was out trying to catch some today but it was pretty flat... so i retired from the water for the day and picked up the cam. i only shot a few candids and as soon as i saw this kid doing his "before surf ritual" i had an exact idea of how i wanted to post process the pic in order to drive home the idea of the beauty of surfing! :) enjoy~
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Love the golden hues of the sky but that hue continues down to the ocean color and the sand which gives the image an overall flat appearance. There is no range of tonal hues. The yellow hue of the surf and the ocean just does not look right to the eye at all - there should be some blue tones but there are not. Everything has a yellow cast and as such a normally appealing shot of the sand & surf appears flat and unappealing. I think that if you removed that yellow cast that dominates the scene (either by not using the camera filter or removing the adjustments of color levels that colored the scene) would greatly enhance the appeal of the image.
A cool shot, and good composition. Not sure if it's due to high contrast, or a flaw in the selections during pp, but in the subjects crotch, and the triangles formed from his arms, the white patches are very prominent and distracting.
A very nice image. I like the subject, color treatment, and composition. You might have cloned out the bright spots around the wetsuit. Your score may get knocked down because of the lack of detail in the sand and water, but I kind of like it. It gives the image a misty/mystical feel.
Composition: 7 - Nicely using the rule of thirds but I find the horizon cutting through the armpits a tad distracting
Technical: 3 - Nice exposure and the colours are suitably warm but the use of NeatImage is way in excess here, obliterating all texture.
Creativity: 5 - Nice shot, and the yellow cast adds some originality.
Appeal: 5
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