Good, Bad or Indifferent?

[ScottWy]

What's your opinion of this shot from a recent visit to the beach?

 

[rufus5150]

Underexposed and hazy. There's a wave that splits the image right down the middle and there is nothing going on in the foreground.

 

[Dominantly]

Between good and indifferent.

I think some PP could go a long way for bringing it around.

 

[IgsEMT]

boost the contrast, brightness, clarity and you might get it all sexy.
or in PS, add a layer of BW then change it from NORMAL to Soft or Hard Light, you might get decent results as well.

 

[LaFoto]

For as long as it is so dark and little contrasty, it still hovers fairly much over "indifferent", though I do see the potential that is in this photo. It could be worked on in pp so it might become "good" or go in that direction.

 

[ScottWy]

I sort of like darker images, but this is also muddy.

Tried to lighten it a little, and color burn the darker areas. Also tried a different crop.

As far as the haze, it was foggy that day. Don't know what to do about that.

I would be interested in opinions. Did I not do enough brightening and coloring up?

 

[pbelarge]

Scott

I think cropping it to make the waves closer or having taken a shot closer to the waves would also help this shot.

 

[ScottWy]

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to leave an opinion.

I see a few things I did wrong, such as shooting when the light and conditions were wrong, not positioning myself right, and trying it without a tripod. Not to mention PP.

This started to be a test shot, as I wanted a portrait with the lighthouse as the background. When I did that one, I didn't even notice until later that one of the subjects blocked the lighthouse(!)

Hoo Boy, I got me some more learnin' to do!

 

[SwissJ]

Your 2nd version is lighter, but it still has a hazy flat quality. Still a lot of mid-tones. It needs more punch. It's far from ideal, but what about the following processing technique... I bumped up the exposure, adjusted the colors, added contrast, added some sharpness, and finally cropped a bit. Some of the whites do get washed out, but it's a different look...

 

[scorpion_tyr]

Underexposed, hazy, and boring. Editing fixed 2 out of 3 okay.

 

[Yazeed]

second one is nice shot ,, its better than the first one ..

 

[SusanMart]

I like the third version)

but the first was also good. At first sight it even seemed as if the waves moved)))

Only one thing in terms of the original photo- make the sky and sand of different grey colors....as soon as one is darker the other is lighter- this is a great picture!!!!