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This is beautiful, Scott! I can't imagine the score if you'd straightened the horizon! LOL!
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Very strange, haunting image. Not sure but what maybe the tilt is actually helping it, in the "haunting" sense :-) Congrats on HM!
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Thanks for the many wonderful comments and votes in spite of my beginners mistake of forgetting to straighten the horizon. There are so many great photographers at DPC sometimes I think a good part of the challenge is being in the right place at the right time. This was one of those moments. We were camping at the beach at the end of the rainy season and about a hour before sunset a big storm rolled by. The darkness of the clouds combined with two ND filters allowed me to get the smooth look I was looking for. Several of you asked about a B&W version. I'll put it in the outakes with a straightened horizon :)
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So glad to be wrong! The colors and soft sky/water are captivating.
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Congrats on HM, now I know it was over 6 minutes shot!
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BTW, your horizon is tilted... LOL!!! Awesome finish. Congrats on the HM.
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Nicely seen, truly minimalist and has some very lovely tonality.
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An enjoyable scene, the tilted, and horizon will hurt your score, but no matter. I really like the hues of the ocean and sky.
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Great shot. This is in my top 5 - ribbon contender! Love the hue, and the dreamlike quality of the sea and sky.
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Solid, desolate image. Did you try it in B&W? I like the tonality very much though. Only that the line of the horizon reverses the perspective in which case a crop of the sky above would be beneficial.
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The footprints on the beach spoil it a bit. It must have been extremely long exposure to get the sky and water to look like this.
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love the softness of the long exsposure
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this is nice! perfect color! just a bit, horizon is tilting (probably your many stops filter is too dark during compo)
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dreamy.ethereal, awesome.
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Must be a new "movement" to have this type of background style. I like it! :)
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Cool oh you said cold.... well then Great shot!
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Is it a long exposure picture? Is that why the sky and the water look like smoke?
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Beautiful shot, however (you are probably tired of this comment)...its tilted.
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wow, cool photo ... i dont mind the crooked horizon ... maybe just a little bit. 8.
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The ocean is like a mirror of the sky which is like a mirror of the ocean! Wow!
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Gorgeous photo but WHY didn't you straighten the horizon?
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If this horizon was straight... if only!
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Looks like one of those baby turtles heading for the sea.
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I really like this photo. However, the horizon isn't straight and that is kinda bothering me. The right side is higher than the left side.
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