Summer mornings at the sea-side

[Chri5]

A couple of shots from my trip up the coast.

[bnnrcn]

Loved both of them Chris I like the shooting angle in #1 very much. May I ask how high your camera was while shooting ? It seems to me that your camera was not very far from the ground and facing downwards .

[Chri5]

Loved both of them Chris I like the shooting angle in #1 very much. May I ask how high your camera was while shooting ? It seems to me that your camera was not very far from the ground and facing downwards .

You got it spot on Binnur. The camera was on the tripod and as low as i could get it without turning the camera upside down and it was facing downwards so as to make the stone the focal point

[dje]

Very nice shots Chris, well done.

Dave

[Chri5]

Thanks Dave.

[IzzieK]

Love it, Chris...especially the mood of #2. Can't complain about any of the two...great shot!

[Chri5]

Thank you Izzie. These weren't the shots that i was hoping to get but I made the most of it and was determined to come away with a few shots from the morning.

[Shadowman]

Nice set of images.

[Chri5]

I just noticed that yhe foot of my tripod leg has photobombed my shot...how rude

[rachel]

I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out! I like that first one especially.

[Ann Marie TN]

Very pretty!!! Those darn tripods...how dare they photobomb the picture!

[JohnRostron]

Two great images Chris. I am particularly impressed by the depth of field in the first, from the stone, through the mayweeds to the rising sun.

John

[Mike Buckley]

Wonderful use of foreground interest! Easier to explain how to use it than to actually do it.

[Chri5]

Thanks for commenting

[Rebel]

Very nice Chris, #1 is my favourite.. love the foreground.

[Chri5]

Thanks Matt

[Manfred M]

Two very nice shots. Chris. I've been coming back to them since you posted them and have finally formed some thoughts (still getting over the jetlag I think).

Shot 1 - I recognize the (tripod) foot syndrome. That's one of the problems with shooting ultra-wide angle lenses. Things that you were not expecting, seem to sneak into the shot. While in theory it is a "best practice" to have the one leg of the tripod sticking out in front of the lens, it just does not work with an ultrawide. I also have to confess, I get my own toes into these shots from time to time as well.

With regards to the composition, I wonder about the large rock in the foreground. Again, the rule of thumb with ultrawides is to have something in the foreground, so that the shot is more than ground and sky, but I'm not sure if this rock isn't just a bit too intrusive and takes away from the composition. I wonder if cropping most, if not all of it, might not strengthen the shot.


Image 2 - Again a very nice image. With the back lighting, the rocks and cliffs are quite dark. While you have plenty of shadow detail, I wonder if some reasonable amount of dodging might not end up brightening up those areas of the image and produce an stronger overall composition?

[Chri5]

Two very nice shots. Chris. I've been coming back to them since you posted them and have finally formed some thoughts (still getting over the jetlag I think).

Shot 1 - I recognize the (tripod) foot syndrome. That's one of the problems with shooting ultra-wide angle lenses. Things that you were not expecting, seem to sneak into the shot. While in theory it is a "best practice" to have the one leg of the tripod sticking out in front of the lens, it just does not work with an ultrawide. I also have to confess, I get my own toes into these shots from time to time as well.

With regards to the composition, I wonder about the large rock in the foreground. Again, the rule of thumb with ultrawides is to have something in the foreground, so that the shot is more than ground and sky, but I'm not sure if this rock isn't just a bit too intrusive and takes away from the composition. I wonder if cropping most, if not all of it, might not strengthen the shot.


Image 2 - Again a very nice image. With the back lighting, the rocks and cliffs are quite dark. While you have plenty of shadow detail, I wonder if some reasonable amount of dodging might not end up brightening up those areas of the image and produce an stronger overall composition?

Hi Manfred. Thanks for taking the time to think about it. It very much appreciated. Its good to know that I can rely on you guys to give me some real photography based advice. Some unfortunate folks have to pay for this type of help and as as always all comments and critique is welcome. I actively encourage it.

I will try a few more edits of shot 1 and post it to see what it looks like. I tried some dodging on the mountain towards the back in shot two and it didn't work but for some reason I didnt think to try dodging in the fore/middleground. I will give that a try as well.

Thanks again

[NorthernFocus]

Wow, what a lovely morning and location. There's nothing like a seashore during sunrise/sunset.

I like both shot very much. By way of C/C, IMO the large rock dominates the first image to the point of distraction. In my mind it seems that to be so large it must have been intended as the main subject. A crop as Manfred suggests might be in order. That would also eliminate the stuff at extreme bottom that was just beginning to slip out of DOF.

A bit more visible detail in the foreground of the second shot might be of interest. The more distant stuff being dark is fine IMO.

[Chri5]

Thanks Dan