Took this photo at the beach. Thoughts?

[nat3wall]

It might be a little to blue, I am not sure though.

 

[dennybeall]

Very dark blue on my laptops screen. No detail.

 

[Designer]

It might be a little to blue, I am not sure though.

It depends on what you wanted to convey to the viewer. Way blue, for sure.

 

[480sparky40 39]

Horizon is smack dab in the middle of the image, and as crooked as Richard Nixon, too.

 

[table1349]

Horizon is smack dab in the middle of the image, and as crooked as Richard Nixon, too.

Interesting concept. Little to blue for my tastes. For something like this I also think you need more of a focal point. Grant Green's "Am I Blue" album cover would be an example.

 

[goodguy]

Makes me feel blue

 

[beachrat]

Blue rectangle with a line across the middle.
But man,what do I know?

 

[beachrat]

35 million dollars.

 

[beachrat]

I'm pretty sure I could draw that.

 

[Derrel]

Yeah...horizon is quite un-level, and the blue is very deep and saturated. I enjoy blue hours photos at the beach, I really do, but this is excessively dark and blue.

As gryphonslair99 mentions in Post #5...this needs more of a focal point: the jetty is okay, the beach is okay, but the long pier that juts out--either of those two things, the jetty or the pier, could have made a decent focal point. I personally would have walked the 150 feet or so to the jetty, and used the jetty as the foreground, instead of the beach sand, and thus emphasized the pier and the building it has at the end.

 

[nat3wall]

Yeah...horizon is quite un-level, and the blue is very deep and saturated. I enjoy blue hours photos at the beach, I really do, but this is excessively dark and blue.

As gryphonslair99 mentions in Post #5...this needs more of a focal point: the jetty is okay, the beach is okay, but the long pier that juts out--either of those two things, the jetty or the pier, could have made a decent focal point. I personally would have walked the 150 feet or so to the jetty, and used the jetty as the foreground, instead of the beach sand, and thus emphasized the pier and the building it has at the end.

I have had a problem with getting the photo un-level is there any tips for that? My sony had a line that would help me but the nikon just has dots and when I line them up with the horizon they come out crooked still.

 

[table1349]

Yeah...horizon is quite un-level, and the blue is very deep and saturated. I enjoy blue hours photos at the beach, I really do, but this is excessively dark and blue.

As gryphonslair99 mentions in Post #5...this needs more of a focal point: the jetty is okay, the beach is okay, but the long pier that juts out--either of those two things, the jetty or the pier, could have made a decent focal point. I personally would have walked the 150 feet or so to the jetty, and used the jetty as the foreground, instead of the beach sand, and thus emphasized the pier and the building it has at the end.

I have had a problem with getting the photo un-level is there any tips for that? My sony had a line that would help me but the nikon just has dots and when I line them up with the horizon they come out crooked still.

With a slight angle like you had a quick adjustment doesn't effect the shot much.

 

[goodguy]

I have had a problem with getting the photo un-level is there any tips for that?

Yes, every post processing program has a way to level your picture.
Lightroom and Photoshop are 2 more popular programs but even my old FastStone free program can do that.

 

[Wolfox]

chromatic aberration

 

[dennybeall]

Leveling is something that comes with lots of practice and experience or with Photoshop!
If you work to stand solidly and level you reduce shake and help with leveling the photos. Also part of that is to keep the camera level or at a 90 degree angle which takes experience and in the beginning a lot of conscious thought. If you add it to your mental list of things to do before the shot it soon becomes second nature to look for a horizontal or vertical line and get it right.