Hi Jack, Luiz, Bob S., Ken, Frank, Dave B., and Doug: I actually like the
1st one too--the 2nd feels cramped and less interesting to me--though my
husband prefers the 2nd one. Also, I've been trying to compose within the
entire frame--that is, to compose a shot from edge to edge--so, I feel the
1st one achieves that goal. With all the shooting I've been doing in the
last 2 years, I feel I've been sloppy in composition and used heavy cropping
to overcome the sloppiness. I do like compositions in a square crop, so
some of my work is square by choice, but now that I have the 21mm, I can see
where I have to really train my eye more so that I can previsualize the
frame boundaries for specific focal lengths.
And Bob S.--I think I know the spot you're talking about! Thanks for the
tip!
Big thanks for everyone's suggestions and comments. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Waller" <[email protected]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:55 PM
Subject: Re: PESO Lake Michigan Waves
Nice captures, but I pick the first cause you gave the seawall more room
to the RH edge. Nice use of the seawall as a lead in/out of the image.
It could do with less of that blank sky also.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine Aguila" <[email protected]>
Subject: PESO Lake Michigan Waves
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
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