Tranquility
by Kah Kit Yoong
Stanley, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
Stanley is a lovely seaside town on the island state of Tasmania. Most photos feature the massif Circular Head (aka 'the nut'). This shot was taken in the opposite direction at a sand bar.
Canon 5D, 17-40mm 4L at 17mm
Cokin ND grad, Gitzo tripod
ISO 100, f13, shutter 5 seconds
PS CS2 : Curves, highlights, saturation, sharpening
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33 commentsThis is REALLY nice. his was a real breath-sucker when it first appears on screen. The semi-circular waterfront and pastel light really does the trick.
Graeme
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- Dan.
The tide has receeded here leaving fine natural lines in the sand perpendicular to the curving water line that wonderfully enhance that curve and provide foreground detail to that center piece of this image. Look at the way those lines evenly darken into the distance at the right. Notice how at the left edge that shore line decreases in visibility to a nearly indiscernable darkness providing a bottomless effect the left edge of the frame. The reasonably even line of the cloud above lowers to the left in the distance providing a mechanism for receeding distance that if horizontal would not be as effective due to the lack of much cloud detail. And that small silhouetted feature right of center grabs ones visual attention providing a sense of great distance that otherwise might be lost if that low distant skyline were even. ...David
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