Santa Cruz, CA Seascape, alternative shot

[dmichaud]

I recently posted a shot with a surf "motion". Thanks so much for the feedback. Here's an shot from 3 minutes later that is more "quiet reflection" instead of "dynamic motion".


Natural Bridges State Park #1, Santa Cruz by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/dmichaud/]Dave Michaud

Please let me know if you have any feedback on this shot and any preference?

Canon 50D
ISO 100, f8, 0.4 sec @ 10mm (EFL 16mm)
Singh-Ray 3 stop reverse ND grad

Thanks so much,
Dave

[Colin Southern]

Hi Dave,

Personally, I'd lop everything from the bottom up to just under the reflection (and a little of the left) off.

[Shadowman]

This one totally changes the mood captured in the first image. The first conveyed motion and mysticism, this one conveys tranquility.

[Geoff F]

For me, there is no question about it - this is a far superior photo to the other shot.

[jiro]

Very nice. Congratulations for being at the right place at the right moment. That is very beautiful.

[tb72]

Nice shot with nice colors. Did you try to resize it with a panoramis formet keeping just the upper part of the picture ?

[dmichaud]

Thanks for the feedback folks. Here's a version with Colin's suggested crop. I also brought out a bit more of the rock detail with a shadows adjustment. Let me know what you think. Thanks, Dave