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Awards
Contender in the Photography Awards
Action Award
Chatter Award
Winner in Caribbean Landscapes Photo Challenge
Zenith Award
Contest Finalist in Colors In Nature Photo Contest 2022
Contest Finalist in Mother Nature Photo Contest 2021
Contest Finalist in Virtual Exhibition Project
Top Shot Award 21
Contest Finalist in The Colors Of Summer Photo Contest
People's Choice in Wish I Was There Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Beautiful Blue Sky Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Travel Photo Contest 2019
Featured
Contest Finalist in Beautiful Islands Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Monthly Pro Photo Contest Vol 46
Peer Award
Superb Composition
Absolute Masterpiece
Top Choice
Outstanding Creativity
Magnificent Capture
All Star
Superior Skill
Genius
Virtuoso
Top Ranks
mihrt
June 30, 2019
Congrats on your Finalist Wins in Monthly Pro 46 and Beautiful Islands Contests. Certainly is well deserving. What a view......Truly awesome.
carolynbutler
August 03, 2019
Wow ,I sure love this beautiful photo it is so gorgeous and would love to be there
Bazz
January 13, 2020
Love it! Fabulous image! So beautiful and serene! Thank you for joining my "Favourite Nature Shot" challenge! Good Luck!
Bruz
July 12, 2020
Way to go Steve!!! People's Choice in Wish I Was There Photo Contest. This is awesome!!
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Behind The Lens
Location
This was taken right outside our beach hut on Holiday. Holiday Island Maldives.we woke up to this view every day for 3 weeks.Time
This was taken about 11am. I was after a strong sun so i had good contrast in the colour in the blues and sand. I also used a polorising filter to help make the colours pop.Lighting
I like photoing in the golden hours, if I did I would not of had such good contrasting colours. Also was after the holiday shot. you do not always need the golden hour to take a good shotEquipment
Nikon d750, tripod (Carbon) , wide angle lens. And a nice cool beer in one hand. Big stopper to help blur the clouds.Inspiration
I was after a post card looking photo. Or the photos you see in the travel magazine. I also wanted a photo to remind me of the view I had every day.Editing
I did a little post processing, sorted the white balance, pushed the contrast a bit and a curves layer in photo shop. I also blured the clouds a bit more with a grad filter in light room.In my camera bag
Two cameras D750 and D710. Wide angle lend Tamron 10-24mm. Nikon 24-70mm 2.8f lens (I use this one most now as it is the best glass I have) Nikon 50mm prime lens 1.4f stop. Tameron 90mm macro lens. Nikon 70-200mm (cheap) lens. Spare batteries 4 of them. I have a filter set. Big stopper small stopper and a few grad filters.cable release. 650 flash light. Cleaning stuff for camera and lenses.Feedback
Spend as much time as you can walking around to find the best place to take the shot. Take your time. Take in what you are looking at. stand up ,sit down and sometime lie on the floor. most of all do not be afraid of a bit of editing to.