Kiteboarding
by pinetree3

Comment by Phocal:
Nice point of view on the photograph and beautiful action shot. Love the intensity in his eyes. 9

Kiteboarding
by pinetree3

Comment by Prash:
Oh boy! The only reason this is not getting a 10 from me is because of the cropped head. Everything else is just perfect... may be a little zooming out would have helped pull in the splash more. 8/10.

Kiteboarding
by pinetree3

Comment by Skip:
absolutely wicked! haven't a clue as to what, if anything, could be done to make this any better. well, unless it was a really hot chick.

Shoreline
by pinetree3

Comment by salmiakki:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I like the choice of subject and the composition of this image for the Deep DOF challenge. You have certainly met the challenge.

However, I do find that the image is lacking a certain something when it comes to the exposure. Looking at your camera settings, I think I may have been tempted to reduce the ISO down to 100. As far as I can tell with an 8 second exposure you are probably using a tripod, so if you had tried the ISO at 100, I believe you may have reduced the digital noise that is prevalent in the foreground of the image.

I do think if you had adjusted the contrast in post processing that you may have overcome some of the noise issue.

Overall I thought this was a good choice of subject for this challenge, the depth of field is great, but the exposure and post processing let this one down. Definitely it did not realise it's full potential.

Shoreline
by pinetree3

Comment by oscarthepig:
Those blues and greens look almost unnatural and they contrast well with the oranges of the sky.

Shoreline
by pinetree3

Comment by fridjo:
great color combination, however the color noise is quite obvious in the foreground rocks.

Shoreline
by pinetree3

Comment by vandanab:
Another good subject poorly exposed. Sorry.

Shoreline
by pinetree3

Comment by FrankRobinson:
Very interesting composition with the clear colour/feel split down the diagonal of the photo. Also excellent DOF. A little noisy on the right but still an 8.

Shoreline
by pinetree3

Comment by vawendy:
There we go!! I was just commenting on another shot with wonderful background but boring foreground, saying have something a little more interesting in the shot, and then I switched to this one! You found something much more interesting! nicely done -8-

Shoreline
by pinetree3

Comment by guybrowme:
Very grainy.