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Beach - 1
Beach - 1
JuliBoc


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Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Delray Beach, FL
Date: Oct 1, 2008
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/180
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Oct 2, 2008

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Comments: 8
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 Macro for the Time Challenged - #1

I appreciate all the comments, and find it interesting that several people would prefer the focal point on one of the key items. That's good to know.

It was the sand itself that fascinated me -- all the tiny bits of broken shells with their individual shapes and colors. Something that is usually overlooked without the benefit of a macro lens. I have the other items in there for the sake of the composition.

I will try again with one of the larger items as the focal point, and see if I still like the way the sand looks. Perhaps I'll need to use a wider DOF.

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 10/11/2008 11:39:34 PM
Technically it's well done, but I also think that having the focus on something larger would improve it. If the large thing (shell?) on the upper left were in focus and a larger part of your composition this would be a stronger image, IMO.
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 10/06/2008 07:11:07 PM
Great collection of shapes and different shades of brown.
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 10/04/2008 08:15:30 AM
The sand looks really cool ... I'm intrigued by the hole!
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 10/03/2008 03:04:55 AM
I like the simplicity of this one so much and also the tight stop. The textures of the gravel/sand is really good, and allows the shells to stand out. I like it the way it us as it makes me really study the composition and look at every detail. Well done.
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 10/03/2008 02:40:40 AM
Lovely colours and textures. Think I would prefer the focal point on one of the larger items.
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 10/02/2008 10:47:37 PM
Julianne, I knew that this was your work from just seeing the thumb, even before opening it. I knew from the colors and mix of shell and shapes that this was shot just above the tide line on the Gold Coast Beach. I like the combo of the shell and the little crab hole in the sand. The image reconnects me with happy days spent there long ago. Thanks for the reminder.
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 10/02/2008 09:02:03 PM
I like the idea here, and I like how you've included the larger pebble and the hole to give the eye some direction. I also find the large shell in the corner a welcome relief, since there is SO much going on in the rest of the image. I think for me, though, I would rather see more focus on either the large shell or the large pebble, because it looks like the focus is centered on the coarse sand in front of the pebble, which prevents my eye from really resting on the pebble, which makes the whole image a little overwhelming to look at, in my opinion, because, again, there's SO much going on with the texture and colors here. I do think this has the makings of a really lovely composition, but I would probably pare it down a little more. I think, for instance, if you'd cropped it so that the bottom right hole wasn't included, there would be proportionately more of the larger softer shapes and less of the crazy sand, and the image would feel more balanced.
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 10/02/2008 08:07:40 PM
you got to love the textures, forms and colors. good focus
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