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Published: 2010-08-11 11:30:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 23803; Favourites: 2030; Downloads: 0
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One could spend a lifetime photographing the potential waterscapes of the 1km of beach at Kogelbay. When you live a 40 minute drive from it, it creeps into your soul that you will never get the perfect shot of it and that you can always improve. So I shoot it at least once a week when I'm at home, sometimes 3 times a week. It has become part of my life, and few things are as relaxing and soothing to my soul as a sunset on the sands of Kogelbay. Maybe a beer at the end of a hectic week, or your bed after being away from home for weeks.I'm trying to mix things up with the standard mountain compositions. I went crazy with dodging and burning here and gave it a duotone look using levels. Opinions welcomed. I know my last BW of kogelbay wasn't met with open arms so I'd like to know what you think of this one.
I was there on Sunday. I sat on a rock stack in the rain for an hour with no results. I went again on Monday with much better results like this image. The cape has a good 80% layer of high clouds right now with a clear horizon, so I'm heading there again for sunset today. Hopefully it's a flaming red one
Canon 5D II
Zeiss Distagon 18mm
Lee 0.9 soft grad
Lee big stopeer
f/16
ISO100
45s
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Comments: 191
Ah, I'm one behind you, cs4 extended. I'll keep that in mind for when I'm next having a go at duotoning.
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Nice work, and great result. Congrats on the DD, cheers
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Dear God, this is a stunning photo! Immaculate detail and amazing treatment. Love the stones in the water and the beautifully illuminated mountains in the background. An instant fave!
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Pretty flawless mate...might be your best ever from this location
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I think I like this best of all your shots. It's very atmospheric and you've got the soul of those mountains. I know them. It's like you've had the soul of the place revealed the way one does if you wake someone sleeping in darkness with a light. Nothing had a chance to put on a mask. It's gorgeous.
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I voted this a 6 on 1x and I'm so glad it was published. Wonderful shot man. The exposure is juicy, killer compo and great monochrome conversion really gives it impact! New fave seascape by you
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Awesome tones mate, love the cool tone. Man if the coast line around here looked like this you would pitch a tent and live on the waters edge.
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Yeah! This is a very very popular surf spot, so camping has been forbidden, but the stoners still spend the night littering the beaches and caves.
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Definitely something to thing about.
I love the monotone-quality to this shot!
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quality alert! quality alert!
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absolute instant fav.
this one will be in my dreams i know it..
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It really spoke to me when you mentioned that unbearable need to refine more. On any subject or idea, strictly photographically speaking, even if I've shot it to death (The Slave River in my case), I always have this unquenchable need to explore it further. It's troublesome because whenever I connect with a natural landscape, which is almost every natural landscape, that same endless vortex begins. Once I'm out there, it's fine, but I would lose my mind without the land. Umm...I don't think I really got across what I exactly mean, but I suppose I just mean to say: I feel you dude.
As for this photo, I see mounting excellence. I would never wish perfection on you or any artist, because that would leave you with nowhere left to go. But this is definitely something special. The image reminds me of, dare I say it, Ansell Adams. It's just that the attention to your tones, the way they just barely touch pure white and then drop to pure "black" in the right areas, is very reminiscent of the way Adams pre-visualized his photographs as completed prints. And, his method of communicating those tones in such a way that it was symphonic to those sensitive enough.
Anyway, all blabbering aside, great image. Love how you've composed it, and damn that Zeiss is sharp. So sharp that that would probably be my only complaint. In a couple areas in the mid-ish foreground I find it a little too sharp, but that of course is just my preference.
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Thanks for the proper comment Tom
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No problem, keep at it man.
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i Like the way you take it.. its amazing different like the new world exist .. far from here.
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I have no words... It's like seeing a world of dreams.
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Superb shot mate, and you know why as Alex said, so I won't bother telling you why either!
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haha I actually don't man! I'm writing a blog article about it atm.
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Ach, it shouts out a moody atmosphere like no other, think the dodging/burning helped a lot with that! The again, it's the conditions that have made it the way it is in the first place. I really like the sound of this big stopper filter, definitely going to think about making a purchase! The main purchase I'm thinking of all the time though is the 5d mk II, I know it will be worth selling my gear I have now, and buying it, but it is costly, and something I don't want to rush into doing...
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If I just stopped drinking and dining I could have had a 4x4 by now, but instead I have a gut and a damaged liver.
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Exactly, but it's rude not to be social.
You mean a square format camera, yeah? Not a 4x4 vehicle, because I definitely need one of them for when the winter strikes again here in Scotland.
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It's so very gray, but very serene and relaxing.
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It's hard to believe such places are still existing in this rotting world...
It looks so magical yet mysterious,
words to describe: "Awesome time for taking the photograph!"
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