KPWM From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 2288 posts, RR: 1 Posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1811 times:
I took these shots last week. Should I submit both, none, or maybe one but not the other? Any help or criticism on ways to make these shots better would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
WakeTurbulence From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 1288 posts, RR: 18 Reply 1, posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 1795 times:
DM From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 336 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 1766 times:
The first ones better because it shows more of the beach and it looks better like that.
Lanas From Argentina, joined Aug 2006, 978 posts, RR: 14 Reply 3, posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 1757 times:
Hi
Both very nice shots. The first one will be more appealing, but the second one shows an angle that isn´t so common. Don´t submit both. Submit the first one if you like, but only that one.
On some more technical aspect I think that the contrast/saturation is a bit too high and that it may also need a tad CW rotation. Just a thought, it may be a bit picky, but verticals on the right seem to be leaning more than the ones near the left border, and the ones in the center are a bit off to the left. Try it out, but if you feel the level is OK like this, go ahead.
Hope it helps. Good luck with it!
Cheers
Lanas.-
"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." J.R.R. Tolkien
The first one looks slightly blurry (tad soft in parts, very sharp in others), so in this respect I'd go for the second. However, both are very marginal in terms of quality, looking grainy (sky), with slightly too high contrast and saturation. Don't know if this comes from the originals or are due to editing, though.
Good luck !
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KPWM From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 2288 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1690 times:
Klintrepid From United States of America, joined May 2005, 124 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1681 times:
It seems like there is a halo around the edge of the tail. But cool shots indeed!
KPWM From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 2288 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1645 times:
Here are the same two. I tried to eliminate the grainy stuff around the clouds.
KPWM From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 2288 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (5 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 1594 times:
Thanks for all the help. I got the second photo submitted!
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