light and weather conditions....
This is a nice shot, I might crop a bit off the bottom....as I feel the bottom is kind of dragging...I want to tighten it up a bit as the Tree and Rock are really the focus points here...
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on September 7, 2008 at 4:28 AM
I agree with others - this has a wonderful tone to it, but the bottom is distracting instead of helping. Since you placed that bottom rock so close to the Right edge of the shot, I think a 4x5 aspect ratio with losing a lot of the bottom below the rock would really make this a lot stronger and easier to digest. Nice shot, I love this spot.
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4 replies-Bryan
This is a nice shot, I might crop a bit off the bottom....as I feel the bottom is kind of dragging...I want to tighten it up a bit as the Tree and Rock are really the focus points here...