Seagulls on the beach - Lake Michigan

[northman]

My wife and I took a trip to Manitowoc, WI. along Lake Michigan the end of September. The seas were very rough. I kind of like the silvery and dark look to this. What do you think? I worked on it yesterday and like the wide crop.

(I decided yesterday the best way to do landscapes is forget about 8x10 or 11x14 etc when cropping. I'd like to try this from now on and try to find a printer to accommadate the odd sizes. It gets so restrictive when cropping for standard sizes.)

 

[Brian_barrett]

I'm sure you've played with all sorts of crops, but my suggestion would be to crop out the dry sand at the bottom and keep only the smooth, rippled (is that a contradiction?) wet sand at the bottom. I'd also suggest leveling the horizon?

I absolutely LOVE the silvery reflecion on the water (did a polarizer help you get this intesity in the reflection?)

Brian