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Sunset Rocks

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Ocean Point, Boothbay, Maine. This spot is about 0.5 mile from where I captured my last post, "November Sunrise". The tortuous coastline in Maine, affords one the opportunity to photograph sunrise and sunset essentially on the same rocky beach.

Canon 5D MarkII
Canon EF 27-70mm f/2.8L at 24mm
ISO 100 1.5sec f/16
Singh-Ray Warming Polarizer
Singh-Ray 3-Stop Reverse ND Gradient

Minor processing of RAW file in LR2 then CS4
TK Luminosity Masks to bring out shadow detail and sharpen for web.

Thanks for looking and for any comments and critique which are always appreciated.
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Well, I can personally see why this was rejected. Without being rude, I hate to say this, but it's kind of boring.

The water's presence has a limited effect on the overall image. It's not a long exposure, nor was it shot in such a way as to show detail of the water. Just somewhat of a placeholder value, and if there were other things in the scene that were more interesting, this would be fine.

But there aren't. The rocks in the scene are under-exposed. There's not a lot of detail, contrast, or color to be extracted from them, either. Thus, you have a full two-thirds of the image that's basically devoid of interest for most observers.

The sky, on the other hand, feels massively brighter than the foreground -- for someone with Singh Ray filters and a 5D MK II, I do not get a sense of expertise when I view this. The lighting is not balanced at all, and the white balance is terribly cold.