Hi Folks,
This is one of the best photographs I took on Day 1 of the Out of Oregon Photography Workshop last week. I have several of this scene without the fellow photographer in the frame, but this one works best in my opinion, in part because of the human element.
I believe this was Strawberry Hill, where the beach turned amazing colors as the day came to a close.
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Does this image work for you?
Are the colors vibrant enough? I’ve got a tendency to “under-develop” landscape images, and this didn’t get a whole lot of processing in part because it didn’t need much. Dynamic range had narrowed, colors popped on their own.
Are there hot spots I should deal with?
Does the composition work? It’s not quite 50/50, which I’ve been know to use in reflections, but I wanted to draw the eye to the figure by putting her off-center a bit.
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Canon 5d3 with 24-105mm at 24, ISO 160, f/13, 1/13th sec (yeah, she was pretty still)
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Wow; this is a bit incongruous with the thoughts you posted in Landscape. 
This is fantastic!
This one works very well for me. That’s an amazing sky, and the vibrant reflection below so attractively leads the eye into the scene. I love that there is just a touch of shore in the image.
This would be very good without the photographer, but totally agree that it makes this image so much better.
Colors are great, and I think it was a wise choice not to fool with them too much. No hot spots that bug me; I love the dynamic range in the image.
I think the comp is just right. This is one of those cool images where you have a great 2:3, and it also looks just as good cropped to a 3:4.
Nicely done!
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Hi Marylynne! Wow! What wonderful light you captured here. I agree with John’s comments. Everything works really well, and I agree the image is much better with the photographer. Very well done!
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Thanks, John and Steve. I’m glad you like it.
@John_Williams John: The incongruity probably comes from how little thought I gave to this image and how much thought and time I gave to the one in Landscape. I saw this and shot it. I was feeling the color, the reflections, and she just walked into the frame. The one in landscape, I think I approached too scientifically. Might not have been feeling it, and both the light and composition were not obvious to work with. Here, it all came together pretty intuitively.
I don’t usually like a vertical 2x3, but in this case, it fit the epehemeral nature of the moment, the sort of “second coming sky” effect. I like how it sort of transports us into the sky.
Thanks for appreciating the moment!
ML
I really like this, Marylynne. I think the sky deserves the extra space in this one and by cutting off the bottom where the color is pretty uniform you make a nice base for the image.
I’m not sure if Landscape is allowing people in the photograph, so I’m going to move this to non-nature for now. People and Fauna is designated for domestic animals or wild animals in a distinctly human modified environment. People are allowed, but only accompanied by other animals.
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Thanks Dennis. I was thinking this was people or fauna in nature. I wasn’t sure where it belonged, just figured it had a place here somewhere.
ML
A dazzling photo. I might prefer to see it without any people too,
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I don’t have this comp without a person. I took a horizontal one without a human element, but it has less interesting lines of sand and lacks that airy top.
ML
Marylynne, somehow, I missed this image. Wow, it is sensational. Love the photographer in the scene as it gives a sense of space and size. The colors are spectacular. Awesome image all around.
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Thanks David. I had it in People/Fauna because I forgot where to post human element photos 
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I love the color and the line of sand separating the photographer from the reflection. This is one of those “saw it and got it” moments.
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