Posted by Mike Stovall on November 3, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Since I was down in Oceanside last week for my honeymoon with my beautiful wife, Luz, it's nice to see pictures of the place posted up here on the forum. We had a really great beachfront place just a few houses down from the public access. And I got to do something I have not done since last August--take serious landscape pictures! It's been hard to go back to using a 20D, after having gotten used to using a 5D, but you make it work with what you have...
This was taken from my favorite spot on the beach.
f/16, .1s (sky) and .5 sec (everything else), 17mm on 20D
Any and all critiques are acceptable. I'm sure it can use some more fine tuning around the transition zones.
BTW, here is another photo from the same spot taken in 2005 (ironically with the same camera). It's amazing how much the appearance of a place can change under different conditions.
I've said it a few times lately, but the weather on the coast has just been incredible for photography lately. I have been seriously torn between going to the beach for the awesome skies, or heading inland for all of the fall color that has been equally amazing this year.
I like this shot. Great clouds and sky. I think the composition could benefit from a crop from the bottom, to just below where the surf exits the frame on the right. That would strengthen the diagonal lines, giving more impact to the breaking wave and the nice glow coming from behind the rock. Another alternative would have been to wait a bit longer for the surf to come in farther, and fill more of the frame.
Congrats on your marriage. Best wishes.
-Aaron
Posted by Geoff Shapiro on November 3, 2008 at 3:59 PM
Mike, this is a dramatic capture - I really love it. You might crop a bit from the bottom although I'm not sure it has to be as much as Aaron mentioned. The area below does serve to add a sense of mystery and foreboding to the image when I look at it.
Yes, there's life in those 20Ds still! (I'm biased since that is what I still use).
I forgot - congratulations on your marriage!!
Posted by John Williams on November 4, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Congrats on the photo and Marriage.
I kind of like the bottom because it gives a place for the water to "rush into," adding to the sense of motion and power. I love the link to the comparison shot too; it is amazing how different they are.
Wow, dramatic shot. I also like the bottom for how it balances the comp and puts that rushing wave into the middle part of the image. Great light, great wave action.
Congratulations on your marriage, too, btw!
Posted by Chip Phillips on November 4, 2008 at 7:50 PM
Congrats! I will be getting married on the coast next summer(and doing some photography, but don't tell) I might crop the slightest bit off of the bottem, and the shadows are a bit dark from here, especially in the foreground. Well done. Looks like some amazing light that you made use of here.
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5 repliesThis was taken from my favorite spot on the beach.
f/16, .1s (sky) and .5 sec (everything else), 17mm on 20D
Any and all critiques are acceptable. I'm sure it can use some more fine tuning around the transition zones.
BTW, here is another photo from the same spot taken in 2005 (ironically with the same camera). It's amazing how much the appearance of a place can change under different conditions.
I like this shot. Great clouds and sky. I think the composition could benefit from a crop from the bottom, to just below where the surf exits the frame on the right. That would strengthen the diagonal lines, giving more impact to the breaking wave and the nice glow coming from behind the rock. Another alternative would have been to wait a bit longer for the surf to come in farther, and fill more of the frame.
Congrats on your marriage. Best wishes.
-Aaron
Yes, there's life in those 20Ds still! (I'm biased since that is what I still use).
I forgot - congratulations on your marriage!!
I kind of like the bottom because it gives a place for the water to "rush into," adding to the sense of motion and power. I love the link to the comparison shot too; it is amazing how different they are.
Congratulations on your marriage, too, btw!