Malua Bay

[Reschsmooth]

We spent a week down south at Malua Bay.

Here are some images - the two of the trees appealed to me for their simplicity of line and colour. For this reason, I kept contrast low. Unfortunately, there was no third tree to complete my preferred series and possibly triptych.





Here is a pano of the beach - taken with the circular polarising filter attached which was a mistake realised after taking the images. Wrong time of day too - contrast is too high, but the clouds were what drew me to the image.



C&C appreciated.

[surenj]

I quite like the trees. Perhaps you can zoom out a little to givem more breathing space?

Your pano seems to have two vertical lines in the middle?

[PiroStitch]

I quite like the composition of the first tree, perhaps try a b&w conversion with lots of contrast to give it a different feel altogether.

[Reschsmooth]

I quite like the composition of the first tree, perhaps try a b&w conversion with lots of contrast to give it a different feel altogether.

Suren the tree images as presented are uncropped. My idea was to essentially take portrait shots of the trees.

Here is a different take on the first tree, including B&W & Lomo versions. Interested in your thoughts. I note the vignetting on the Lomo version may be a bit strong.

[zafra52]

I prefer the first photo of the tree, but perhaps the top part of
the sky could be a touch darker. I like its simplicity and the
colour contrast. In fact everything in the image is serene and
contrasts, which brings me to the treesome (sorry couldn't help
myself). I believe it could work even better if you could accentuate
their differences even more e.g. I would put the duotone image
in the middle. It's a tho ught!

[Remorhaz]

Also agree with having the monochrome in the middle - although I'm not a huge fan of the processing of the image on the right - perhaps just the bleached look without the vignette.

[surenj]

Patrick, I really like the triptych idea!

[biggerry]

Patrick, I really like the triptych idea!

I agree, however, how about using the other tree shot as the centre item and mirroring the other tree on the RHS? this creates the illusion of three different yet very similiar trees. This would make me look twice, atm its just squeezing out frames from the same image

The pano has potential, but definitely needs more room on the lower side, polariser is not usually a complete show stopper however you do need to PP that side of the image.

Those black bars are a bit off putting too, I assume they are artifacts in the stitching process?

[Reschsmooth]

Also agree with having the monochrome in the middle.

I agree and it does look better, in my opinion.



And another version of the tree that I have been mucking about with.



What think you?

[zafra52]

I like it!