Sunset at Flamingo Beach - Costa Rica

Lovely sunset, Jeff.
I could imagine this will look great even without a ND filter.....
Cheers, S.

Hi Jeff, despite the beautiful colors this composition doesn`t work for me. Perhaps including more of the shoreline would have helped.

Swissblad wrote:Lovely sunset, Jeff.
I could imagine this will look great even without a ND filter.....
Cheers, S.

Indeed Peter a gorgeous place and yes, I got a couple of "regular shots" and love them as well... Have a great evening!!!

patacao wrote:Hi Jeff, despite the beautiful colors this composition doesn`t work for me. Perhaps including more of the shoreline would have helped.

Thanks so much Patacao, you have no idea idea how much I appreciate your feedback, that is what make us get better and improve, thanks for taking the time to write your advise. Kind regards from Costa Rica.

Love the sky and the colors....but how I wish for a foreground element....

John Labrenz wrote:Love the sky and the colors....but how I wish for a foreground element....

Totally agree with you John, imagine a couple of big rocks!!! The would be amazing!!! Thanks for the kind words, greetings from Costa Rica!

John Labrenz wrote:Love the sky and the colors....but how I wish for a foreground element....

Me too! 

I just tried cropping some off the bottom - up to just below that little rock on the left side frame, that gives enough for a foreground element for me, and still keeps enough of the dark shadow in the lower right corner.  The star here is the sky, so that smaller beach area works well for me - but hey, what do I know! 

The sky, colours and technique all come together for a dramatic and beautiful scene Jeff.  Great out of the box thinking!

Carol Clarke wrote:

John Labrenz wrote:Love the sky and the colors....but how I wish for a foreground element....

Me too! 

I just tried cropping some off the bottom - up to just below that little rock on the left side frame, that gives enough for a foreground element for me, and still keeps enough of the dark shadow in the lower right corner.  The star here is the sky, so that smaller beach area works well for me - but hey, what do I know! 

The sky, colours and technique all come together for a dramatic and beautiful scene Jeff.  Great out of the box thinking!

You know lots Carol, and everyone of your piece of advise are welcome and heard (read) that what make us grow as a photographers, person, friends, etc... Just life you know that. Have a great day!!!

Wow this is so cool - has a bit of a Hades quality to it

E.J. Peiker wrote:Wow this is so cool - has a bit of a Hades quality to it

Thanks E.J. that is so great that you like it!!!!

I think the lack of some anchor (shoreline, foreground) makes me feel kind of dizzy when looking at this image. Even the silhouette trees kind of "moving" itself too. Otherwise, it's a great sunset, and I love those clouds. Thank you for sharing.