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10-17 Land/sea-scapes

Dr. Mhuni
Posted 03/05/2010 - 14:42 Link
Have been trying to decide between the following (shot minutes apart). Click on the image for original size (the PUF ones are softer due to re-sizing).

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I think my preferences are in order - ie. 1, first. But I'm not sure.

Do people have a problem with the clipped sun in these, or can you live with it given the nature of the image?
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DrOrloff
Posted 03/05/2010 - 14:52 Link
I cast my vote for 2.
matwhittington
Posted 03/05/2010 - 14:53 Link
Number two for me as well - i love the boundary between the beach and the sea with the thin foamy line on the edge of the water. That said, I would be chuffed with any of them

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CoDa
Posted 03/05/2010 - 15:33 Link
Number two as well, the subtle differences are what makes it stand out for me.

One day I would like to have shots like these
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snappychappy
Posted 03/05/2010 - 15:54 Link
Two for me as well, the edge of the wave draws your eye into the shot.
ReklawyksEkul
Posted 03/05/2010 - 16:20 Link
i like no 1 very much!
very calming..
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davidtrout
Posted 03/05/2010 - 16:51 Link
Stunning quality in all of these images Andrew but my favourites are No.1 + 2 for the exquisite definition in the sky. I don't see how you avoid clipping the sun without making the picturea so under exposed that you would lose all other detail.
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bretti_kivi
Posted 03/05/2010 - 18:38 Link
I have something similar myself.... if you run at, say 1/160 and f/16, it's quite possible.

Personally, 3.

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Dr. Mhuni
Posted 03/05/2010 - 19:22 Link
Thanks for the feedback all. With the images posted here I think I'm concurring with the majority in preferring 2. Had originally been 3 then 1!

Brett, I fear David's right - I don't think I could have reduced the exposure more without losing too much off the left of the histogram. And nd grad's are an impossibility with the fisheye, or for that matter when you're shooting handheld in the surf!

My query re. the clipping was really relating to how people view images after capture. I think my attitude is that I can live with clipping in these situations as long as the clipped area retains a more or less round (sun-like) shape, which is, just, the case here.
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bretti_kivi
Posted 03/05/2010 - 19:30 Link
*I* think the exposure is spot on and yes, it is clipped, but as you say it's rounded and therefore the loss of real information is minimal.

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aliengrove
Posted 03/05/2010 - 20:05 Link
No 2 for me, but they are all very good!
royd63uk
Posted 03/05/2010 - 20:49 Link
all great but for me 3-2-1

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bwlchmawr
Posted 03/05/2010 - 20:55 Link
Number one, I think. I like the ricer colours.

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Andrew
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i-Berg
Posted 04/05/2010 - 05:26 Link
No 1 on account of the warmer, deeper colours, followed by 2 and 3 for me.
mikew
Posted 04/05/2010 - 07:25 Link
Number 2 but I do have a problem with the clipped sun but there is nothing you can do about it. Excellent high quality shots presumably down to care and attention to detail!
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