Santa Cruz - California

[ajith.rajeswari]

Hi,
After a long gap; some shots taken 2 days back at Santa Cruz, San Jose.Comments pls.
Pic#1

Pic#2

Pic#3

Pic#4

Pic#5

Pic#6


Taken with Nikon D200, Tripoded, Wireless shutter release, 18-200mm Nikkor, GIMP

[Shadowman]

Ajith,

Very colorful, nice silhouettes.

[rick55]

Great colors. I like #6 the best: it gives a great feeling of stillness.

My only suggestion would be that the lighthouse seems a little far to the right in #1. If there's room to expand the crop to the right, or maybe cut some from the left, would it balance better?

Cheers,
Rick

[ajith.rajeswari]

Thanks Shadowman.

[ajith.rajeswari]

Great colors. I like #6 the best: it gives a great feeling of stillness.

My only suggestion would be that the lighthouse seems a little far to the right in #1. If there's room to expand the crop to the right, or maybe cut some from the left, would it balance better?

Cheers,
Rick

Hi Rick,
Thanks.
I did the crop only on the bottom and top to give a wide angle look..I wanted to keep a balance on the shore(right) and sea on left as the light house was not on the shore tip.

~Ajith

[agaace]

#3 and #6 are my favorites. Nice pics!

[ajith.rajeswari]

#3 and #6 are my favorites. Nice pics!

Thanks for your comments.
~Ajith

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Ajith,

Nice series, my C&C thoughts;
#2 has a spot, or plane, almost dead centre in sky that should be cloned out
Maybe I'm just to stuck in my ways, but to me, a more obvious sequence in time would be better; e.g. #4, #6, #1, #3, #5 and #2.
Horizon on #1 slopes differently to #4, I think #4 is more correct.

I am happy with the compositions personally

Cheers,

[CNelson]

Very nice Ajith: I particularly like 1, 3 and 6. I like the rich colors and dramatic feel.

Chuck

[ajith.rajeswari]

Hi Ajith,

Nice series, my C&C thoughts;
#2 has a spot, or plane, almost dead centre in sky that should be cloned out
Maybe I'm just to stuck in my ways, but to me, a more obvious sequence in time would be better; e.g. #4, #6, #1, #3, #5 and #2.
Horizon on #1 slopes differently to #4, I think #4 is more correct.

I am happy with the compositions personally

Cheers,

Thanks Dave. The spot in pic 2 is not a plane but a "Dust Bunny" in my sensor
~Ajith

[ajith.rajeswari]

Very nice Ajith: I particularly like 1, 3 and 6. I like the rich colors and dramatic feel.

Chuck

Thanks Chuck.

[Dave Humphries]

Thanks Dave. The spot in pic 2 is not a plane but a "Dust Bunny" in my sensor
~Ajith

I gave you 'the benefit of the doubt' on that, as it wasn't in the other shots

Did you just miss cloning it on #2, or was it cropped off on the others?

[ajith.rajeswari]

I gave you 'the benefit of the doubt' on that, as it wasn't in the other shots

Did you just miss cloning it on #2, or was it cropped off on the others?

I missed cloning it .