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lentilComment by eschelar: What a fascinating way to present negative space! i really, really like this one. So many things to like about this one.
The rocks in black are strong and overbearing and perfect. A little closer inspection reveals a tiny bit of detail splashed around the edges which subliminally carries into the shadow area and looks good.
The repeating theme and rhythym coming through the rest of the image is a major defining feature of what is really great about this image for me. It's all about light, water and rocks. The way it all flows into radial lines from the lower right to top left, creating bands of color, luminosity and texture while moving down the left edge further reinforces the minimalistic subject which is in just the right color (although the nitpick is that the red it just a hair too strong there and I mean just a hair - likely more a result of resizing than anything).
Definitely a great pick for this challenge.
If I could make some suggestions for post-challenge, maybe bring out the spray as it breaks on the coast towards the right just a teeny bit, go to the blues channel and very slightly play with desaturating and darkening to push the contrast just a bit and get rid of the high saturation areas on the left edge.
In-challenge this would have been a 10 from me and my pick for blue.
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