Sunset on Sandy Neck on Cape Cod. On my way home, discouraged, after hours of looking for vanishing parallel lines on the beach. Pretty much had given up. Stopped the Jeep to take in the final golden glow of the sunset, looked in my rear view mirror and saw my Jeep's wide tire tracks as they had blazen two parallel, vanishing tire tracks behind me. My subject following me as I tried to exit.
Camera Raw 4.0 (great new version in CS3). A little NI, sat/desat, levels, contrast, USM.
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As mentioned in previous comments the sharpening is a little overdone. Taking it back a bit would definitely help. The colors are nicely saturated without going too far however.
The composition is good with strong leading lines that take the eye throughout the frame. Taking a bit off the bottom to have the left track come out of the corner might have helped but its still pretty good with its current crop.
The horizon does seem to "cut" the people walking. Not a lot that could be done about from this distance however.
Unfortunately the cloud in the sky moves the eye away from the heart of the image. Again, not much that could be done about.
The ocean on the left and the rocks to the right really help "contain" the image quite well. A border would have definitely hurt this image so going without was a good choice.
The challenge: Excellent way of conveying a vanishing point. There's about 7 lines that are converging on the vanishing point. (The horizon, The coast line, the edges of the tracks, the rocks). Moving a bit to the left would have put the people pretty much right on the vanishing point to make this even better.
I like this shot ... if there had been a little more cropping maybe you could have still had the leading lines but, would have allowed the people to be a little more significant now they seem a bit distracting
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