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Sun sets through a summer storm over the vlaktes of the great karoo. Shot from atop the valley of desolation
It looks peaceful, but the wind was as strong as it gets, luckily it was blowing from the front, if it was coming from behind I definitely wouldn't be standing on the edge of the cliffs.This was taken in January on a trip to KTP, I tried to process it earlier, but my skills weren't quite there yet, only now after two months behind the computer did I succeed in blending this into something pleasing!
The composition is thrown off a bit by the position of the sun. It would have been nice if it was more to the left, but this was 5 weeks after summer solstice, so it doesn't really move much further.
Valley of Desolation, Graaff Reinet.
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wow, thatΒ΄s great...
but, for use as Desktop-picture a higher resolution was first on my wishlist
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just amazing 
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Amazing work, I love the light you captured here
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wow!! just amazing! this is gorgeous!!!!!
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Like the colors up front and the sun positioned in the back
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and, one more thing
Nature is meant to be unruly, it rarely conforms to the rule of man - the fact that the sun is out of place is a good thing
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that is so beautiful it's beyond words
how do you do the blending? It looks flawless!
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This photo have been featured on Thumbs of the Week 138th .
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Baie goeie werk. Fantastiese kleure en samestelling!
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Wow! That's amazing! I like the effect on the rocks
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Woow ! Very beautiful shot ! How exciting 
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I want to build a wizard tower there, and scare everyone off with my beard. On my alone time I would read books on my balcony that stretches over the cliff wall. Sit in the dark over the candle light and smoke a pipe while reading an old book, and watch the red light from the sunset stretch and disappear over my book and the mountains.
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i dont know how you do it, real photo filters? , good glass? expensive camera? photoshop... sigh...
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good camera, amazing light and location and some photoshop
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Wow that is just gorgeous.
The sharpness is perfect.
Must have been amazing to stand there and witness such a sight. There are magnificent places in the world. Such beauty in a valley dubbed with "Desolation"
Thanks for sharing xoxo
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Beautiful illuminating light there mate, really nice compo as well. Not your best star but damn fine anyway
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Wow, that is one of the prettiest things I have ever seen. The position of the sun, IMO, is just about perfect!!
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Valley of desolation... Ek was all in Graaff Reinet maar ek het seker die "valley of desolation" mis gekyk... Maar nou ja, wonderlike foto
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haha...dis die berg bo die dorp
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Ooooo! haha ja neh, ek sal volgende keer better oplet haha
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This photo is one of the most awesome I've seen.
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