Looking through the first bunch of images from the 10-22 on a beach walk. Saw this face in the surf on one of them and decided that it made a good challenge entry. Great to be back in the saddle. Taken in colour, hue/saturation, brightness/contrast and channel mixer to monochrome.
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Awesome contrasty B/W, I just with that the water wasn't blown-out. That's the only thing detracting from this otherwise perfect photo. The foreground detail is awesome. B/W works well here. Nice job.
I like the view point. The white crest of the wave gives so much dynamic.
What I don't like it the post processing. I can see that this was done to emphasize thw water but in the process balance was lost. It has beed over done. I think that you chose a place where these waves are not random. It seems that they re-appear. You could have taken adventage of having a digital camera and you could have studied the subject more thoroughly. In this case a film camera would be better, as it would force you to think about the scene while making the shot not after.
I really like the effect here, the title is very fitting. What I don't like is black (line/shadow/fence?) in the lower left my eye keeps getting pulled to it.
I didn't mark you down for it because this is basic edit, but you may want to seriously consider cleaning your sensor!!!!! Very noticable in the upper right corner. That aside, nice b/w conversion, it's good to see one because I like b/w landscapes! 8
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