timeless

[Lumac]

Here is my second participation. I didn't have a lot of C&C for the first one.

I took this picture close to jacksonville (talbot island) around 6:00pm. I had a filter (ND400) to get an exposure of 20sec, f/6.7 and iso 100.

What do you think?

 

[TheMountainMan]

love it!

 

[MichaelHenson]

Very cool!

 

[ronlane]

I like it. I have a question though. What did the color version look like?

 

[goooner]

Great shot. Working with ND filters is definitely a technique I want to learn.

 

[Designer]

I think it's good. Sorry about missing your first one.

 

[Lumac]

Thanks all of you ^^

For the color version: here it is!

 

[xzyragon]

The black and white is amazing! Love how smooth everything is in contrast to the branch

 

[sleist]

The mono is good. I think the color has more potential.
Needs to be played with in post though.

 

[tirediron]

Very nice.

 

[Derrel]

I prefer the color rendition myself. I always like me a good tree root ball!!! It's one of the classic subjects in beach photography. As far as the long exposure technique to smooth out the ocean water, I find that takes the character out of the water, and I find it makes almost all wave-modulated ocean water turn into just a flat, featureless plane. No matter what the waves looked like, the end result is the same....a horizon line, then a big monochrome plane, then the shoreline. I'm not a fan of ND filtration to flatten out ocean water.

 

[BrickHouse]

Timeless is right! Love it!

 

[Rick50]

Like the color one btter. I agree with Derrel about the ND filter.

 

[Lumac]

Thanks all of you for the comments. About the ND filter, I know it's always a huge topic : long exposure or not! Of course it was a choice when I took the picture, it was one of my very first long exposure and I agree I could have something with more character. ( like on this one: rocks and water | Photography Forum where I was able to keep waves and movement)


About the color, I though the result was to "artificial" and wasn't in the mood I was for the feeling I wanted to share. I had the feeling the B&W worked better for the idea of loneliness and timeless.

I don't try to find excuses; I will go back to the spot and try a new shoot, taking into account your comments!

 

[CameraClicker]

B&W works for graphic images. Colour works for most things. In your colour image, the sky is an odd shade, probably due to the filter. ND filters are useful for smoothing water and removing crowds. Smoothing water affects mood. Sometimes that is appropriate. Different people, different tastes.
I would like to see the image much larger, or much closer to the driftwood, or both. Beach, water and sky are all just empty background.