I am hoping everyone is well and staying safe, I am teleworking from my beach house near Rehoboth Beach Delaware. Yesterday it poured rain all day but the storm was supposed to be out of here by early morning, I did not expect a great sunrise but had hoped to capture some decent waves. I've been studying the composition techniques, trying to see if I can visualize the scene while setting up the shot. Making sure I have a good foreground, and it leads into the photo, to give the viewer something to explore. My favorite time is Civil Twilight, there was not much today, no sunrise - I took a few shots, moved, moved again, I found the rock formation I wanted and this side had bigger waves, after several more moves and watching the waves, knowing I wanted to capture the water movement and the rocks. I have several that I like, but to me, this one stands out. It checks a lot of the boxes for composition that I wanted to develop that skill better.
Pentax K3ii
3/24/2020 at 6:50 am, sunrise was at 6:58
Cape Henlopen State Park - Herring Point
F/6.3
1/4 sec
ISO 100
Pentax Lens 18mm - 55mm at 35mm
As always I am looking for comments, critiques, and any advise on what I did right and wrong
thanks
Love Rehoboth Beach. Lucky you to have a place there! I like the color and texture in the boulders and the sliver of pink in the sky. The only thing I wish is that you had more waves on the beach itself. I wonder if you could layer two or more photos together to pull in some more water there or perhaps that would look funky?
Overall a well composed and created picture. You were unlucky with the weather......a decent sunrise would really lift this.
Personally I'd have used a slightly longer shutter speed and waited until a decent wave crashed up the beach the released the shutter when the wave started to recede leaving lovely lines down the beach leading the viewer into the picture.
Just a personal opinion.
This was taken a few moments later, it has more of the lines from the waves, but to me, the right side needed "something" the wave is what I thought gave the first one a bit more balance
Yes I think the second one the foreground carries more weight....and I prefer the movement. But you are right about the wave.
Looks like a revisit is on the cards.