Shot was taken on my first photo trip ever, and it was simply awesome :) ... 3 photographers, we went down the Great Ocean Road, spent 3 days, and i shot close to 600 frames.. was a good weekend :) This shot was taken at sunset near the 12 Apostles. Used a ND grad to try and control exposure somewhat.
PP was quite extensive
- Photomatix HDR
- Noise Ninja
- cloning
- add gradient from below and above in overlay mode
- curves for sky
- curves brightening water
- curves darkening the apostles a little
- overall curves bringing a little contrast
- color balance warming the picture
- levels to vignette image
- sharpening/resize
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What's left of them, eh... Beautiful image of what is soon not to be. The foregound is a little bit distracting for me, but the misty appearance over near the apostles themselves is fantastic. 8
I like it quite a bit, but I think I am turned off by the unnaturally saturated cyans and greens. They contrast delightfully with the warm tones, but they are just a hair over the "actually occurring in nature" line. Otherwise, you were spot on in your composition and timing (waves and tides). The mist in the distance helped to add to the fairytale sort of feel you have going on here. Overall, fantastic shot but be careful about being too heavy handed on the Cyan saturation.
I love the top 2/3rds of the image. The bottom just doesn't have the same quality to it. The top feels like a dream. The bottom feels like a dream interrupted by reality. I'd say ... just crop off the bottom.
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