Land and Sea Scapes from the Kaipara

[Azza]

Hi all. Here are some shots from my local area. I hope you enjoy.

Constructive Criticism is always appreciated.

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv12/azza_photography/The_Channel_Turbulent.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/12439540@N02/3953001038/)

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv12/azza_photography/Muriwai_0327.jpg

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv12/azza_photography/Shelly_Beach.jpg

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv12/azza_photography/The_Channel_2.jpg

[nathanbarlow]

i like the first and last one

[Airflore]

I really like the first and the third shots. I like the composition and the long exposure. In the second shot, I find the waves are a bit over exposed.

[Bigelboe]

First one is nice, although Id like to see more of the inlet in the frame, the sky isn't really doing anything for you in this shot. Perhaps bumping the contrast in the sky might be a good plan?

The 2nd is a nice shot but I find it really hard to look at with that grotesque watermark. May I ask why you feel a watermark this big is necessary? And also why you change sizes between shots? IMHO stick to a small signature in the bottom right if anything at all, if you are worried about image theft then just post low res.

Anyway, the 2nd shot is a reversal of the first, epic sky and so-so foreground, I probably would have done a pretty simple composition with the sky taking up 2/3s of the frame, and just having sand in the bottom 1/3 to really emphasize the sky as the subject.

3rd is cool, although I feel you went overboard with the saturation a bit (Im soo often guilty of this :/ ) Also if you had managed to work the two spaces into the rule of 1/3rds it might have made it a bit stronger, horizons can be around the middle but there usually has to be a pretty good reason for it, to make it work visually.

The 4th is a bit lacking in contrast for me, personally I would try a high contrast BnW conversion and see if you can pull a little detail out of the sky, as it is a lot of the frame is the same colour which makes it feel a little bland.

Ill have to get up to the Kaipara some stage soon, I havn't been for ages and Id love to shoot some epic west coast scenery.

[monkfish]

nice shots love the second one down.