Critique Welcomed Narrabeen Rock Pool

[Milan Vjestica]

Narrabeen Rock Pool by Milan Vjestica, on Flickr

Not the greatest sunrise. A nice way to start the day though. A little later there was pod of Humpback Whales breaching and splashing. Sadly about a kilometer out to sea and I left my long lens at home!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Very nice. Good foreground focus. You could do with some leading lines, though

 

[Milan Vjestica]

I was trying for a minimalist approach.

Thanks Rob.

 

[Dave Farnes]

That is a great one! Love the contrast between the warmth of the sunrise and the cold sea.

 

[Milan Vjestica]

Thanks Dave. The sea is also not too cold now. Just right for an early morning swim!

 

[John Holland]

Just perfect, Milan. That would print out quite well on metallic paper

 

[Brian Moore]

Beautiful image Milan. I agree with what John said.

 

[Milan Vjestica]

Thank you John and Brian.

I have not sourced printing on metalic paper before. I might give this one a go.

 

[Pete Askew]

Tranquil and beautifully exposed and framed, Oh and, of course, square!

Like the others, I especially like the cooler tones and it has a wonderful feeling of early morning to it and it would make a fine print I'm sure.

 

[Milan Vjestica]

Thank you Pete. I knew you would appreciate the symetry of the square crop!

 

[Milan Vjestica]

Very cool at 5am. All of 21 degrees C!

 

[Karishma Boghawala]

Narrabeen Rock Pool by Milan Vjestica, on Flickr

Not the greatest sunrise. A nice way to start the day though. A little later there was pod of Humpback Whales breaching and splashing. Sadly about a kilometer out to sea and I left my long lens at home!

Such a beautiful image. I loved to capture these type of scenes. # I missed it.

 

[Milan Vjestica]

Than you Karishma. The only thing stopping you is..................you!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Gorgeous comp and colors - no surprise Pete (capt Squarepants) loved it!

 

[Milan Vjestica]

One of the few images where I have tried processing the Fuji files in Capture 1 express.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

One of the few images where I have tried processing the Fuji files in Capture 1 express.

Very nice - how are you liking C1?

 

[Milan Vjestica]

As it is the free version it is not really clicking in terms of workflow and some functionality I like is missing. However, I tend to end up with more natural images than LR which is good. Also I feel that the images seem to have better detail in C1. LR has better cataloguing and file management. It may be that I am too used to LR.

I have been trying a couple of the packages, Luminar, Darktable and C1. They all have their strengths. I am yet to settle on one as the lazy side of me reverts to X-Transformer and LR.

I probably need to stop procrastinating and pick one then stick to it.

 

[Pete Askew]

LR is certainly the more convenient for cataloguing, but I agree that you can squeeze more out of the raw files using C1. I always use C1 for the PhaseOne files although I tend to dump most other stuff in LR as I like the convenience of it as a route to Nik.