how about this moody photo?

I think it's truly a great image and I like the toning and contrast as well. The only thing which is a little bit disturbing in that scene are all those people along the beach. I would remove them from the image to keep the whole scenery purely wild and remote! They don't really fit to that great and natural scene!

I think it’s really beautiful, Love the tones and softness. Great mood 🤗

I really like the composition and those dramatic tones. I think it's very good.

Hello Rafal,

Thank you for sharing such a interesting image composition wise. You have a lot of interesting foreground texture, which is a nice balance to the sea which works well. I feel that if you had exposed for the sky a little more, maybe even bracketed to help draw out more detail then it would have really lifted the image.

Hope this helps,

Scott

Thanks guys for your aswers. It means a lot to me :) Christos about presets I'm still improving it and trying my best.

Keep in touch and have a wonderful day.

Hi Rafal, this is your Profile Picture, so i assume it´s one of your favorite shots.

To me it´s a really solid capture, you did take care of "rules", nice "foreground" (you) :) "leading line" to the horizont, good "composition" vertical fit´s very well here.

Let me now explain how i see the shot. My eye is a bit lost on the horizont, there is much light but nothing deeply interesting, as i barely can see there is a lighthouse or a tower at the end of the beach, i would have tried to give it a bit more contrast to have a point for my eye to stick to it. As you asked for a style, i would suggest you to find your own style, try processing as the way you like it don´t follow any trends, because they are changing quickly and you will be dissapointed at some point. You have a good eye for composing and you know how to use your camera, thats perfect to make fast improvements. Go your way and not the beaten path. Looking foreward to your next shots.

Best

Michael

Hey Rafal, the images looks nice. I like how you edited the tones in post-production. Regarding styles there‘s many different opinions. I think the best is to try out different styles and stick to what feels right to you/what you‘re comfortable with. Every Artist has (more or less) his own view on what looks good and what does not. Whichever style you choose, there will always be some who do not like it and that‘s totally okay.

I think you should just think about what you want to tell your audience with your images and what the message is. With that in mind i had it easier to find a style that suits my images and that i personally like.

To keep your style consistent you can save your edit in Lightroom as a „Preset“ and can use it as a starting point for following images. Then you‘ll just need to adapt the „old“ look to the new image and not start from 0.

I hope that i could help you. If there‘s any other questions feel free to ask me / us. We would love to answer them!

Have a great day.

Thank you Harald. Glad you liked it. Could you or someone here from ArTastics crew tell me more about style of photos?? I mean I'm still looking for my style (cold and moody, warm etc.), saw on Instagram/Vero that now there're much more cold and moody photos.

Hi Rafal, I like this shot. Nice composition and tones. The horizon is also straight. Well done 👍🏻