Worst...Spring Break...EVER.

So I'm back from Destin. It sucked. Photo ops were terrible - cloudy every day, rain, etc. I really wanted to get out and get some nice landscapes, bird shots, etc. No dice. The conditions were so bad I couldn't make myself go out shooting at all, and would up only taking about 50 shots or so.

But the 15 hours each way in the car SURE WERE FUN! I felt like shooting myself in the head by the time I rolled in to Stillwater.

Anyway, here's a select. I took a few bird shots, too, but the light was so boring I'm not going to bother posting them.

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Looking down on the beach, which was nearly deserted at the time, I was lucky to find the interesting sand formation to use as a foreground element. I like how the shapes of the sand give a sense of dynamism to the shot, as the waves were pretty weak at the time. They did fill out the left side of the frame, luckily, and give some middle-ground interest. The sky, despite being cloudy, isn't completely gray - this was during the ~10 hours of the almost weeklong trip that the sun peeked out.

One other thing that I noticed: even though this shot was taken looking almost straight down the shoreline, I managed to avoid "bullseye-syndrome." My eyes, at least, rather than looking straight into the center of the frame, constantly move around the edges of the frame. I guess that by stacking my compositional elements at very different points I was able to avoid the typical dull straight-on look. The sand, waves, sky, condos and people walking in the background come together nicely. Maybe I'm tooting my own horn, but I think the shot came out nicely considering the circumstances.