What’s Your Preference?

Art · #1 (**permalink**) 09-26-2011, 12:17 AM

Hi all, I took this pic in the harbor of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, I did a large exposure to capture the rocks sharply and to distort the waves

Can you please critic my intention? in general, what's your opinion?

Thanks Art

Exif

Canon XS
Focal length 28mm
f 4
exposure 1/2 seg

sk66 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-26-2011, 01:19 AM

Tripod? It doesn't look quite as sharp as I think it should. Maybe you should have used f/5.6 for that lens.

I think it needs a bit more water for my taste....The longer exposure time worked well enough for softening the water.... Depending on the "feeling" you were going for I probably would have used an even longer exposure time.

Art · #3 (**permalink**) 09-26-2011, 02:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sk66

Tripod? It doesn't look quite as sharp as I think it should. Maybe you should have used f/5.6 for that lens.

I think it needs a bit more water for my taste....The longer exposure time worked well enough for softening the water.... Depending on the "feeling" you were going for I probably would have used an even longer exposure time.

you are right, I forgot to say that I did not use tripod, that's why your observations
Thanks Art

vainqueur · #4 (**permalink**) 09-26-2011, 02:45 AM

I get what you want trying to do. Perhaps, try to include a bit more water and section the whole frame diagonally, half of it with rocks and half of it with water, but take note of the exposure because in the process of balancing out the exposure, you might end up with the water over expose.

flytyer57 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-26-2011, 04:28 PM

It appears to me that the rocks in the foreground are in focus, and the picture loses focus as it moves toward the water.

Hill Country Hack · #6 (**permalink**) 09-26-2011, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sk66

Tripod? It doesn't look quite as sharp as I think it should. Maybe you should have used f/5.6 for that lens.

I think it needs a bit more water for my taste....The longer exposure time worked well enough for softening the water.... Depending on the "feeling" you were going for I probably would have used an even longer exposure time.

What he said.

shruggy63 · #7 (**permalink**) 09-26-2011, 08:45 PM

I can feel the undertow on my ankles looking at the picture! I'd second the more sea (but only slightly more) & tripod comments. Could you have used a flash for the foreground?