Marina Beach Sunrise

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 8, 2017125 views10 comments

I don't get to shoot seascapes often. All that wildlife somehow gets in the way here in Southern Africa :)

I did manage a breakaway with my family recently, to the East Coast of South Africa where the Indian Ocean meets our shores. This was the only decent morning worth getting out there for.

Double exposure, combined in LR HDR and processed further in PS CC and Nik Color Efex.

Techs:

Nikon D800

Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8 @ 14mm

f16 | ISO-50

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on March 8, 2017 at 4:43 PM

Epic cloud formation, I can see the 50/50 spilt in the image allows you to include most of it. Almost mirrors the rocks below, also the water action on the LR nice and dynamic. The larger version has much better shad detail and well worth the work. Only minor suggestion would be to slightly crop off left to the first large cloud formation to emphasize the flo of the image left ot right, in the same direction to the cloud.

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Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on March 8, 2017 at 5:23 PM

This is superb Morkel. Love the leading line and how it is mimicked by the could. Colors are superb.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on March 8, 2017 at 6:56 PM

This works for me, Morkel. I like the soft water and the rock spits lead me nicely into the image. The sky is gorgeous. Well done!
--P

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Comment posted by scott lanz on March 8, 2017 at 8:08 PM

Beautiful image, Morkel. I like the dramatic sky and gorgeous colors. My only issue is with the dark area in the rocks/water just to the right of center. That patch of dark color just looks a bit too dark to me.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on March 9, 2017 at 12:36 AM

Killer line of clouds, Morkel. Beautiful and well crafted seascape. No nits from me.....I love it.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 9, 2017 at 8:26 AM

Beautiful sky and light. Excellent image!

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on March 9, 2017 at 1:36 PM

What a sky! Fg comp isnt that strong imo...but more practice sounds fun :) Rockin!

aF

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on March 9, 2017 at 11:38 PM

Beautiful seascape, love the bold color. Also I really like the shutter speed and motion/flow of the water in the LR quad.

Only small nit/suggestion is to pull back on the saturation in that same quadrant with the purples reflecting in the surf, but that's minor. Also, appears to be a lens flare, or something, just about dead center on the horizon.

Lon

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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on March 10, 2017 at 12:50 PM

Superb image. The cloud formation works beautifully to pull my eye into the frame. Processing looks great.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on March 22, 2017 at 4:21 PM

Thanks for the kind comments and helpful suggestions...

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