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hougaard — When the Wind Dies for a Photo
Published: 2008-02-16 07:23:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 11426; Favourites: 706; Downloads: 644
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This is Betty's Bay, South Africa......A Really beautiful, calm and rural beach town across False Bay from Cape Town...We've had a house here since I was born and this place is known for one thing only.....wind, wind and more wind(and the world's densest flower population....7000 species per hectare) . It's always blowing and it blows like hell. It locks you down in your house and it makes enjoying nature almost impossible.I went there yesterday with my girlfriend just to spend valentines day away from any parents...and when it got close to sunset she told me the wind had died...I just laughed and said 'yeah right'...and to my surprise it did...So I grabbed my cam and went to this lake...
pano of 6 vertical shots....[][][][][][]
cokin p121...lots of processing
I'm getting sick of pano merging. want that god damn lens.NOW
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Wooow--The reflection makes it look like it's floating! O,O
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hahhaha I want a camera!!!!! does your camera support panoramics or did you manually merge?
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I know your work for 5 min, altought I knew i'd be fan since the first picture that guided me to your profile//gallery.
I was right, I love your gallery, especially the ones I faved, of course. and this one is my favourite from your gallery I think, well, for now, till the next one
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Jeeze, beautiful, tell me your secrets, not really! I'm jealous!
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An amazing Picture really wants to make me go to South Africa seems like u can get some really beautiful shots
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Incredible view! Sometimes I can't believe how people can find amazing places like this in the world.
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Awesome! I live in Cape Town! I love the reflection in the water.
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So sweet. You should run classes on CS man.
Remember the bay well, rode along it not long ago :-s
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you reall are a lucky son of a ...leprechaun
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Great shot (s).
It has received much acclaim and deservedly so, the merging, natural colouration and calrity are all superb. Glad you ignored the rule of thirds on this one, the composition is great and creates a wonderfully symmetrical image.
My favourite part is the half moon visible just above the skyline.
Print and frame it!
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have made 3 canvas prints....but to sell at the town's art gallery. one already sold and someone ordered a huge print
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awesome image. i've been to Betty's Bay quite a few times and never saw the wind this tame. granted that the scenery of the area is breathtaking, but this image is just beautiful.
very well done
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Fantastic. Well done on capturing this elusive moment!
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That is amazing, I really like how you had documented it.
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Beautiful pic!
You know what, on that day I actually was on top of Slangkopunt lighthouse in Kommetjie. 
Now I'm back at home in winter.
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lol...it is quite far for me....I have shot a sunset there but that was still in my early days....not to good
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Hi-
I noticed that ur prints are enabled ( shop similar prints)
how were u able to set that up. I don't want to sell my prints
but when i upload any of them mine says enabled print . How do I make my prints not enabled?
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go to your frontpage and on the right there's a tab that says manage prints
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i've featured this deviation in my journal [link]
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A really great shot!
I love the landscape, the colors an the sun!
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Wow. Really fascinating image. I can look at this all day.
I like the strong symmetry... I would like to see it even more pronounced by having the mountain peak in the middle of the frame. Or then alernatively a bit more to the right with some more "open" area on the left of the frame. But that's just me. I think most people would agree it's 100% as is.
Again, very very beautiful. Well done.
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dankie
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