A couple of shots from Tenby, West Wales

[Psmeg]

Hi all,

I've been lurking around for some time now and thought it would be a good idea to start sharing some of my images for constructive criticism and feedback. :)

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd86/Psmeg/Holidays%20and%20Trips/Tenby-Beach-2_amend.jpg

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd86/Psmeg/Holidays%20and%20Trips/BW_darker-skies.jpg

I used a combination of various effects/settings in Alien Skin Exposure after my normal RAW/PS post processing.

As always, feedback is appreciated. :)

Regards

Paul C

[JPS]

Tenby is one of the best places I know for photography, the wife and I were there back in the last week of July. I like your two shots, the fact you've managed to get an uncluttered beach in shot 1 is nice. Maybe you could try next time with an assistant - someone in bare feet could walk along the beach and leave a nice footprint trail for you and the viewers eye to follow into the picture.

[ben g]

Both nice shots and good processing.:thumbs:
JPS's idea with the footprints would be great to give a little foreground interest together with leading the eye into the picture.

[Psmeg]

Oddly enough, my girlfriend wanted me to photograph her footsteps in the sand for the background to a poem, so I'll have a look at incorporating them into the beach image and see what it comes out like.

Thanks for the comments and feedback, keep them coming. :)

Regards

Paul C

[gwh]

great shots but the first would look better with 2/3 rule and as jps said lead in lines with footprints would make it , i would be proud of both pic's

[Gandhi]

Both V nicely taken. 1st one I'd personaly have taken a few steps and a small turn to the right, you would thenhave had the tide line leading your eye into the pic and what looks like quite a nice reflection in the water too. I may be gilding the lily though, so to speak.

Second one I wouldn't change anything. It's a great b&w conversion with a good range of tones. I imagine it would look when it's v.stormy and the waves are crashing around the rock.

Might have to wander up to tenby in the winter ;)

[Sadlybrokeboy]

Nice shots psmeg - you're right Tenby is very photogenic, but then again most of that part of world is!!

I think if you'd not cut off the right hand edge of St. Catherines Island in the first shot - it would look slighly better. I think Ghandi's points are valid too, I'd still be chuffed to bits if that was one I'd taken ***'! ;)

As for the 2nd one - very nice, although again I'd possibly have cut off some of the dead space to the left of the pic to make sure you got the whole island in too! :)

Nice shots overall ***, looking forwards to seeing some more of your shots :)

Matt

[Mohain]

I like them both, especially the last one :thumbs:

[oliver9523]

Both very nice, as said by others some foot prints might add something extra to fill the empty beach, altho saying that, adding footprints might make it a bit of a cliché. Either way I like them both :)

[Psmeg]

Thanks very much everyone for the positive and constructive comments, they are greatly appreciated. :)

I agree about cutting the end of the island off, but I have to confess that I really didn't spend a lot of time composing the shots in the first place. However, when I visit again I think I'll take a little more time to get creative.

Hopefully we'll be spending a week in Tenby next summer, so I can see some early morning and late evening shots to capture the beautiful sunsets and sunrises. :)

Regards

Paul C

[photostar_1]

These are both so close to being perfect.......personally I'd leave them as is. However.......

You could try "adding" the end of the island with a bit of careful cloning.....;)

A crop in the first one to bring the horizon either down or up (whichever pleases your eye best) would also work but I actually like the bare sand. There doesn't always have to be a foreground object.......the bare sand here is foreground enough, for me.

Nice to meet you!