Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Beach with gentle surf

Beach with gentle surf

Sandy beach with gentle waves rolling in

This is a self-nom, submitted because I'd like feedback about this picture and any suggestions on how to take better pictures. I think it is a very nice picture, and it is used at the beach article alongside a description of the soothing sounds of the surf. I think it is very appropriate for that. If magnified, one can see that the horizon tilts. One question I have is whether I should try to crop it to straighten it, and if so, what would be a good software pacakge for that.

• Nominate and support. - Johntex\^talk 00:01, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Comments:

• Is the horizon perfectly horizontal? It looks a bit lopsided. BrokenSegue 20:38, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

• No, it is definitely not horizontal. What would be the recommended way to straighten it? Johntex\^talk 16:53, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
  • I would definitely straighten it. The GIMP works great: shift+R to rotate and shift+C to crop. bcasterline t 22:19, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

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