Drifting on the Sea

[Richard Waas]

I photographed this image handheld with my Canon 40D on Sanibel Island at sunset. ISO 200, F/8.0, 1/25 sec. EF 24-105mm, 28mm, Pattern Metering, Cloudy WB, Auto Exposure. Comments Welcome.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Richard,
I like your composition very much. The sunset is beautiful; filled with rich vibrant hues of orange and reds. I modified your image, by kicking up the saturation 20%, and adjusted the contrast. I also gave you a .45 degree CCW rotation on the water line...see if you like...good show...:cool:

[Richard Waas]

I saw that rotation and forgot about it. I was worried that the shot was too saturated as it was, the reds and yellows were blowing out on the histogram. I like the contrast up a tad. Thanks.....

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Richard,
Now that is what I call a sunset...Gus's repost takes it over the top for me - very well done!
Regards,
Nicki

[Alfred Forns]

Great re post of a sweet image !!! Would like it even better if you had moved away to make the foreground element smaller? Excellent feel and like it a lot !!

[Harold Davis]

when i saw the thumbnail image, i knew exactly where this is!! i love that beach. you did a much better job than i did with this. i walked all around that thing and could never figure it out. you got some really nice light! only thing i might suggest doing after gus' repost is maybe using the gradient tool and darkening from the top down and adding a little more contrast at the same time.

nice job, richard!!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Awesome capture Richard. Excellent composition and colors. The ccw does not bother me that much.
Congrats,

[Fabs Forns]

Richard, did you use Shadow/Highlights on this image? There's a huge halo around the driftwood.

Beautiful otherwise.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Very Pretty. I thought it was a composite because of the lighter colour around the wood. Quite beautiful.