4 different styles at the beach (4 images)

[Willy wombat]

This weekend I have been testing out a few different processing styles on some shots i took at the beach the other day. I would be interested to hear if you think they work or not.

Thanks
WW


Shot 1 - High contrast with colour

This grass was winding its way down this sand dune and stood out to me. This was an exercise in contrast between the grass and the sand and I have tried to highlight the subject (line of grass) in the sand by getting it to pop? Not sure if this is too over the top or not? Considered black and white but the colour version was a bigger challenge and was "different".

[img]http://www.fototime.com/{3019B136-5A5C-4B06-AA86-EF8370FFAB0B}/picture.JPG[/img]

Shot 2 - Half and half

Moving away from using the thirds rule here I decided to crop the image so there was deliniation between the sand and the water at about the half way. Also boosted yellow saturation to make the sand bolder and brighter (less dull).

[img]http://www.fototime.com/{8DC7B54C-B638-44DF-AD82-2CAA6727313E}/picture.JPG[/img]

Shot 3 - The diagonal

The tide had gone out early one morning leaving behind this interesting pattern. Early morning light for this shot produced a strong shadow at the high water mark. An exercise in different textures. I have a number of different versions from this series but i liked this one because of the strong diagonal ellement.

[img]http://www.fototime.com/{BFEC11A9-7CB8-4950-9010-4BC27402890C}/picture.JPG[/img]

Shot 4 - Playing with colour to suit mood

This poor puffer fish had been discarded by a fisherman who obviously didnt land his target species. Wanted to portray its sad plight and cooled the image using mixture of colour balance and selective saturations.

[img]http://www.fototime.com/{95A5BE2C-67A4-441E-9B0B-7BD8E84E3609}/picture.JPG[/img]

[macka]

Interesting, Stephen. For me the first and last are the most successful of these.

The high contrast in the first is a great way to bring out the different texturtes, and it's nicely composed.

The blue colour cast in the last creates the right mood (I think) for the subject.

In the third I think it may work better if the diagonal line went from corner to corner. Maybe try a little rotating and cropping.

The second doesn't do that much for me, I think mainly because there's not much interest in the sand, which takes up a lot of the image.

[byrt_001]

hi

i really like the first one for the contrast withing the sand and the sky, also the composition of the grass and texture of the sand.

thansk for sharing

christian

[avkomp]

like the treatment of the first shot.
works well

steve

[DionM]

For the first and last (fish) ... the PP suits the intended theme and mood very well.

Diagonal also works well, whilst the second is the weakest for me.

[Finch]

First one works really well, using diagonals to move your eye throught the photo

Cheers

Michael

[suzanneg]

My order of preference is #1, #3, #4 and then #2. I like the diagonal, I think it works as it is.

[Alex]

Nice I like no. 1 and the last one the most. Well done.

Alex