Hello All. Can I get some honest feedback on Emerald Bay . Any comments are greatly appreciated - especially constructive critiques. Thanks in advance.

I hesistate in offering up any words to you Kurt, as it is readily apparent from the works in your gallery your talents far exceed those of mine.

Another hidden gem of caedes (for me anyways and to an extent) it would seem and I have come across your images before, so, allow me to take this opportunity to tell you that I enjoy your photos very much.

Ok, let's see if I can say something here that might actually benefit you via a critique of sorts. I say of sorts, as I am going to proffer this visual comparison of your original and then a rework, kind of sort of ... from me. 'Kind of sort of', as it is not a finished piece and I was working with your image downloaded from the site (jpg, of course) that had some apparent editing done on it.

That said, really a nice composition. Really enjoy the way you composed your photo. I don't think that there is any need to improve on that aspect.


Your edits.

Wellll ... your selection/masking of some portions could have been better in my eyes.

The area at the horizon, the strip of water that is noticeably ... to me, anyways ... darker ... creates some visual confusion. The selected area also washes out the boat in the left and some of the detail of the island et al at the horizon and above, if I have that right. Which, in my humble opinion, balanced out things between the geese and provided some nice touches of additional visual interest.

Not entirely sure what you did to achieve the 'blue'. Gradient, filter ... not sure. Again, in my humble opinion ... think if that was an artistic aim of yours to make the water and sky appear somewhat seamless ... more or less ... that your image could have benefitted from at least separating the textures of the water and sky more so, as I did in the mocked up rework. To my eyes, the depth is enhanced and the geese also come to the forefront a little better by keeping that section a tad lighter as well. With some more editing 'stuff' added into the mix to maintain the water's surface appeal too from my end.

When I look at your image, I think ... this is, or should be ... an image about the geese, the perspective and the water, of course. That was my aim.

And in the final analysis, this could just simply be a case of personal preferences not necessarily what constitutes a technically good final result.

You really aren't that far off the mark. Your image is a good one. Some adjustments could easily kick it up a notch, if not two or more.

Hope this helps you. And thanks for sharing your creative efforts and talents on the site here. You have a gallery that anyone would be proud to call their own. Truly. :o)