Bohol Beach Club Resort, a photo from Bohol, Central Visayas

Photographer's Note

the bohol beach club resort, one of the most visited resorts in the philippines. if i remember right, this place is where PAL (philippine airlines) shoot one of its commercial endorsements.

i am not very contended with this capture's result. i think the sand (beach) is overexposed/underexposed. anybody would like to teach me how to correct that?

one of the cottages here is being reserved for Karen Arnold (dareco) who will be flying to this place soon.
enjoy your stay, karen!

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dareco (17136) 2008-11-05 6:06

A little piece of 'heaven on earth' :) One of the nicest beaches I've ever been to. I was at this resort, and in fact have many similar pictures. I love this picture for the memories. Thank you!

kpav (5031) 2008-11-05 6:13

Hello Benedict, superb clarity and sharpness and an excellent view to an amazing as it seems place. Great colors and light too. I don't think sand is overexposed. Thanks for sharing.
Best regards,
Kostas.

cuneyt-sb (6576) 2008-11-05 6:17

Hi Ben, my friend
What a wonderfull place , like photo from heaven,
I start work at UAE , between Dubai and Abu dhabi,
Nice to see you here agian (and me)
TFS/Kind regards

belido (19934) 2008-11-05 7:01

Hi Ben,

you came back with this lovely sea escape photography. I wish I could be there right now...I get a headache and a lot of problems to solve. The scene brings a nice and tranquil atmosphere. You've composed very well, placing the palm leaves at the left and huts in perspective. Great job!
Abraço,
Carlos

andr3w (595) 2008-11-05 7:06

Hi Benedict!
Good to see some post from you again of our country.
How I miss Bohol and with the airfare promo right now here, its just very tempting to go there again.

As for your photo, I feel that the exposure is just right as the details in the sand can still be seen.

Tfs,
Andrew

darek1978 (13361) 2008-11-05 8:21

Hi Benedict,
Amazing colours and beautiful sky. Very good POV. Well done,
Darek

denisn72 (8314) 2008-11-05 17:52

HI Benedict
I like this point of view on the beach. The natural framing on the left is awesome. The sky is splendid as well as the umbrellas on the beach. It seems a pleasant place! Well done and thanks for sharing.
Best regards
Denis!

tinvin (486) 2008-11-06 2:03

nice one bro,

naisip ko tuloy na sana bakasyon na. love the colors and the tranquil sense of perspective. could feel the gentle balm rustling against the coconut trees.

Bruno40 (6662) 2008-11-08 4:57

is thsi in Panglao island?
I like the ocmposition here, I dont think that teh sand is oe, it IS very white!!
I feel some noise.
Good work indeed.

PS: i am glad to be back and see your work, but sorry to hera your news. My condolences.

ImageMaker (83) 2008-11-10 20:04

Para sakin tama lang ang exposure. Ikaw ang mas nakakaalam if may OE sa live view mo nung kinunan mo ang napakagandang image na ito. Mahusay ka talaga Bro
Dennis

cunejo200 (7281) 2008-11-11 15:20

Hi Benedict,
A very good scene from BBC. I stayed here one time but vowed not to come back again. BBC would not let in some newly acquainted Pinoys from nearby Alona Beach as my guests. Such discrimination among kababayans. I probably will swing by the Phil by Feb. 09 after I attend a friend's wedding in Bali. Regards, Danilo...

sacavem (18620) 2008-11-12 14:32

Olá Benedict,

Great colours and light in this very nice picture. What a refreshing and relaxing holiday in the beach.
Excellent composition.Wonderful landscape!

Best regards,
Filipe

avene (12675) 2008-11-17 8:27

even though I'm not sure about the frame, the photo itself is a perfect vacation scene, wouldn't mind sitting right there right now :) I like a lot how you composed the shot, the line of the palm trees on the left creates a strong perspective that draws the eye into the scene. the beautiful sky is an added bonus, very nice.

best,
Kristine

p.s. there's nothing wrong with the exposure as far as I'm concerned. a little more clarity would be great, but that particular Nikor lens together with the thick Hoya filter does tend to muddy things a little. besides, you have lots of tiny details - sand, texture of the palm leaves on those huts, that might suffer from file compression. I'm told that gradual downsizing helps, but I haven't tried that, so cannot comment.

serp2000 (47063) 2008-11-19 16:21

Hello, Benedict,
Nice to see your works again! Hello from Israel!
Fine composition! It brings me to the memories of tropical trips! Good colours! How are you now?
Serghei

litiancai (1048) 2008-11-19 20:30

Hi Benedict,
Despite you not being contented with this shot, I think it's a fine effort. The composition is nice and the colours are fantastic. Perhaps the sand is a little over exposed, but not to the point of detriment. To get the sand correctly exposed would make everything else in the photo darker, so I think this is a good compromise.
If you want to know if you've overexposed a photo, then either look at the histogram in playback, and look for high peaks off the right hand side of the scale, or I believe your camera should have the option of 'highlight alert' in the menu. If you check this option, when looking at the photo in playback any over exposed parts will flash. This is really useful if you need to check there and then. Hope this helps
Regards
Lee

gracious (20025) 2008-11-19 21:42

Hello Ong,
How are you!
much appreciated for coming in to view my Piha sunset!
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful beach resort which captured perfectly with a good pov here in depth! the little OE does not effect the good image with those wonderful sky colour and clouds! may be a CPL or grad ND will help you out from the strong tropical sun at noon like this! just a thought hope you do not mind!
take good care and my warmest regards
Tony

ymrk (15099) 2008-11-20 2:30

Merhaba Benedict!
Wonderful view.Good shot and beatifull sea color!I like cumulus colors and details.
See you soon,
Have a nice day,

