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    Golden Wheat on the Beach

    Well, not wheat, but that grass just glows when the morning light hits it...

    Golden Wheat on the Beach

    This composition feel too 'smothered'?

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    Re: Golden Wheat on the Beach

    As someone who likes to take closeups - I like it. But then you did waste a perfectly good looking sunrise by not going wider and further from the subject. Or did you???

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    Re: Golden Wheat on the Beach

    A good idea, well done.

    Don't know what the depth was in terms of the from the front of the grass to the back, but I wondered how it would've been if the DoF was slightly greater and we saw all of the grass in focus, but the background was kept out-of-focus as it is. Would that shot have been possible?

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    Re: Golden Wheat on the Beach

    I like it every one dose sunsets/sunrises it’s something different.

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    Re: Golden Wheat on the Beach

    I don't know what you mean by "smothered" in the context of this image, so I don't see anything being smothered. I like the concept a lot but I agree with Donald that I would like to see more of the grass in focus.

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    Re: Golden Wheat on the Beach

    Quote Originally Posted by Donald View Post
    A good idea, well done.

    Don't know what the depth was in terms of the from the front of the grass to the back, but I wondered how it would've been if the DoF was slightly greater and we saw all of the grass in focus, but the background was kept out-of-focus as it is. Would that shot have been possible?
    Donald, I absolutely agree; and when you pointed that out it clicked that I need to do a better job of 'making' these shots, instead of 'getting' them.

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    Re: Golden Wheat on the Beach

    Quote Originally Posted by glenng View Post
    I like it every one dose sunsets/sunrises it’s something different.
    Thanks Glenn!

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    Re: Golden Wheat on the Beach

    Quote Originally Posted by Bobobird View Post
    As someone who likes to take closeups - I like it. But then you did waste a perfectly good looking sunrise by not going wider and further from the subject. Or did you???
    Thank Bobo, I actually cropped out the sun because it was overpowering the shot. That said, I do have quite a ways to go on those sunrise shots - practice, practice, practice...

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    Re: Golden Wheat on the Beach

    Quote Originally Posted by Mike Buckley View Post
    I don't know what you mean by "smothered" in the context of this image, so I don't see anything being smothered. I like the concept a lot but I agree with Donald that I would like to see more of the grass in focus.
    Thanks Mike, appreciate the feedback...

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    Re: Golden Wheat on the Beach

    You're probably aware that this scene could have produced a nice sunset shot with the wheat shown in silhouette. Just a reminder of a very different look that can be had in this situation.

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