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Slow Motion IIPinnacle Rock, Phillip Island, Victoria
The last light of the sun pushes through a break in the clouds on the horizon whilst tumultuous waves are dissolved into a fine mist.
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A revisit to the same place I shot 'Slow Motion'
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I really wasn't happy with that first shot - there were next to no clouds, and the perspective was too flat because the water was far too choppy for me to go down, so I decided to revisit Pinnacle Rock.
This time, the results were much better - the water was very calm, enough for me to get down close to the water. Not having to worry about spray and wiping the lens was a bonus too.
This is a blend of exposures. The 30s exposure on the water overexposed the sky pretty badly even with the stacked Grad NDs so I took a seperate, shorter exposure and blended it in to bring back detail in the sky.
Grad ND + Polariser stacked
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I'm glad to tell you that I featured you here, [link]
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Beautifully atmospheric, and the lighting makes it look almost like a fantasy painting. Great work!
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Beautiful. I like the unexpectedly vibrant colours in the clouds.
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Love how dramatic the sky is, it's really haunting.
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stupid crappy rmit projector. you should print this BIG.
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Featured here: [link]
Hope you don't mind 
Marius.
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That is just.. just... just... NO WORDS can describe this one... "awesome" is not a word worthy this picture! "Beautiful" is also a word too small...:S
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Thank you! Having a look now
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Much better sky and you have composed it to have the light running right thru from back to foreground lifting the whole shot.
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This is just so amazing!
The mist is so awesome!
I love how all those rocks are so neat and clean and I wonder how did you get such a wonderful and clean focus on every detail in the picture?!
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Thank you! I was very happy and surprised at the way the water came out too 
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Absolutely stunning.
Very nice composition, and use of exposures.
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Thanks for the support!!
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Lovely scene. It's really beautiful.
I would just try to brighten a bit the top of some rock to minimize the Grad ND transition...
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Thank you! I do agree with you aswell, it is abit dark. i fixed it up a little bit for a print version ill upload sometime, ty for the crit
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np, thank you for the support!
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Mystical and almost surreal, looks as if it's from another planet! Perfectly composed too!
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Thank you! Someone said it looks like something out of Lord of the rings
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