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Published: 2005-02-07 10:37:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 9176; Favourites: 220; Downloads: 1746
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Dark Tranquillity IIRed Cliff Point, off the coast of the Great Barrier Reef, Tropical North Queensland
This was taken on the roadside, on the coastal road to Cairns from Port Douglas. I looked out the window and saw this, pulled over and took a few brief shots without really paying any attention to detail to the camera settings, as I was standing on a main road. I was quite lucky the photos exposed properly, without the highlight of sunlight in the centre coming out over-blown. If I remember correctly I think I set it to aperture-priority.
A sequel to one of my old deviations, [link] I think it's a good measurement of my progress since then, I hope you agree aswell. Desaturated in PS and applied a cyan/blue hue to the image.
Tools
Nikon D70 | Nikkor 18-70mm | ISO 200 | F/10 | 1/160 sec | 18mm
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Comments: 120
Tranquil and still... the ripples reminds me of folds in a drape rather than moving waves. Good composition, with the curve of the coast continuing in the cloud!
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Wow.. amazing picture 
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this is an awesome picture. my favorite combination of colors and my favorite coastal angle.
very awesome!
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wow, that is really good... 
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This is amazingly gorgeous. I'll be going to Australia for 20 days and I hope that I can see something this gorgeous
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Simply amazing. I love the color, just simply beautiful.
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love it, tranquil blue tones and very peaceful
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A calm yet edgy feel about this one. The dark tone gives it an almost cold appearance. Great.
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That is extremely beautiful...
That's it, I'm taking a plane and flying from Sydney to Queensland to see this for myself.
I must fav this!
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Very nice, and I like the band of the same name too
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thats very beautiful. awesome job. perfect title too
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wow u have an amzing gallery congrates on getting to the front page hoep to see mroe keep up the awesome wrk
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As the water folds softly onto the threshold...
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I loke very much this pic and the other that you have in your gallery. I think because your style remember me Ansel Adams.
+fav
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Thanks, its an honour to be compared to Ansel Adams
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hey buddy, i seem like a good landscape photographer.. good to see another person quite eager to show off some of our beauty in aus
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A most successful peice! Even better then the last
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One would think that having one dominant color throughout the photograph would make it boring but you have captured so much detail that people forget all about that. This is an awesome piece of work 
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Thank you so much
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I just can't get enough of this silence preceding an upcoming storm.
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beautiful tranqulity
the blue tones gives it a strong level of coolness and calmness
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Hello dear, sorry for not having commented in the past few days, and that I took so long. But unfortunately the week was very busy with me, so I hadnβt the time. But finally, here I am! 
This photo is great; the tones go along very well. They are dark blue, and they set the mood very well. Itβs madness with a combination of sadness. Plus, the contrast you did, which is so damn dark looks so great. Because you took it up really high, but even so, you didnβt ruin the photo. If anything, you only made it better.
Great texture in the water too, itβs quite amusing to look at it, and the same goes for the clouds, very nice texture going on, that also adds a lot to the mood of the photo. Overall nice angle, I love the angle of the rocks against the waters, it looks really nice. Itβs a very nice scenery shot, indeed. Very emotive, for sure.
Last but not least, I couldnβt help but notice that sign, to the left side, to the very far back.. Iβm not sure many noticed it, but it seems very important to the photo some how 
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This is breathtaking, I marvel at how the horizon is perfectly balanced. I
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the water looks so fluid and silky. nicely shot, man
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wow...what an interesting and moody shot! so well done!
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wow! i love the blue tones of this shot. it fits the title so well!
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the first thing that attracted me to it was the gorgeous dark blue tones (i'm a sucker for that)
the name is just perfect for it, these tones in my opinion help achieve that tranquility and serenity in the brooding darkness with a break of light peaking through the clouds.
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Thank you very much
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i can see the similarities in this one and the original version, both with the dark brooding skies, however i see them essentially as two works with different qualities. hard to compare
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