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I'm scratching my head as (at the time of writing) nobody has commented on this photo. Sometimes these things happen....
I like the composition, the low viewpoint lets the main branch fill the foreground and the pebbles on the sand also add interest along with the breaking wave.
You have also caught a lovely sky with the sun just at the horizon.
Very well captured,
Stewart
I like the composition, the low viewpoint lets the main branch fill the foreground and the pebbles on the sand also add interest along with the breaking wave.
You have also caught a lovely sky with the sun just at the horizon.
Very well captured,
Stewart
Well done
nice composition, wouldnt bother modding 
hello,
sky exposure is beautiful and the water also capured nicely.
i think a slightly lower viewpoint and a move a little to the left would have tightened upo the composition.
the move to the left to bring the branch into the right top corner and the lower pos to bring more separation against that sky and give more of a diagonal.
you have a little issue here with the horizon sloping down to the right and this looks worse than it is by the slope of the shoreline.
im wondering if i would have gone and tried another view around the right side of the branch making this fit the left side and the far ones over to the right side of it by pulling in a greater diagonal shore line.
the loose bit of branch could be cloned out as its not adding anything
nice shot though
Phil
sky exposure is beautiful and the water also capured nicely.
i think a slightly lower viewpoint and a move a little to the left would have tightened upo the composition.
the move to the left to bring the branch into the right top corner and the lower pos to bring more separation against that sky and give more of a diagonal.
you have a little issue here with the horizon sloping down to the right and this looks worse than it is by the slope of the shoreline.
im wondering if i would have gone and tried another view around the right side of the branch making this fit the left side and the far ones over to the right side of it by pulling in a greater diagonal shore line.
the loose bit of branch could be cloned out as its not adding anything
nice shot though
Phil
Thanks all for your comments.
Paul and Phil, your comments were exactly what I was after so thanks for taking the time to analyse in such detail. With regards to the horizon, I'm pretty sure the bubble on my tripod was in the middle but I guess even a very slight tilt becomes exaggerated on a distant horizon.
I'm aware that I may get barrel distortion when my lens is wide open at 18mm. Until I can buy a wide angle lens is there a way to correct any bend in the horizon that might occur?
I'm still new to this game and it seems to me right now that there is so much to think about once I'm on location. The main things I'm trying to focus on right now are composition (rule of thirds and point of view etc) and the settings on the camera. I guess it all becomes instinct in time though.
I have a couple more from Benacre that I will be uploading in the next couple of days as well that I'm sure you may have opinions on.
Paul and Phil, your comments were exactly what I was after so thanks for taking the time to analyse in such detail. With regards to the horizon, I'm pretty sure the bubble on my tripod was in the middle but I guess even a very slight tilt becomes exaggerated on a distant horizon.
I'm aware that I may get barrel distortion when my lens is wide open at 18mm. Until I can buy a wide angle lens is there a way to correct any bend in the horizon that might occur?
I'm still new to this game and it seems to me right now that there is so much to think about once I'm on location. The main things I'm trying to focus on right now are composition (rule of thirds and point of view etc) and the settings on the camera. I guess it all becomes instinct in time though.
I have a couple more from Benacre that I will be uploading in the next couple of days as well that I'm sure you may have opinions on.
hello.
having the bubble on the tripod is fine but that levels the top flange of the tripod only. the pan and tilt or ball head can be totally different. a bubble in the flash mount is better to be fair.
im not familiar with elements but its easy to correct tilt, select all-edit-transform, rotate with the corners of the box until level and recrop to suit. there are easier ways in ps but im unsure about elements.
the barrel distortion is also fixable with the transform tools but there is a special correction tool under the filters in ps. try google for elements solutions im sure its easy to do.
main thing on composition is do your shot and then explore other angles---work the scene
Phil
having the bubble on the tripod is fine but that levels the top flange of the tripod only. the pan and tilt or ball head can be totally different. a bubble in the flash mount is better to be fair.
im not familiar with elements but its easy to correct tilt, select all-edit-transform, rotate with the corners of the box until level and recrop to suit. there are easier ways in ps but im unsure about elements.
the barrel distortion is also fixable with the transform tools but there is a special correction tool under the filters in ps. try google for elements solutions im sure its easy to do.
main thing on composition is do your shot and then explore other angles---work the scene
Phil
