The Monkey Parade

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 10, 2010439 views22 comments

A small cove on Koh Miang looking north towards Koh Pabu in the Similan Island chain. These beautiful islands are located in the Andaman Sea 70 kilometers off of the west coast of the Thailand mainland.

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, f/18 @ 21 mm (16-35), 1.3s, ISO 100.

Thanks for looking.

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on April 10, 2010 at 8:23 AM

My favourite image of yours yet. The swirls in the foreground water echo the clouds very well. Great composition and processing.

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on April 10, 2010 at 8:44 AM

Incredibly dramatic scene you've caught and created here Nicolaus!! The B&W just makes it other worldly to me. wonderful sky and water, just excellent.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on April 10, 2010 at 9:37 AM

This is very nice Nicolaus - excellent in every aspect - very enjoyable.

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Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on April 10, 2010 at 10:20 AM

Absolutely lovely Nicolaus. I love the foreground swirls and how they mimic the clouds above. Great looking b&w too.

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Comment posted by Bob McQuade on April 10, 2010 at 10:44 AM

WOW! Very dramatic, nice comp.

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Comment posted by Kevin Trinkner on April 10, 2010 at 10:44 AM

Awesome, great comp. Love the sky and fg waves, nice bw conversion as well.

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on April 10, 2010 at 11:19 AM

Absolutely stunning work Nicolaus. What a cool place. I think you actually make this image stronger if you crop down slightly from the top. Awesome.

Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments

Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on April 10, 2010 at 2:58 PM

What a great B&W. Very dreamy with the atmospheric conditions. Well done.

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Comment posted by Tristan Campbell on April 10, 2010 at 3:17 PM

Wonderful sky, almost surreal. Tristan

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Comment posted by Paul Wegemann on April 10, 2010 at 3:33 PM

Beautiful and dreamy. I really like this.

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Comment posted by Kory Lidstrom on April 10, 2010 at 6:30 PM

Very beautiful and original image. The processing is excellent!

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Comment posted by Raymond Marlow on April 10, 2010 at 7:15 PM

terrific image it reminds me of a nice painting, great work with the water and the swirls

Registered on October 15, 2008, 158 Posts, 531 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Crabbe on April 10, 2010 at 7:31 PM

A totally beautiful and nearly surrealistic shot. Personally I would consider losing the bottom Right Rock, with a bit of a proportional re-crop. I'm 50-50 on that dark area butted so close to the corner. Nonetheless, it's a spectacular capture to be proud of.

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on April 10, 2010 at 7:46 PM

The effect of the soft sky and water give this a very dreamy feeling. I like it.

- Dan.

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Comment posted by Ken Johnson on April 10, 2010 at 9:34 PM

Nicolaus, Beautiful B & W. This is really an awesome scene very mystical. Wonderful Job! Thanks for posting I really like this one.

Registered on March 7, 2010, 71 Posts, 272 Comments

Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on April 11, 2010 at 6:38 AM

Pretty freakin cool. Interesting choice w/ the 'soft' sky. Love the comp and motion :)

aF

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Comment posted by Arnab Banerjee on April 11, 2010 at 1:18 PM

Comp is truly awesome. Processing-wise, I would probably like to see some more contrast, as the shadows look a bit too open

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Comment posted by Tom Nevesely on April 11, 2010 at 5:22 PM

I really like this. It's full of drama and emotion.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on April 11, 2010 at 8:31 PM

That is just flippen bizzar! Great shot.

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Comment posted by David Edwards on April 12, 2010 at 5:49 AM

Wondeful comp, Nicolaus. I like the misty, magical feel to the image. I like how the white sea swirls match the white in the clouds. Fabulous mono conversion.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 142 Posts, 2623 Comments

Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on April 12, 2010 at 10:17 AM

Thanks for the comments and critiques everyone. I was a bit worried about how this would turn out as I did it on an uncalibrated laptop monitor and used a mouse meant for the hand of a 4 year old to dodge and burn (tiny travel mouses suck!). Seems ok upon looking at now that I am home. I may go over it another time, but I have so many photos to go through from this last month, I'm not sure when that may be....

Thanks again.

Registered on February 21, 2010, 133 Posts, 1509 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on April 12, 2010 at 5:48 PM

Nicolaus,

Wonderful seascape! I love how the action of the tidal surf mimics the clouds in the sky; very cool. The flow through the channel is excellent too, pulling the eye in to the frame and allowing the viewer to explore the background and tie nicely in with the wonderful sky.

Don't think it was mentioned, but I see a little "fogginess" in the midground. I'm sure that sea spray and the atmosphere are at play here, but this seems like it's lacking a little in contrast or something around the middle of the image. Even the lower part of the sky. Not sure if you can see that, maybe it's just me. I think you've got a winner of an image and is definitely one you could spend some additional time on if you were so inclined.

Lon

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