Alone in the dark

I think Mike nailed it. Very nice but a bit more umph in the forground would help add a bit of excitment. From my pov all such images tend to have the same problem. However well they are done and however nice the scape and weather, the lack of a subject within the scene is a significant shortcoming. So yes I like it, as in deed I do quite a few of the other similar long exposure moody shots of nice places with good skys etc, but where is the meat. In short, to lift such shots to a higher plain there needs to be something or someone included. A sea angler patiently doing his thing, a reclinning nude, a huge red crab, an oil rig all lit up and flaring off, a beeched rowing boat, the list of subject posibilities is endless, although I understand having such subject matter available, in exactly the right place when you happen to see a great set up adds to the risks of it not all coming together. But nobody said it is easy. With all that said the lower picture works better in this regard, because the strange, stair-like, man-made structures add a curous "subject" to the scene. You just need a reclinning nude in the foreground, a search and resue helicopter with spot light playing on the waves and a lifeboat ploughing its way across the ocean firing maroons and leaving a bright wake in the moodlight and you have a gallery ready work of art. OK That might be over egging the custard but you know what I mean.

Of their genre, these are very nice but with a bit of luck and or extra planing and creativity they are excellence ready.