A&P First Landscape / Beach Shots

Went down to the tide pools near my house.

Shot with a XSi and a 17-40mm.

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Any crits or comments would be awesome

 

1 and 7, fix the horizon on 4

 

i really like 7 and 8 but i really hate all the other ones

 

agreed. the sun is too bright in the others.

 

Polarizer or ND Filter would be nice...

 

Missing watermark and borders, otherwise I like it.

 

i like 1, 7, 8

 

Some camera shake on 6, but it's the only one I like
Just too much stuff going on, on the others.

 

go a little later in the day and do some longer exposures.

 

7 & 8. The dominant sun in most of the others is deadcenter, a very static composition where the eye gets too "locked in". No. 1 could benefit by cropping a bit off the right side to increase asymmetry.

 

7 and 8 are definitely the best ones.. but both look slightly pelfed to me

I kinda like 4, too

 

Thanks for the comments. It's weird, I really like #1 but #8 and #7 are my least fav.

I will defiantly have to look into getting an ND filter or a polarizer . Any recomendations on which ones are best?

Anyways, I edited another picture. This is more like the last few in the set.

 

7 and 8 would be money if you had an ND grad. The sun being centered in the other shots, kinda killed the comp and exposures.

 

ND grad?

 

Graduated Neutral Density.

http://www.singh-ray.com/grndgrads.html

 

7, 8 are

 

Those Singh-Ray filters seem really cool..I just might have to get one. If you buy them from their site, do they come with the thing that holds it at the end of your lens or do you have to buy that as well? Anything else I might need?

 

The holders don't come with the filters. You have to buy a holder first and then pick the appropriate filter size that you need.

 

Does Singh-Ray sell the holders or can they be had somewhere else cheaper?

 

I like the one you just posted the best.

I don't really like the shots with the sun in the middle.

 

look up " The rule of Thirds"