YAĞMUR

setenay (7706) 2008-11-20 7:39

Hi Benedict,
what a beautiful beach,excellent perspective .The palm trees and the sun umbrella are wonderful.TFS congratulations
Best regards
setenay

Kielia (24077) 2008-11-20 12:11

Hi Benedict,
your gallery is absolutely fascinating! And this photo is excellent, showing the beauty of this beach in a nice framing. I also like the wonderful sky with the different clouds. A great capture!
Warm regards
Harriet

parbo (11092) 2008-11-20 15:50

Hello Benedict,

The blue sky and clear beach is agitating to travel there. Excellent addition of palm trees at side of frame with authentic umbrellas in white beach are just amazing. Wonderful, congratulations.

Friendly Regards,

Ertugrul

Giorgio (11279) 2008-11-23 22:17

- What a pretty dream beach, everything is there, white sand, palm trees and superb sea, these branches which frame picture is an indisputable plus, bravo, it's very successful and thank you for the dream!
Greetings.
giorgio

riclopes (35577) 2008-11-24 1:58

And are you already living here for good? That's just great, Benedict. I wonder when will I have the oportunity to go there as well...I don't know if anyone already reply to you, but overexposition is the worst one can have and cannot be corrected. But, I don't think the sand is that bad here since we still can see well the texture of it and everything else compensates. I mean, I like your framing with this palmleaves in FG, which are sharp and clear and the sky is gorgeous. The view of the umbrellas and more distant view also enhances the pic. A wonderful sight of paradise that contrasts with the rainny day I see outside of my window.
ricardo

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Blairfraser (849) 2008-11-29 3:20

Hey Benedict.

Really nice picture here. I like your composition. It looks a very nice place!

Thanks for sharing.

Blair

polpo56 (15146) 2008-11-29 5:50

Hi Benedict,
an interesting composition to show in a good harmony palms, beach, sea and sky.
Nice work.
ciao
Ludo

COSTANTINO (116349) 2008-12-03 11:04

Hello Benedict,
Today we had the same idea about beach
presentation...Nice blue sky,very impressive,
peaceful beach..
I like the capture,it looks like a postcard
Costantino

Yves-triga (5149) 2008-12-04 4:09

hello benedict,
Me like then this.
I cannot t' to help for sand. One pleasant moment which you spent there.
best regards.
Yves

loves_summer (1310) 2008-12-04 10:17

Hi Benedict,
Nice framing! Good sharpness, POV and colours. Thanks for sharing!

edal (6804) 2008-12-08 13:05

Hello Benedict,
Yes, this is part of the Paradise! Excellent light, sharpness, dof and composition.
Friendly greetings,
Anton

Didier38 (710) 2008-12-15 6:28

Bonjour Benedict,

Très belle composition, Bravo !

Didier

Isa-M (4026) 2008-12-18 9:56

Hi...

beautiful photo, like as postcard...

Regards,
Izabela

plimrn (21344) 2008-12-19 17:08

Hi Benedict,
It's a beautiful place. Like the bulk of your critiques, I agree that the beach isn't really over-exposed. I played with it a bit but didn't really come up with anything markedly better. Avene mentions clarity.
You might download the free trial version of Lightroom for 30 days. It has a slider just for clarity and is way easier to use than Photoshop; although I do still use photo shop to get the sizing just right.
3Ks, Pat

stego (24132) 2008-12-21 16:22

Hi Benedict,
In the day that Winter arrived, it's very pleasing to look at an idyllic tropical paradise like this. You did a very nice visual arrangement with the palm leaves and the straw umbrellas. I can't understand why you aren't satisfied with the exposure, as it looks great to me. I think that OE is unavoidable in cases like these and usually it doesn't disturb me, as it looks very natural, but I almost don't even notice it here.
Regards, José.

salvator (19110) 2008-12-23 1:03

Hi Ben,
The sky looks absolutely superb. The pov and the repetition of the straw parassols loks very nice.
As for the overexposed beach I think you should have exposed from the beach and maybe used a graduated filter.???

hatti52 (12786) 2008-12-27 7:30

Hello Benedict,
excellent sharpness and clearity with beautiful colours and details
happy new year

Jepoy (32) 2009-02-01 19:00

Love the view! a postcard quality pic..very very nice!

envisage (207) 2009-03-22 3:59

Hi Benedict,

Very nice POV, good lighting and framing.

Sreya

Photo Information

Copyright: Benedict Ong (Benedict) (7076)
Genre: Lugares
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-10-30
Categories: Vida cotidiana
Camera: Canon EOS 30D DIGITAL, Nikor AF 70-300mm 1:4-5.6D, Hoya HMC Multicoated UV(O)
Exposición: f/2.8, 1/175 segundos
Versión de la foto: Versión original
Date Submitted: 2008-11-05 5:54