Any suggestion regarding composition, processing or anything else would be very helpful.
I have use NIkon D5500
18-55mm lens with a Haida 6stop ND filter.
I quite like these, and I like your use of dodging on the subjects on the sand.
At a subjective level, they clouds are a little over cooked for my liking. Also the sand and log in the third image are a little too sharp for my taste.
I have a feeling that any critique of your images will be subjective, and accordingly you may be better off asking a non-photographer audience for their reaction.
I'll second William and say that most critiques here are probably going to be more in the subjective range than anything. Maybe the only thing I would say is that it might help to have some leading lines of some kind in the image to help the eyes navigate them.
I really like the sky in the first one, but the foreground is boring. Not much going on. If you go closer to that rock and have some water going around it, it makes so much better :)
It really depends on the aesthetic you're looking for. The tones in the pictures are narrow in range. It gives the images a flat, or smooth look. If that's what you want, then you're right on target. If you want the water to be less (pun alert) washed out, to have more dynamic visual impact, broaden the tones and increase the midtone contrast. Or, if you want to play with some balance of the two looks, with less dynamic sky and slightly more dynamic water...or, the opposite then gradient/layer away!
Here are a couple examples of your pics with broadened tonal range and increased midtone contrast, and the change settings.
Yeah you need leading lines or a foreground. Sometimes you can use the ripples in the sands, rocks, etc... I'm not a big fan of photos when the foreground takes too much of the frame, but you need something to draw the eye in. For photo n°1 there's nothing that does that for example, the sand is flat, shapeless, your eye doesn't known where to go. You've got the light and the weather, now you need the composition. Thomas Heaton does a lot of these pictures, you should check his youtube channel.
Hi Tanay,
I quite like these, and I like your use of dodging on the subjects on the sand.
At a subjective level, they clouds are a little over cooked for my liking. Also the sand and log in the third image are a little too sharp for my taste.
I have a feeling that any critique of your images will be subjective, and accordingly you may be better off asking a non-photographer audience for their reaction.
All that aside, great work.
William
Thank you. Next time I will try to avoid over processing the images.
I'll second William and say that most critiques here are probably going to be more in the subjective range than anything. Maybe the only thing I would say is that it might help to have some leading lines of some kind in the image to help the eyes navigate them.
Thank you
#4 is by far the best one out there.
I really like the sky in the first one, but the foreground is boring. Not much going on. If you go closer to that rock and have some water going around it, it makes so much better :)
Thank you so much.
Hi Tanay. I think I like them all as they are.I would also like to see similar shots in the landscape mode.
Thank you. will definitely try that
It really depends on the aesthetic you're looking for. The tones in the pictures are narrow in range. It gives the images a flat, or smooth look. If that's what you want, then you're right on target. If you want the water to be less (pun alert) washed out, to have more dynamic visual impact, broaden the tones and increase the midtone contrast. Or, if you want to play with some balance of the two looks, with less dynamic sky and slightly more dynamic water...or, the opposite then gradient/layer away!
Here are a couple examples of your pics with broadened tonal range and increased midtone contrast, and the change settings.
- Dean
Yeah you need leading lines or a foreground. Sometimes you can use the ripples in the sands, rocks, etc... I'm not a big fan of photos when the foreground takes too much of the frame, but you need something to draw the eye in. For photo n°1 there's nothing that does that for example, the sand is flat, shapeless, your eye doesn't known where to go. You've got the light and the weather, now you need the composition. Thomas Heaton does a lot of these pictures, you should check his youtube channel.
Thank you, I already follow him. And I totally agree that a foreground makes a image way better with its depth.