Puerto Vargas

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Image taken at the Caribbean side of Costa Rica.

Canon 30D
18mm
ISO100
f/16
1/15sec
tripod
Exposure comp. +0.30

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Hi Juan,
This is a pretty scene. I have been to CR and on the Caribbean side. Beautiful country.
I am wondering if it would look better as a pano crop as there is not too much in the FG to anchor the viewer. Might open up the shadows in the trees a bit too.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hi Juan,
This is a pretty scene. I have been to CR and on the Caribbean side. Beautiful country.
I am wondering if it would look better as a pano crop as there is not too much in the FG to anchor the viewer. Might open up the shadows in the trees a bit too.

Thanks Jackie for your help and advise.

I was going to lighten the dark vegetation but I think it balances the compo since there is enough light around.:)

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Like your crop to pano much better Juan!

[David Thomasson]

Beautiful scene. I like the pano crop. Some brush strokes in the shadow area that need to be cleaned up -- possibly left from applying S/H filter?

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Beautiful scene. I like the pano crop. Some brush strokes in the shadow area that need to be cleaned up -- possibly left from applying S/H filter?

Very good observation David!
I guess I was not so careful when I did this.
I will try a new version with this problem fixed. Thank you so much for your input.:D

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Juan,
I too like the pano crop better......but now feel the left side is a bit too overpowering......cropping off and putting the wet/dry line in the ROT position?........may help eliminate the darker shadow areas also.

[Robert Amoruso]

I like the pano crop and agrees with Roman's suggestion on the left side. Surf line is a good leading line into the image.