Wind Water Spray

[Myer Bornstein]

The wind was blowing and created spray of the top of the waves
D300s Sigma lens
500mm
750mm (in 35mm film)
1/2000 sec, f/6.3
Mode: Manual
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
White balance: Auto

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Myer,
For me the top landmass takes away from the overall appeal of the crashing wave and spray. It also appears a touch soft in some of the wave area....not sure if it is due to a missed focus.....but you may want to check there. I do think you can get away with a pano crop.....eliminating the distant shore....making this stronger for me compositionally. Perhaps going back and doing a bit of tweaking will help take this up a notch.

[Myer Bornstein]

Thanks Roman I could not decide whether to keep the shoreline in or not I will try it without and do some tweaks

[Myer Bornstein]

Here is the repost

[Robert Amoruso]

Myer,

That is what I was going to suggest in this pano. Might try long shutter speeds to next time.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Myer, Agree with Roman's suggestion to crop out the shoreline. The repost is stronger due to that. The spray off the wave makes the image...

[David Thomasson]

I agree with the pano suggestion but would take more off the bottom, less off the top (and fill in there where needed). Also, there's
a bit of a blue cast which, if corrected selectively in the foam, will bring out the waves a little more dramatically. Good eye on this one. :cool:

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