Christine, I like the second one a bit better, but it's a tough choice. The strongest element in these is the curved shore. I love it. Catching the big splashes can be tough. You did well. Go in stronger winds or worse weather for more chances, but watch where you're standing or you'll be wet or worse... There's a stretch of Sheridan Road at the Evanston border where monster splashes occur. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 1:50 AM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > I believe this is my 1st wave shoot. I probably shot about 90 pics, but > this was the best of the bunch. The others weren't very interesting mainly > because I didn't time the shots right or the wave didn't turn out as > dramatic as I thought it might or the composition was uninteresting. Getting > all of the aforementioned just right at the same time was hard. > > Birds were everywhere as well--so I cleaned up the sky quite a bit--lots of > blurry black spots polluting that drab looking sky :-). > > I found shooting waves quite a challenge. I tried to use all my senses to > anticipate where the big splashes might be but it often didn't work out. I > tried to rely on hearing, but it seemed the louder and incoming wave was the > less interesting was the splash when it hit the shore :-). If anyone has > any tips, I'd be grateful. I probably should try this again with an ND > filter, no? Also, I'd be interested in knowing which crop you prefer--I've > cropped the jogger out of the 2nd pic. > > Anyway, comments/critique welcome--I could use some help in shooting this > subject. > > http://faculty.ccc.edu/caguila/waves/index.html > > Cheers, Christine > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
