ladder at the end of the jetty
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korinna
February 04, 2013
I have a similar photo in my gallery. Pls take a look at it and congrats on the feature :)
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annthedane
February 04, 2013
Congratulations on your feature...fabulous shot...great light, DOF and POV
debcoimages
February 04, 2013
Brilliant capture and congrats on your feature Gerard! Love the colours.
ShaneM
February 04, 2013
i think ive seen a simular picture to this on canvas in a local home furnishing store
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Location
I took this from The Havannah Resort on Efate Island, VanuatuTime
About 6.30pmLighting
All natural lightingEquipment
Nikon D90 with Sigma 10-20mm wide angle lens on Vanguard tripod.Inspiration
The location. It's hard not to be inspired when everything around you looks like this :-)Editing
It's a HDR shot comprised of 3 images at -2, 0 and +2. Run through Photomatix, blended with base images in Photoshop CS4. Minor adjustments made using Topaz Adjust 4 and 5 then final noise reduction done using Noiseware.In my camera bag
These days? A Sony A7 with Sony 10-18mm f/4 wide angle lens, Sony 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 lens, and my trusty Nikon 50mm f1.4g lens mated to a Metabones adapter for use on the A7. I still use the same Vanguard tripod.Feedback
In this sort of location, the photo itself is easy with a tripod to keep the camera steady. I like to keep photos like this symmetrical so I take time to make sure everything is perfectly in line. I find that a lot of the magic happens in post processing by using the above mentioned programs. In the end, it all comes down to practice. It took me about 3 years to learn the fine line between too much hdr-ness and just enough.
