Quang Phan
About the Image(s)
I found the Kaihalulu Beach on the Google and curiously went hiking when I visited Hawaii in March 2021 . This is Isolated & compact beaches, accessed via a steep and dangerous hiking trail, with distinctive dark-red sand. I stood on top of the cliff and took this photo, I want the red sand and blue water created distinct color. I use ACR to increase shadow for some areas. And in PS I just sharpen by Nik Sharpener. Shoot with Sony A7riii, Tamron 17-28mm, f/4.5 ISO 100, Speed 1/1000s
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Rich James
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Quang, what a great image. Love the colors from red, aqua to deep blue. The people on the beach provide some perspective and you froze the scene nicely at 1000th of a second. I also like that the rock formation and beach provide a leading line into the image. My only suggestion would be to change the size of the canvas to a 4 by 3 and reduce the amount of beach and greenery on the left side of the photo. Really all of the interest is middle to right side. Nice job!   Posted: 05/09/2021 12:34:42
Quang Phan
Hi James, thank you for your suggestion. Yes, your comment to resize image from the left is correct and green color was from my post processing. Thanks   Posted: 05/13/2021 07:54:51
Trey Foerster
For me, the leading line is the white water of the waves along the rocks, which brings me to the cliff face, then left along the cliff face and the rounding of the pool to the people. People add dimension to the image. I'd crop both right and left edges as seen in attachment, which emphasizes the leading line from the bottom right. I wonder what a black vignette would do to center the eye to where you want it focused?   Posted: 05/19/2021 10:44:03
This is a beautiful coastline view, I'm not sure if the ridge of rocks extend to that possible to capture vertical composition, that would be bring out more dramatic wave impact to viewer; that is my personal thinking... however, love the wave that you captured in this image. Thanks   Posted: 05/28/2021 02:33:41