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hougaard — Final Light below the Storm II
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Kogelbay (coolbay) , South AfricaAbout the rule of thirds....[link]
Another shot from that stunner of a sunset on 30 May this year.
4 different RAW conversions blended with various methods.
Once again, this is going to look a bit dull and flat if you're viewing it on an older monitor.
Sigma 10-20mm
Cokin 0.6 soft grad
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Comments: 111
Love the view! I've never been there but now I really really want to go before I die. lol
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lovely hdr! great photo!!!!!
thanks for sharing this beautiful image with us
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Very beautiful shot. Strong and intense all over, colors, atmosphere and contrast.
Magnificiant composed!
Lovley!
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This was taken on my Birthday Very cool 
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I've enjoyed your work lately - and all your experiments. Nice job!
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Na, the colour on this one is perfect! Not dull, it's very vibrant! I compared it to the other one and it's much improved
I also gotta say that wave is at the perfect angle.. it splits up the image nicely and leads the eyes up to the cliffs which are at the same angle.
A+++++
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Beautiful work, the composition gives it the feeling of muted conflict or anticipation. This is exactly what I needed to see.
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Worth submitting two similar pieces from the same shoot...that's an amazing location with fantastic conditions.
Great shot
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I've seen this before from you? Why is this part 2?
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It hasn't been on DA, few other sites though yeah
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Incredible shot. Of course the scenery is pretty, but the way you made the composition is great. A very good focal point where all lines come together. It's in harmony, technically. Everything seems to support that harmony, the colors, the smoothness of the see, the lighting, but also the picture itselfe: on the one hand it's beautifull, almost a dreamlike goodness that's coming over you... then you realise the dark clouds and the crap that will come over you 
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Nice work. You nailed it on the clouds. I just love it when the clouds are 'sharp' and retain their detail. So many images the clouds are secondary to the foreground, but not here, they're just as important and dominant.
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Thanks
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Hmmm... I'm pretty much always on, but logged in through my phone. I guess it's showing me as offline.
I'll be sure to log in from my computer the next time I have time to chat.
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very well blended together, 10-15% oversharpen on some areas, other than that it works like a charm.
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One of your best shots, Hougaard. Simply amazing. For the sake of perfectionism I would darken and raise the contrast at the bottom just slightly.
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Yeah ... it might contain the center a bit better then. But that's just a personal preference.
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Do you like it better as well?
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I don't know...I can't decide on either? How does this one look to you?
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Looks fine to me ... this was an awesome shot anyway to begin with.
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Rule of thirds is just an easy concept to grasp for ppl new to photography - then we move on.....
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I thought I'd seen enough from this sunset until I saw this....
The composition is superb.
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A beautiful shot, but a tad oversharpened...
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This is incredible!
I'm glad, this picture ignores the rule of thirds.
The horizon right in the middle works awesome here, together with the mountain reaching exactly to the center of the shot.
The rocks on the bottom deviding the water into half and on top of that all, the clouds and wave bringing some diagonal lines into the pic...
Just a perfect composition...
You are genious!
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seriously, i dont even look at most photographs with the rule of thirds clogging op my mind, if it looks good some way, than it looks good that way, no arguing, love the shot (as always)
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