Sand and Seaweed

[BlackSheep]

Haven't posted much lately, so I thought I would put up one I've taken recently that I like:

 

[KenC]

Nice!

Perhaps just a bit less tint?

 

[Frequency]

I always like the beauty of such minimalistic works... actually i realize the power of photography through such images

 

[aliyawar]

Good shot...can I edit it???

 

[BlackSheep]

Nice!

Perhaps just a bit less tint?

Thanks Ken!
Not sure about the tint, I didn't do any editing on this one at all (except converting to jpeg). It was shot in Bermuda, though; the sand there has an odd colour to it.

 

[BlackSheep]

I always like the beauty of such minimalistic works... actually i realize the power of photography through such images

Thanks Frequency

 

[BlackSheep]

Good shot...can I edit it???

Thanks! And feel free to edit, have fun

 

[Mike Lamb]

I love it except for the shadow around the bigger seaweed. I think it would be better if that whole patch of seaweed disappeared.

 

[spacefuzz]

Dont care much for the seawead but I love the shape of the sand ripples!

 

[fjrabon]

I have no idea why, but it feels like it needs to be tilted about 4 degrees to the right to me for some reason. There's no obvious spatial cues, but it just feels 'tilted' to me for some reason, and I can't even say why.

 

[BlackSheep]

Thanks for your comments everyone!

Nope, it's not tilted. I might try it though, thanks!

Actually, I did shoot a few images without the seaweed, too. Here's one:

 

[fjrabon]

looking over it some more, I think it was literally the visual weight of the seaweed that made it feel tilted to me. Since the seaweed is offset, with nothing to balance it on the right, it actually made it look like it was tilted to me, and obviously it couldn't be tilted, since it was the ground in reality.

I think if you have the seaweed in the bottom left, you almost need some sort of like tiny shell on the right side for proper compositional balance.

 

[invisible]

I liked the original but I like the second image even better. Very zen.

 

[Frequency]

Yes; the sand-only image is also wonderful; by the way how can we decide whether a tilt is there or not when we shoot this way? What frame of reference do you have? :scratch:

 

[BlackSheep]

looking over it some more, I think it was literally the visual weight of the seaweed that made it feel tilted to me. Since the seaweed is offset, with nothing to balance it on the right, it actually made it look like it was tilted to me, and obviously it couldn't be tilted, since it was the ground in reality.

I think if you have the seaweed in the bottom left, you almost need some sort of like tiny shell on the right side for proper compositional balance.

Good point, I see what you mean. Thank you again for the feedback