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     rcmckee (20) 2005-07-18 21:19

The first thing that jumps out at me here is that you've got the same problem I do, a tendency to hold the camera a little bit tilted. You drop your right hand a couple of degrees when you shoot. (I go the opposite way, drives me crazy.)

The other thing is that you're really too far away from your subjects. They're just people scattered about on the beach; your photo tells me nothing about them. It's difficult to tell even which are men and which women, and the ball doesn't really snap out as part of the story... I thought it was something like a weather radar dome out on the horizon for a few minutes. There's also a LOT of dead space right in the foreground that's really not adding much visual interest.

Things I do like: You've got a VERY nice setting, the clouds are quite pretty, and the general "party on the beach" them always has potential... but really I'm thinking you need to be closer to your subjects and perhaps not try to take in quite so much of the scene. (if possible a higher angle might help with this... too bad there aren't always trees where you need them to be.)