China Beach at Dawn

**tomoscott** · 01-07-2014, 10:35 PM

China Beach is on the southern part of the Oregon coast. It's easy to miss -- there's just one small sign along the road, and you have to hike a couple of miles to get there. On this day, there was a thick fog right at sunrise, but it quickly started burning off, revealing the mystical backdrop of rocks in the blue ocean.

**theantiquetiger** · 01-07-2014, 10:40 PM

Looks like Phuket (I'm guessing that's where it got its name), one of the places on my bucket list.

**Runmonty** · 01-08-2014, 12:35 AM

Beautiful. Love the blue tones.

**Marko** · 01-08-2014, 11:13 AM

(AFAIK China beach is related to Vietnam, not Thailand.)

Very lovely scene - love the blues.

I have a suggestion on the crop, as I find the scene a bit unbalanced (in particular) the lighter curved rock on the mid-left edge. mind if I make an edit?

**Jim Scrimger** · 01-08-2014, 12:09 PM

Beauriful colours and scene

**tomoscott** · 01-08-2014, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by Marko

(AFAIK China beach is related to Vietnam, not Thailand.)

Very lovely scene - love the blues.

I have a suggestion on the crop, as I find the scene a bit unbalanced (in particular) the lighter curved rock on the mid-left edge. mind if I make an edit?

Sure, be my guest.

**Marko** · 01-08-2014, 03:55 PM

If you disagree, please tell me so. Thx! The original ratio is respected in this crop.

**tomoscott** · 01-08-2014, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by Marko

If you disagree, please tell me so. Thx! The original ratio is respected in this crop.

Hi Marko. Hmmmm. I think I like the original better. I guess it's because the rocks cropped out in your version make the background feel more complete somehow.

**Hillbillygirl** · 01-12-2014, 07:02 AM

Really lovin' the tones here. Either version works just as well for me, "but" you need to get rid of that speck of dirt/dust on sensor between the two rocks on the right, and frame this one.