Posted by Roland Burkert on October 18, 2010 at 12:15 AM
Comments and suggestions are welcome.
Posted by Robert Dayton on October 18, 2010 at 2:46 PM
Great colors and textures, and it's sharp.
Posted by Rudy Ruberti on October 18, 2010 at 5:19 PM
This is really nice, Robert. Tide pools are a great subjects and something I would like to try more often.
Posted by Mike Ryan on October 19, 2010 at 10:56 AM
Nice work Roland. I always have tough time with shots through water but it looks like you didn't. The top right brown kelp/seaweed tends to pull my eye away from the rest of the scene but regardless this is quite nice.
Posted by Lon Overacker on October 19, 2010 at 3:52 PM
Roland,
I really like the soft colors throughout. The sea anemone are captured very well here. Maybe it's just my perspective, but have you considered rotating this to vertical? And then considering Mike's comment I would crop from the right (or top if you rotate) at least half of the dark corner, maybe to the skinny notch? But the main suggestion for me is the rotation. As it is, it feels up side down or something. And the great thing about so many nature image, like this one, is that we're free to rotate, flip or whatever and the only thing that matters is our perceptions.
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8 repliesI really like the soft colors throughout. The sea anemone are captured very well here. Maybe it's just my perspective, but have you considered rotating this to vertical? And then considering Mike's comment I would crop from the right (or top if you rotate) at least half of the dark corner, maybe to the skinny notch? But the main suggestion for me is the rotation. As it is, it feels up side down or something. And the great thing about so many nature image, like this one, is that we're free to rotate, flip or whatever and the only thing that matters is our perceptions.
Nice image.
Lon
Lon
Comp is stronger on the vertical, the lower anemones lead your eye right to the fully open one.
Paul