here goes again

It´s breathtaking…just wonderful !!!

Hope you’re liking life with the new toy :) Very nice. Like the smooth water as it sheens over the slowish exposure and the silhouetted posts and bird work well against the nicely lit background

Wow – Gorgeous. Nicely captured…Looks so peaceful.

Gorgeous photo ! nice and quiet view !

It does not disappoint ding. Well done. I can`t add anything to Stuart`s critique, except to say more with your new toy please.

You’re talking to a rank amateur here – lol – but from the standpoint of one who just appreciates fine art, Maggie, I’d say you’ve captured in all its perfection a real masterpiece. Everything about it is pleasing to the eye – the scene, the composition, the color, light – it’s all too lovely for words.

Stunning composition Maggie!!!!....It looks like you have already mastered that new camera!!!

you did great on this, and call it what you like, but looks like someone shot this knowing their Settings!!! doesnt matter what type of camera you’re using, the settings are all the same! the composition on this is perfect, great lighting, and love that play with SS on the water. and best part of it..it isnt “touched up” :)

wonderful Maggie, just loving the loneliness of the bird, also the stumps of wood leading my eye out to see..grand job..

Nicely composed and the slow shutter speed, combined with low iso and higher f-stop, lend for a lovely almost surreal feel to the water. The silhouettes stand out so nicely against the soft shades! Lovely soft contrasting layers of colors throughout! The only thing I would personally do is crop the beach off to the bottom of the wave. The reason being that nothing on the beach is in focus and so of no real interest to the viewer and with it cropped to the bottom of the wave, it creates a feeling of being right out on the water and the reflections of the pilings are even more noticeable and draw one’s eyes out to silhouetted pilings and bird. Lovely tranquil mood to this! :)

lovely shot Ding, you sure are enjoying the new toy!!!

Ohh… very romantic scene…

Looks perfect to me…What a lovely scene and effect!

Looks fantastic,I love the way the water looks

Wee Tip Dinghy, set the exposure compensation to 1/3 under expose. The colours will have a bit more bite. That could be done using curves later but I prefer to do it when I take the shot.
I’d play around with the prog modes for a wee while & keep an eye on the setings the camera uses. Most of my shot are under exposed by a 3rd of a stop but not all. It depends on what I want to achieve.
I tend to use aperture priority so I can control the DOF but when I want to concentrate on movement I use shutter priority.
Now for your pic above, the compo is excellent the movement in the water is 1st class all I’d do with this one is tweak the curves. xx

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Beautiful emotion to this shot. It puts the viewer there. Great work!

fantastic shot

Amazingly beautiful ! Gorgeous colors . The black silhouettes add beauty to this superb work .

Absolutely gorgeous, beautiful lighting and colour and an awesome composition. Peaceful and beautiful!

you don’t need help ding, you’re doing good!

very pretty Maggie!

An incredible image Maggie…......it’s albout the setting isn’t it! Wonderfuly composed and so beautifuly captured…. Bravo!!!

Very nice Maggie, The bird is the little bit extra to a great image.

I’m in a bit of disagreement about cropping the dark area off the bottom of the image, Maggie, I believe it helps lead your eye into the image and would be much less effective without it.

Very nice work Maggie, have fun with your new toy!

Oh and congratulations on the feature!

New camera? Well done, feels good, doesnt it :) Great shot, too, the silhouette is perfect… and I see a feature… congratulations!

Great shot – beautiful colours:)

great capture

Nice of the birdy to sit for you…................good capture…............

ooooh thats a good 1 m,
a good trick to do is run
your iso 100 the your f. stop up to 22 or as far as it will go ,,then your shutter speed down to 5” might need a tripod and it will come out like this here
as the water is moving it will take on a ice look to it ?

+ NIKON .s RULE heheh

+ always remeber the first rule in photography ,,,???
if the shot is not working out the way you want it to…

“walk closer “
as this work would be a wincy bit better if you moved forward 1/2 feet ?
but amazing work still as is

Gorgeous light and colours! The bird on the post is the finishing touch.

