This photo means a lot to me. Not because it's the best photo ever, but, because it taught me lessons in both resilience and persistence. I'd been in a "photo slump" lately and was struggling to find compositions and more importantly, motivation. I ended up on this Guam beach and could tell that the sunset had potential. I scrambled up and down the beach for over an hour. Frantically trying to find the right....anything...to put in my image instead of just the sunset and the water. I was approaching a rocky outcropping that I thought had potential, but as I got closer I was disappointed yet again. It just wasn't going to work. A few steps later I could see a fallen tree sticking out from around the bend in the beach. I hurried over excitedly. Knowing I'd found the "something" I was looking for I got out my wide angle lens and quickly tested a couple different compositions. Within two or three minutes of arriving at the tree I had this image. Less than two minutes later the sun had finished setting, the light was gone, and I was getting rained on. It's funny how out of an hour and a half at the beach it was this fleeting four minutes that lifted my spirits so much! I'm sure the slumps will happen again, but I can look back on this image and remind myself to just keep trying. Thanks for reading.
I hear you. I struggle with slumps. The colors are good and the "feeling" of serenity's there. But, a little wider view of the tree and beach would have been better, I think.
I appreciate the critique. Thank you.
Who doesn't struggle, I sometimes feel like it's an endless struggle.
I agree with Robert, love the color, but I feel like the image is a bit too cluttered (or maybe complicated it the better word) to get a feeling of serenity. But I'd say it's technically on point!