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[Chevvyf1]

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Lyn I lurve these both ! BOTH of which could have been here in the UK on yesterdays SUMMER DAY

No. just has the edge over one because of the glint of sunshine in the bottom left foreground for me

[Floribunda]

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The sea looks more correct in the altered version as well, in the original, it seemed to be sloping a bit more than natural in the original. Although I did like the tones in your original better than the altered, I agree with Nick that it took the cropping well.

It's a very nice shot. With horizon and sea "corrected" I like it better than the second. The second is nice, but dramatic skies with a touch of good light in the clouds often make good seascapes and tell a story of life on the coast. E.g. I have a couply of misty ones of the Twelve Apostles that are very different from the tourist brochure images taken with polarizers and full sun, but they explain very well why that area is called the Shipwreck Coast...

Thanks Cathrine - I appreciate your comments very much.
I would like to see your Twelve Apostles shots.
Just in case someone isn't clear on what we are talking about - here is a link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twe...tles_(Victoria)

[Floribunda]

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Lyn I lurve these both ! BOTH of which could have been here in the UK on yesterdays SUMMER DAY

No. just has the edge over one because of the glint of sunshine in the bottom left foreground for me

Hi Chevvy - Thanks for looking. I love the sea - so many different moods.
I am glad you liked them - thanks for the encouragement!
Been out pruning roses (in the rain!) today - roll on Spring!

[Floribunda]

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There is always a difficulty when reality creates an ambiguous scene, the design of our world apparently included some compromises thoughtlessly left unsuited for photography. I actually didn't fully 'level' the shot so the sea does gain hight as the headland recedes.

I did notice that you posted the file as a GIF, not as good a format as jpeg for photographs because of the way it treats colours.

Nick

Oh Nick - Thank you very, very much for pointing out the file to me! This was the first time I had posted using Photoshop and overlooked choosing the jpeg! I have been using Olympus Master, but am weaning myself off!

This is a photo I will enjoy playing around with for a while & hopefully learning something!

[Cathrine Stephansen]

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Here is a misty sunset of the Twelve Apostles (or the remaining in 2010...)



And just after sunset:



Add to this some bad weather and sails as your "engine" and you have the Shipwreck coast... These images have been cropped quite square to provide some contrast from the others in the series. I got a bit bored with the same crop

Edit to add: I added some clarity, something a navigator couldn't do

[Chevvyf1]

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Cathrine these take my breath away ! Thanks for sharing !

[Floribunda]

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Hi Cathrine
Thanks for posting these - they are really beautiful!
I especially like #2 with the tide on the sand.
We have driven the Great Ocean Road many times and it must be one of the great motoring trips.
The authorities have built a huge Information Centre near the Twelve Apostles - thankfully on the other side of the road so that tourists walk under the road through a tunnel to get to the scenic lookouts, but to me it still detracts from the area and I preferred it when the area was less "civilized".
The grumpiness of advancing age and not appreciating change I guess!

[Guest]

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Hi Mark - I usually don't argue back (being the meek soul that Iam!) but in this instance I want to say something about that horizon.
Living in this area all my life, I have intimate knowledge of this coastline. The "skewed horizon" in the far distance is actually the start of the Coorong Sandhills, a coastline much loved by South Australians. I did consider straightening it, but it is an integral part of that piece of coast.

Having said that however, I concede that to a viewer not used to our coast, some would see it as perhaps not photographically correct.

Hi Lyn - I hear exactly what you are saying.

Nevertheless, landscape photography is not so much about literal accuracy of terrain as it is about visual harmony. The difference between what the eye actually sees on location and a photograph is that the photo has a rectangular frame surrounding it and a skewed horizon is immediately in conflict with the upper border of the frame - a discord if you will.

[Cathrine Stephansen]

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Hi Cathrine
Thanks for posting these - they are really beautiful!
I especially like #2 with the tide on the sand.
We have driven the Great Ocean Road many times and it must be one of the great motoring trips.
The authorities have built a huge Information Centre near the Twelve Apostles - thankfully on the other side of the road so that tourists walk under the road through a tunnel to get to the scenic lookouts, but to me it still detracts from the area and I preferred it when the area was less "civilized".
The grumpiness of advancing age and not appreciating change I guess!

Oh, so agreed! I was there in 2000 and in 2010. Huge difference. (Appart from a stack missing )

BUT - I was a better photographer in 2010 than in 2000, and getting up at five in the morning and being there an hour before sunrise, we were rewarded with the "song" of the Fairy penguins gathering to go to sea for the day before there was any light for photography. I like the way there were board walks preventing people from stepping around in that fragile environment, but they could have spared themselves that visitor center. The trick seemed to be getting there before mid-day when the bus loads from Melbourne arrived!

But we digress...

[Cathrine Stephansen]

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Hi Lyn - I hear exactly what you are saying.

Nevertheless, landscape photography is not so much about literal accuracy of terrain as it is about visual harmony. The difference between what the eye actually sees on location and a photograph is that the photo has a rectangular frame surrounding it and a skewed horizon is immediately in conflict with the upper border of the frame - a discord if you will.

Annoyingly true!