Splash

[Geoff F]

That crop is exactly what I was thinking about.

[bnnrcn]

Geoff , the crop didn't work so well in the beginning as I said in my reply to you in post #8 . That's why I didn't want to upload a cropped version. But I think fixing the distortion improved the image and the crop works fine now

That crop is exactly what I was thinking about.

[Mike Buckley]

I just now realized another nice outcome of the last crop: eliminating the bright spot at the bottom draws my attention to the very nice starburst on the breakwall.

[Shadowman]

[QUOTE=bnnrcn;609501]Thank you very much for the kind words and suggestions John, Rita, Greg, Isabel and Richard

John, you are right that I took a lot of shots and it was fun to wait for the waves to crash with the remote shutter in my hand. I have also some color images from the same evening and I'm hoping to edit and upload one of them soon.[QUOTE]

Binnur,

Looking forward to seeing the color versions.

[flashback]

Binnur for me edit #3 works best (fortunately I've never had a problem with a wandering eye so my eye tends to look wherever I tell it to look.) So with the straightened horizon I think you have a great image. What gets me is that the 'geyser' of water looks so out of place because there's really nothing else going on to suggest heavy seas, at least to my mind. So there you have this geyser shooting up all out of place and dancing with the sun. Awesome shot.

[FootLoose]

Thank you very much for the kind words and suggestions John, Rita, Greg, Isabel and Richard

Greg, I cropped the image already when fixing the slight distortion . But because Geoff, Dave and you have suggested some more crop, I tried it too and I think I'm happy with this version too as there are still a few pebbles as an anchor point and the composition looks good ( I actually tried this crop before fixing the distortion and it didn't work so well as I said in post #8). So, I'm uploading the two versions (cropped when fixing the distortion and cropped more after fixing the distortion) for your opinions . I also reduced the highlights in the reflections near the bottom frame as Mike suggested.

I would take a bit more of the left, still leaving a few pebbles to anchor the composition, although I think the concrete wall does that sufficiently.

My reason for cropping more off the left is that there is not much there to hold my interest. The few pebbles give the composition context, I think - ie shallow water on this side of the wall. But there is much more of interest on the right hand side. What I particularly like is the way the droplets arc over the sun and glitter in the sky. They look to me like stars and so link sea and sky together. So the wall leads the viewer into the splash and the splash leads into the sky, and the star droplets bring the eye back down to the sea - full circle.

I am not saying this is better or preferable to your crop, just a different way of looking at it.

[bnnrcn]

Thank you all again for your further opinions

Greg, thanks for taking the time to crop the image to show you what you had in mind, I really like it.

[Mike Buckley]

The pebbles on the left are being discussed as an anchor point. For me, the breakwall is the anchor and the pebbles provide additional context. Though that context is helpful, it's not so necessary that the image would be weakened by excluding the pebbles, especially if excluding them allows another characteristic of the image to become even more helpful.

[bnnrcn]

Hi Mike This image is really interesting for me , because IMO all versions after fixing the distortion work and it is difficult to choose a 'best'. I think I will look at them all again may be 2 days later to see how I feel about them.

The pebbles on the left are being discussed as an anchor point. For me, the breakwall is the anchor and the pebbles provide additional context. Though that context is helpful, it's not so necessary that the image would be weakened by excluding the pebbles, especially if excluding them allows another characteristic of the image to become even more helpful.

[joebranko]

Great capture Binnur!

[bnnrcn]

Thanks Joe

Great capture Binnur!