Last weekend the husband and I visited my family on the Oregon Coast. A visit wouldn’t be complete for the Idaho-born husband if we didn’t go to the beach. Lucky for us, the weather was gorgeous.
Yes, the views of the ocean and the local lighthouse were beautiful, but it was the sand “waves” that held me captive. I took multiple photos, but there is something about the simplicity of this one that jazzes me. The texture of the grass, the texture of the sand. Just makes me want to spread out a towel, grab a book and dig through a cooler for a frosty beverage.
One question, though….color? Or black and white?
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Beautiful. I would say it depends on what you what to evoke. Warmth, summer, come hither? Cool, drama, bring your wild side or stay away.
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🙂 Come hither….I like that.
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Gorgeous – it feels intense. I prefer the color version myself, because it brings out the contrast between the sky and the sand.
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Thank you! It was a beautiful day!
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I like the black and white photo.
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Thank you!
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Beautiful. As much as I love black and white photos, in this case the colour one just edges into first place. I can just feel that soft white sand between my toes.
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Thank you! I think I would like the b&w more if there was more contrast between the sky and sand.
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Yes I think I agree with you. I am not experienced in technical photography and I wonder what could have been done differently to achieve that contrast? Or is it just the luck of the natural lighting on the day?
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I messed with the contrast in post processing and this is the best I could get. Light sky, light sand, whaddaya gonna do? 🙂
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So as a non-technical photographer, I am assuming this was shot on film? as I would assume that anything digital, you would be able to go back to a saved original to try again-or am I completely barking up the wrong tree? Fascinating!
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It was shot digital. Post-processing in Lightroom.
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Thanks LaNae, I sure have alot of learning to do! Thanks for bearing with my curiosity.
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