Beautiful shot !!

“Hello Sailor!”

Wonderful seascape.

A new toy….. a feature….. on heck of an amazing SHOT!!!!!!! I have added this not only to my favourites.. but the shopping cart as well!!! CONGRATULATIONS on the feature and the shot!!!!!

A very nice scene, very well caught Dinghy ! Great silhouettes and a clean shot using your new camera !

Go on the Mags, superb shot, cat wait to see more.
:)

Looks really good to me …

Wonderful image Maggie!!! I see a very bright future for you & your new camera!! LOL..*-)

Magical!

great start with your new camera

The camera seems up to the task and Mexico too!

Great shot Ding. That camera is using your talents.

superb composition, great image very well done. We will expect big things from you now you the DSLR!!!!.
Rich.

Great shot with the new camera Maggie. More please

fantastic view !!! great work !!!

Very beautiful!

See? all that practice you’ve been doing with non-DSLR stuff and now – whammo! Into it!

Gorgeous shot!

Steve ;-)

Excellent composition, such a lovely scene! Great silhouettes, particularly that bird on the post, and wonderful capture of light in the clouds! Looks like you are mastering that new camera quite quickly Maggie!

Beautiful in composition and light. Your new toy sounds great and is coming up with the goods wonderfully!

Beautiful shot! So well composed and exposed.

Your early start to the day was well rewarded with this beautiful image Maggie, the new toy works very well in your hands,
Regards, Rod.

That’s great – you’ve been getting around a bit! Nice shot too :)

wow this is wonderful

Superb! I love it! An instant fav!

agree superb !

Outstanding photo!!! Great shot!

Stunning!!!!!

Congrats on being Featured – really beautiful shot. x

Very well done!

gorgeous.. a real beauty !

Beautiful shot. Well done.

This is one amazing photo, makes me feel so calm looking at it. Looks and sounds like you know what your doing, well done!!

So nice!! Beautiful.

Congratulations on being featured in the AS IS group!! Gorgeous work Hun!!

Georgous photo!!!

If this is the first time out with your new camera l think want to go and buy one ! just beautiful Ding,it has picked up the colours to perfection and l like the slightly misty effect on the water ! great job

Fantastic as is ! wow ! such a beautiful seascape !

Perfect composition, and a beautiful sunrise. Agnes xx

Lovely pic, the bird in particular works very well, great composition to get it just right.

I like this…good comp. and lighting…well done

Amazing capture Maggie, congratulations on your feature also :)

brilliant

Love this capture! beautiful scenery and colours…amazing shot!!!

beautiful work Very impressive !

Love the color … and the bird
very beautiful

wonderful photograph

Sensational capture with the silhouetted pelican and soft muted colours.

superb light and silhouete!!!

love it..thing is, it’s not always the tools, it’s mostly the operator

The cloud is fantastic.

Nicely composed image

beautiful!!! Happy 2009 Maggie!!!

lovely image.

I wonder how wide is your heart and mind…
In every shot you take, you show us/me a wonderful world…
I love unouched shots.. And you are just doing it great !!!
Wonderful Wonderful heART eyes you have … :)

Great shot! Nice work- very impressive!

Congratulations on the sale Maggie, that’s great news !

Beautiful!

superbe

Beautiful…simply beautiful…perfect use of shutter speed

this is such an awesome shot maggie!!!! gorgeous colors, stunning light and beautiful silhouettes!!! fantastic!!!

Awesome D Blinking Brilliant What a fab comp and wonderful light and colours Magical Well done Ta for Favs and comments Regards Frank x

beautiful shot here maggie, excellent.

Cool image, love the color tones and silhouettes!

thanks heaps walter for the lovely comments!
:))))

I like this one – you have used the pilons nicely in the framing.

