I took this during a weekend away with family to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales. (Coordinates Lat 30°16'15.53"S, Long 153°08'37.52"E from Google Earth). I had visited the site a few years back and taken a previous DPC challenges entry that didn’t do so well but thought it had great potential. I got up early (after a late night) and was lucky enough to capture this beautiful moment. I had to resist the urge to over-process the entry but I’m so glad I kept it natural.
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WOW! I don't seem to be able to remove the grin from my face. :)
Thank you to all that voted and for the fantastic comments, I greatly appreciate them all.
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What a gorgeous morning you had for this - well worth getting up early!! Congrats on the awesome score and the ribbon, and I have to bet this would look marvelous printed large and framed.
Congrats Matt :)
Keep that grin .. you deserve it :)
btw, what does GIS stands for? I hope it is not Global Infrastructure Services :)
Not quite, from Wikipedia..."A geographic information system (GIS), or geographical information system, captures, stores, analyzes, manages, and presents data that is linked to location." Basically working with geographically referenced databases - it's what I do to earn my keep. :)
I wasn't wrong! Congratulations on your very well deserved Blue Ribbon! And thumbs down for whoever rated this amazing piece of art with a 1. Honest, I've been on DPC for over 2 years now, and I still don't understand some voters. They should go expose their enviousness somewhere else!
Keep up the good work!
Absolutely gorgeous light. Excellent balance of exposure between the sky and sea. Was a graduated neutral density filter used or just some good Photoshop editing? :) The saturation level and colors are awesome! 8 from me.
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