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I had a rare early finish from work today, so as the sun was out (another rare occurrence) I decided to head to one of the beaches with camera in hand. These are the ones I like best out of quite a lot that were taken!

Of course, your critique and expert opinions are most welcome...

Camera: Lumix GX1
Lens: Lumix G Vario 14-42/f3.5-5.6

14mm, ISO 160, f3.5, 1/1000, 1EV
Cropped and sharpened a little

Golden blue

14mm, ISO 160, f3.5, 1/125, 1EV
Cropped and some sharpness added

Fence sparkle

Lens: Tamrom 24mm F2.5
ISO 160, f2.5, 1/160, 1EV
Brightened slightly and sharpness added to rocks in foreground

Sunset Rocks

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Camera: Panasonic Lumix GX1
Lenses: Lumix G Vario 14-42mm f3.5-5.6
with adapter: Nikon 50mm f1.8 and Tamron 24mm f2.5

Some nice shots, I miss living near the coast.

If anything I would be tempted to under expose a little to stop the sun from blowing out the shots. If you shot these in raw then you could adjust the overall exposure in post processing or even add a graduated filter to the skies.

Nice location!

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Got some of the gear but really still no idea...

Thank you for the tip robbon, about under exposing. I was down at another beach this morning for the sunrise so I tried your advice on under exposing. I've not had chance to download and have a look at the pictures yet, but I hope some have come out okay.

The processing software I have doesn't handle RAW too good, so I can't do too much with the pictures. Photoshop or something similar is a future aim. I do feel like I'm cheating in some way tweaking pictures afterwards, though I can appreciate it's a whole other skill, of which I'm coming to learn I'm no natural at...

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Camera: Panasonic Lumix GX1
Lenses: Lumix G Vario 14-42mm f3.5-5.6
with adapter: Nikon 50mm f1.8 and Tamron 24mm f2.5

Great shots! I especially liked the last one, I like how you put the rocks in the foreground, I think it's more interesting that way, the composition looks better. Good job

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Thank you, pierovera. That one's my favourite too. I liked the sunset colours reflecting on the rocks.

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Camera: Panasonic Lumix GX1
Lenses: Lumix G Vario 14-42mm f3.5-5.6
with adapter: Nikon 50mm f1.8 and Tamron 24mm f2.5