In The Beginning...
by jrjr

Comment by Elaine:
I think this would have been better with less noise.

Reflections Of A Glorious Morning
by jrjr

Comment by skate4ganja:
Lovely orange.

In The Beginning...
by jrjr

Comment by wavelength:
well, that kind of came out as noise instead of grain. Try copying the layer to a new one (if you can use layers) and then add grain, desaturate (black/white) and then apply the layer in blending mode on screen/hardlight/softlight or something, and changing the opacity to 50% or so. a couple of passes with the add noise, will make it more chunky.

In The Beginning...
by jrjr

Comment by jmsetzler:
In my personal opinion, grain does not work well in a shot like this one. I'm sure its a lovely and strong simple color photo though. I can't interpret how the grain creates strength here.

In The Beginning...
by jrjr

Comment by CEJ:
A little overdone in my opinion. The border doesn't help...again, just my opinion.

In The Beginning...
by jrjr

Comment by conglett:
Noise, not grain...

In The Beginning...
by jrjr

Comment by sir_bazz:
Way overdone for my personal taste...sorry.

Reflections Of A Glorious Morning
by jrjr

Comment by mpemberton:
The reflection draws less attention for me then the setting around it. More focus on the reflection would make this an excellent photograph for me.

Reflections Of A Glorious Morning
by jrjr

Comment by Driggs:
Quite good...

Taking A Moment
by jrjr

Comment by Leighroy:
The surfer is very nicely highlighted - well done. There's also enough in the background to maintain my interest. Nice shot!