First C&C

[phifer8390]

I am just learning the ins and out of photography. It is just a hobby I am trying to pick up. I took this picture with a D5000. I have actually returned it since then and ordered a D90. Let me know ehat I should do. Being that I only had the camera a couple of days before this shot was taken I was still using the Auto setting most the time. I used photo shop and cloned out our footprints. Let me know what else should be done. Thanks

 

[jess28]

I would crop it down so you aren't in the exact center, probably leaving the area to your side instead of hers, as it is more visually interesting IMO.

 

[barfastic]

it seems ur toes are missing, and for some reason the clone on the sand makes it look too unreal...

 

[Goontz]

This doesn't do much aside from a general snapshot. I would recommend zooming in more to begin with and not centering so much. With it being as wide as it is, it seems more like a landscape shot that you stood in the middle of, rather than a photo of you two. To be really picky, the horizon is slightly crooked as well.

The edit in the sand is noticable but not terribly so.

 

[phifer8390]

it seems ur toes are missing, and for some reason the clone on the sand makes it look too unreal...

Well I noticed when we got home that in most our beach photos I had buried my feet. I only cloned right in front of us from where I was walking back and forth from the tripod. But if you have any suggestions about how to make it look more real let me know.