Well you can see you are happy with your camera. My comments: I would like to see just a little cropped from the bottom to remove the clutter at the bottom. But dont remove the actual water line. Also would like to see cropped from the left a little to bring those pylons closer in just a tad. My eye is fighting, big pylon or bird as the focal point. But be pleased!!! Calming photo. Cheers Heather

Just try in a little both bottom and left. I like comments from INNERNORTH
+ always remember the first rule in photography ,,,???
if the shot is not working out the way you want it to…

“walk closer “
as this work would be a wincy bit better if you moved forward 1/2 feet ?
but amazing work still as is

I have found that once I have worked out what shot I am looking for, I am inclined to leave my feet where they are! Great suggestion by InnerNorth!
Go Nikons! But you still need a good eye and understanding of what makes a good photo. Cheers.

Well I may be biased but I like this composition. It also looks a little lighter, bringing out the reflections a bit more. The rule of thirds is working better for me. I will be interested to see what other feedback is like. Suggest you ask others to look again for you. Cheers.

skillful composition Maggie!

glorious comp and capture of a glorious place. hugsxxx

the untouched original is so very dramatic. hugsxxx

This is beautiful Maggie! I muct go back to the Yucatan!!

a brilliant shot thats well composed Maggie
and has great colours, Tina:))

Sensational work Maggie, great composition and exposure, welcome to the DSLR club :))

LOL, dont worry most of my good ones happen by pure luck too and then I quickly make notes for next time so I wont forget! ;))

Beautiful shot..love the tones..:-)

great piece of work

great work,congradulations on your feature

excellent

fabulousssssssssssssssss

Outstanding shot maggie, well done.

Outstanding capture Maggie!

I see I featured this shot twice!
GREAT!!!

another wow!

Love all three versions, Maggie. What a beautiful scene and composition. I like both the bit o’ beach when I enlarge the photo and without it in the smaller size in the sidebar. Looks as though you received plenty of kudos and advice. Well done with the pelican silhouetted on the post.

Swithering, eh? Me, too. The more external disk drives I buy, the more ruthless I become, however. Isn’t it great to get so much advice when we ask for it?

Simply stunning Ding, beautiful work

Tweaked!!!!!!!!! if it aint untouched it aint proper photography Dinghy!! Hope you didn’t choke by the way; I’m only teasing!!!!
Tweaked works very well indeed Dinghy this is an instant Fav!!!

:0) xx

lovely composition, well done

Beautiful composition, very serene and the colours are lovely :)

This is stunning Maggie!! Wonderfully composed, amazing colours and excellent silhouettes!!! A fave!!!

Gorgeous shot Maggie – personally I prefer it with the sand at the bottom at it’s leads into the shot.

oh, Maggie, this is somptuous!!! ...No wonder it’s been featured twice!!! :))))
xoxoxo

so beautiful and peaceful!

This is stunning Maggie – dang, I always want to dive right into your photos – that says a whole lot!! It seems as if the bottom shot has more light, which I prefer!! Either way, they are all EXCELLENT!! Congrats on a well deserved feature!! Good to see you crankin’ em out!! :)))))

Ready, get set , GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO – kerplunk!! Oops…I did a danged belly flop!! he he he!! So good to be joking with you again – I have missed you!! :)))

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

:)) Gorgeous photo !!!

Beautiful work all 3, love the light and how the see is more silky if that is the right term. Lol just for me i do like the little edge of the beach as the sea touches but might be i have a thing for pebbles. But as suggested above the cropping does focus you more on the posts and that wonderful bird. For a first shot with your new DSLR totally amazing, mine was of a succulent. LOL

I have tried to read my manual on the D90 but just went over my head, so i just point, shoot twiddle with the knobs and getting better at remembering to switch it on to take a image. LOL

teehee sounds kind of familiar my friend.. but isnt it such fun when it works…LOL

cheers and thanks again for your lovely visits
maggie
:)))

Beautiful.

Colorful Skies Challenge

Beautiful shot and colours.

hella

Oh, nice shot!

Great image !

So very beautiful

great shooting tex!

cheers,
marky

this photo is dreamy :]