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Sunset @ the lake
I've had a hectic weekend playing Hunter tour guide for Sheepie. Here's the only image I've processed so far. Despite being quite dark, I quite like this one. Click the pic for a larger version.
Peter
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So do I Peter. A lovely serene shot. I like the subtle variations in the colours in the sky and the water and the way the jetty leads your eye into the image. Cheers John D3, D300, 14-24/2.8, 24-70/2.8, 85/1.4, 80-400VR, 18-200VR, 105/2.8 VR macro, Sigma 150/2.8 macro
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bloody awesome shot stubbsy!
so sharp, yet so smooth! love the colours  Nathan
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That is pretty damn good, sorry its bloody excellent. Shame about the super bright light reflection on the left.. but its a tiny tiny niggle.
I've gotta say that this looked much better on your new monitor this morning Peter
 My little laptop screen just doesn't do it justice!
Thanks again for a great weekend (as usual) - Looking forward to seeing some more from the shoot. Next time, make it a little cooler though will you?  *** When getting there is half the fun! ***
Kate would like a big print too, (we don't even have any of my shots hanging on the wall) better get my act together... so Peter where was this spot ? and can I borrow the D2x ?
Ripper shot Peter!
FRAME IT - STAT! Geoff
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Peter, this is pretty ordinary.....pretty EXTRA-ordinary.
One of the best shots I've seen from you Peter. Excellent. Now why didn't you take me there? Matt
....... peter now about the horizion on a very good pix..........  Cheers ....bp....
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Well done Peter,
That is a great spot at Belmont. I've always wanted to get a shot from there at sunset, now I won't, don't know that I could improve on this 
And I don't think it looks too dark. When I saw Sheepie's shot of the kids on the jetty, I thought I recognised the location. Thanks for sharing, André EDIT: I was wondering how you got that pano shot, should have known, looked at the exif, the fisheye king. You make that lens sing!) Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution. Ansel Adams
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AWE SOME Brilliant work Mr Stubbs. Simon
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Superb Stubbs !!!!!
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Peter,
I keep coming back to this photo, love it. A few questions -did you have to de-fish it much? -interested to know why you used shutter priority as opposed to aperture or manual, just curious thanks, André Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution. Ansel Adams
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I know he was practising his counting skills while taking shots - can only assume this meant he was using BULB with his remote Whether that's the case with this shot I guess only Peter can confirm *** When getting there is half the fun! ***
Firstly thank you all for your comments.
Yes the horizon is crooked (I did fix it, but managed to post one I had not fixed). I'll fix that tonight. As for selling prints. My honest view is the image is not good enough to print bigger than A3. When I look at it at about 200% I can see a lot of colour pixel noise in the water (a purple pixel here, a pale blue one there) which I fear may make a large version look bad. That said I've printed it at A3 and it looks fine.
You are correct that the image was taken with the 10.5 DX fisheye, but this image has had NO defish as it didn't need one. All I did was crop the bottom a little to remove the noticably curved shoreline and crop the top top to make a more pano style shape which I felt suited the image. If you have the horizon going through the centre of the fisheye lens it remains straight. The shot was taken in shutter priority mode and is a 30 second exposure at F8, ISO 200. The image was taken at 6:49 PM so it was pretty dark by that stage. I used shutter priority because I wanted a long exposure to get the light and that's the easiest way to control that. Manual scares me Peter
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Come on Stubbsy...the water's only cold when you first jump in
Great image by the way Dave
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Very Very nice picture this Peter, i gues sif the rest are like this mate i would be very happy. Well done and look forward to seeing some more mate.
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Aussergewoehnlich - extraordinary !
It is very very very v,v,v,v very nice. It is so smooth, it is sliding off my monitor
Straighten it, please. Cheers, CD
Thanks you all for your comments.
I was pretty lucky with this (and the other shots from that outing) because mother nature provided the hot day and cloudless sky that contributed to the great sunset colours captured here. Peter
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Hi Peter,
I had another close look on a high-res monitor (1650 x 1200). Really lovely shot. I was wondering if the photo would benefit from subduing the three reflections in the water on the left hand side and also straightening the horizon. Thanks for sharing, CD
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