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12/16/2005 10:34:33 PM |
| Man you must have been up against some tough competition. |
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09/26/2005 01:41:09 AM |
| This is an outstanding image. Congratulations on your top 20 finish. So good that i am placing it in my favs. |
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09/15/2005 06:27:39 AM |
G'day Owen. Greetings from the Critique Club!
Odd co-incidence; my first CC critique and the shot was taken quite close to where I live.
The image is undeniably High Contrast, and yet it's not really that particular quality that first engages the viewer ... it's more the deft composition and the beautiful transluscent nature of the breaking wave top that establishes the initial impression. That slight subordination of the challenge theme is no bad thing, in my view. You have instead used High Contrast with more subtlety than most, as a natural extension of your vision for the subject. In other words you've avoided using High Contrast as a drunk uses a lamp post - for support rather than illumination.
Your composition is ultimately the most impressive and instructive aspect of the image. I applaud the fact that you have resisted placing either the rock or the sun at one of the classic 'thirds' intersections. Your photograph is all the more harmonious for that decision, because your slightly 'weaker' placement of those two elements means that attention is not unduly deflected away from the wave top. For the same reason, the placement of that wave top at the vertical half-way point is apposite - we therefore don't see the usual stretch of wet sand at the bottom or big sky with seagull at the top ... you knew exactly what your subject was, and you confidently eliminated everything that wasn't it! This is a fine image; beautiful and, if the viewer will take a few moments, also highly instructive. Among other things, it is a very powerful example of when it can be appropriate to bend the conventional compositional rules.
Cheers,
Paul Martin |
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09/11/2005 10:47:50 PM |
| This is incredible! Havent seen anything like this ever! 10 |
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09/11/2005 05:50:40 PM |
| Decent contrast and really nice wave capture. Bumping up after second look. :-) |
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09/11/2005 12:18:23 PM |
| Great capture. i love how the light is broken by the big wave. I also appreciate the contrast between the turbulent water and the calm sky. 10. |
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09/11/2005 12:05:30 PM |
Really lovely!
A few changes I would have made: the clouds make it look leaning Lt. I would rotate clockwise slightly, maybe 2-3 degrees. Also you could bump up saturation to get more color in the clouds, maybe. Also when takeing the shot, if you have manual ability on your camera. Shut down the aperature, like f8 to get more of a star shape in your sun, but that may blur your water? Something to play with. Othewise the water is just delicious! Beautiful zoom! Good contrast. -9 |
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09/11/2005 02:54:34 AM |
| Great shot, I'm stuck staring at it! |
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09/10/2005 10:24:55 PM |
| A superb example of high contrast with overflowing beauty. 9 |
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09/10/2005 06:05:32 PM |
| Great shot - love the translucence of the waves. Lovely. The overexpossed sun is a sacrifice, but bearable. |
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09/10/2005 02:53:36 AM |
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09/09/2005 12:26:19 PM |
Ohhh wow....
I am not "into" sunset photo's and one could ague that the sun in your photo is overexposed (offcourse) but that light true the wave wow, just plane wow... |
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09/08/2005 11:12:43 PM |
| Beautifully backlit image. I would clone out the little green flare spot below the sun. Still great shot. 8 |
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09/08/2005 01:09:49 PM |
Great capture, good luck
kathleen |
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09/07/2005 07:13:03 PM |
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09/07/2005 06:57:01 PM |
| nice how the light goes through the water. well caught. |
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09/07/2005 03:16:04 PM |
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09/06/2005 08:27:02 PM |
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09/06/2005 03:31:41 PM |
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09/06/2005 01:43:35 PM |
| Great how the light shines through the wave! Great contrast. |
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09/06/2005 01:06:30 PM |
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09/06/2005 10:17:35 AM |
| Cool shot. Nicely exposed and well composed. |
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09/06/2005 02:13:56 AM |
| Hm.. I'm not sure what contrast you are going for here..? Light and dark perhaps? Movement of water vs the unmoveable rocks? I think it has beautiful colors and really captures the feeling of the sea, but the purpose of it in relation to contrasts isn't clear to me. I do see that there are contrasts in it, but they aren't what I find myself immediately recognizing. I gave a 6. |
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09/05/2005 07:56:50 PM |
| Holy cow! Major WOW factor here. Truly spectacular shot. Kudos... I would imagine that this is a ribbon contender. |
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09/05/2005 02:31:14 PM |
| Beautiful shot both technically and artistically. My 10's are reserved for those shots that consist entirely of things that contrast eachother, so this is a 9 to me. But FYI it was hard not to rate this a 10. |
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09/05/2005 11:07:16 AM |
| Lovely mood. I love the backlighting of the waves and warmth the sun creates. Good luck :) |
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