Youghal Beach, Ireland

[irishdave]

Took a trip to the beach this weekend to catch the sunrise. Ended up locking my keys in the car too.

Should I have excluded the rocky section in the bottom left and does the color seem a bit strange where the sun is about to rise over the headland?

94mm
ISO 100
f/29
5 seconds

Dave
dave365.wordpress.com

[Chip]

Pretty, and I especially like the comp and subtle colors in the 2nd one.

But, did you mean to post these in critique?

[irishdave]

Thanks Chip,

Sorry, I've edited the post. It's been a while since I posted anything and forgot the rules (RTFM).
Yes I'm looking for critique on the image.

[EMansfield]

To my eyes, the rocky portion appears to be distracting that it draws my attention to it more than the beautiful sunrise do. Nice soft tones btw.

Cheers!

Eric Mansfield

[Aleix]

Like Eric said, rocks below dispute viewer's attention with sunset. Just an idea:



Nice pic btw

[irishdave]

Thanks for the advice Eric and Aleix. I think I'll take another go at it and try for that composition in camera.
I like that overlay, never thought of using them.

[photo]

Nice sunrise. Go ahead and take another shot aligning it up with Aleix's overlay. Too bad about the keys

[Chip]

I guess I'm in the minority, but I think the rocks in the foreground are a plus. They give the photo depth, and add a diagonal that - to me - makes the photo more interesting.