Lydgate Beach, Kauai, Hawaii

[Autumn]

On an excursion, we stopped here for about 15 minutes. Only just got around to looking at them all again.

I like this scene for the naturalness of it.

Comments welcome please.

[mib2]

Re: Lydgate Beach, Kauai, Hawaii

Hi Audrey
I been looking for Robinson and nice too.
Dave R

[Barr1e]

Re: Lydgate Beach, Kauai, Hawaii

Once again I have to say I'm not in to being able to crtique a pic.

I like the image very much, the colour and the wreckage is good but I wonder if it is a little over-sharpened.

I would liked to have been there.

Regards. Barr1e

[Autumn]

Re: Lydgate Beach, Kauai, Hawaii

Thanks Barr1e

I am sure you are right regarding the sharpening and I feel it is a little over saturated.

See this link:

http://dpnow.com/forum2/showthread.php?p=35852#post35852

I posed the question here.

[Stephen]

Re: Lydgate Beach, Kauai, Hawaii

A nice scene Audrey, lots of interest to look at and lovely colours. Think you could have made a bit more use of the potential in the scene though. Perhaps by walking further into the picture that large log would have made great foreground interest and altered the whole perspective of the shot. Didn't you know these are props put there just for photographers

[Jocelyn Walker]

Re: Lydgate Beach, Kauai, Hawaii

I love the scene. Looks very remote! I think if you had got down & dirty closer to the waters edge, using some driftwood (which looks as though quite a bit available) as foreground interest, including the rocks..a number of corkers would be waiting to happen! I guess if you had only a short time available to you for photographic opportunities, that would be difficult! I found whilst on tour in Europe, one had time only to take 'grab opportunity shots' & still had everybody whining that I was taking too long!

[Autumn]

Re: Lydgate Beach, Kauai, Hawaii

A nice scene Audrey, lots of interest to look at and lovely colours. Think you could have made a bit more use of the potential in the scene though. Perhaps by walking further into the picture that large log would have made great foreground interest and altered the whole perspective of the shot. Didn't you know these are props put there just for photographers

There are others where logs are more to the foreground, but because I was hurrying (always last back onto the bus) they are not as sharp as they should be. It was a photographer's paradise. I could have spent 2-3 hours there all by myself, but we were on the way to a River trip and it was only a Brief Encounter!

[Stephen]

Re: Lydgate Beach, Kauai, Hawaii

There are others where logs are more to the foreground, but because I was hurrying (always last back onto the bus they are not as sharp as they should be. It was a photographer's paradise. I could have spent 2-3 hours there all by myself, but we were on the way to a River trip and it was only a Brief Encounter!

Hey, I'm only offering critique and suggestions, not asking for an explanation or justification

Seriously though, its often the case when you are on organised trips/coach tours, that time constraints make it impossible to dwell and explore places as much as you would like

[Autumn]

Re: Lydgate Beach, Kauai, Hawaii

Hey, I'm only offering critique and suggestions, not asking for an explanation or justification

Seriously though, its often the case when you are on organised trips/coach tours, that time constraints make it impossible to dwell and explore places as much as you would like

Not making excuses. Just happy to have people comment. I will try to post some more into my gallery sometime just for viewing.

[Stephen]

Re: Lydgate Beach, Kauai, Hawaii

Not making excuses. Just happy to have people comment. I will try to post some more into my gallery sometime just for viewing.

Be sure to let us all know when you do

[Autumn]

Re: Lydgate Beach, Kauai, Hawaii

I've put the rest in my gallery. They seem darker than in LightRoom but I am sure you will be able to see what an attractive place it was. Of course, it is almost a year since I took them.

http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/13982/size/big

I think the first one appearing, was taken through the bus window as we were leaving.

They are best viewed at the larger aspect and by pressing F11.

[Stephen]

Re: Lydgate Beach, Kauai, Hawaii

I've put the rest in my gallery. They seem darker than in LightRoom but I am sure you will be able to see what an attractive place it was. Of course, it is almost a year since I took them.

http://dpnow.com/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/13982/size/big

I think the first one appearing, was taken through the bus window as we were leaving.

They are best viewed at the larger aspect and by pressing F11.

Audrey, I must say I think there are some better shots amongst these than the one you posted. This was OK but rather too general or representative of the area, maybe the view as you got off the bus, I'm not sure. On the other hand some of the ones you have posted in your gallery show, at least for me, a better use of the beach area in terms of photographic composition. the trees framing the scene, the dead wood adding foreground interest etc all help to make a more satisfying photo.

[Autumn]

Re: Lydgate Beach, Kauai, Hawaii

Audrey, I must say I think there are some better shots amongst these than the one you posted. This was OK but rather too general or representative of the area, maybe the view as you got off the bus, I'm not sure. On the other hand some of the ones you have posted in your gallery show, at least for me, a better use of the beach area in terms of photographic composition. the trees framing the scene, the dead wood adding foreground interest etc all help to make a more satisfying photo.

I know there are some good shots in there and some where I suppose I have not held the camera as still as I ought.

I did a quick LR adjustment and synchronised it to them all (just for the purpose of getting them into the gallery quickly). I think I must go over them and see what else I can find in there. Although it is almost a year ago, I still get a lovely inner feeling when I see them again. Wish I could spend longer there and in many of the places we visited for just a few minutes.

One chap with a big Canon looked at me and said "It's always the people with the biggest cameras, that are last on the bus!" After that, I always tried to be on the bus before him.