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Postby Heath Bennett on Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:50 pm

Here is some advertising for Mauritius. If anyone wants to go I can give suggestions for accomodation, from cheap to impossible.

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Postby mitedo on Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:53 pm

Nice hope Fiji water is like this only two months 2 go can't wait
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Postby stubbsy on Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:57 pm

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Was the water really that colour or have you bumped the saturation?

Image looks great BTW
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Postby Matt. K on Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:59 pm

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A beautiful image! I can smell the sea and feel the water.
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Postby mudder on Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:59 pm

G'day Heath,
Wow, what an image, certainly a pearler as an advertising plug... Have some time off in October but won't be going to anywhere as exotic as Mauritius... Or are you just gloating :wink:
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Postby tsanglabs on Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:28 pm

stubbsy wrote:Heath

Was the water really that colour or have you bumped the saturation?

Image looks great BTW


Just recently back myself it is certainly that colour. The island is nearly completely surrounded by a reef which makes the beaches quite flat & calm as well.
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Postby Heath Bennett on Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:30 pm

mudder wrote:G'day Heath,
Wow, what an image, certainly a pearler as an advertising plug... Have some time off in October but won't be going to anywhere as exotic as Mauritius... Or are you just gloating :wink:


I actually have a friend who owns a beach house there and wants me to mention it - I can refer details to anyone interested in a PM.

Stubbsy, the water is very accurate near the horizon level, there was a cloud passing over darkening the water so I have PPed the foregroung to better match the background. It is this colour at Grand Baie also, a little north of where this was shot.
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Postby Nnnnsic on Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:34 pm

Great colour and image.

Out of curiosity and to make myself feel worse than normal, how impossible is impossible?
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Postby Heath Bennett on Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:56 pm

Nnnnsic wrote:Great colour and image.

Out of curiosity and to make myself feel worse than normal, how impossible is impossible?


Thanks mate. At times, outside the reef the water has a purpleish tone, inside when there is no coral or flora the water can get rediculously 'aqua' like the colour of swimming pool interiors.

It is pretty rediculous at the top. The top villa at Le Touessrok hotel is supposedly USD$7500 a night. The clientele actually choose by price, and want them to be as pricey as possible! They are said to be rarely empty. The world isn't fair!

The Royal Palm is the resort that has the most stars visiting. Recently JLo and Prince Harry visited. But other resorts look nicer IMHO.
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Postby wendellt on Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:13 pm

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you make me want to quit work and just float there.
amazing image

how did you get up so high to take this shot?

Also the lucky bugger floating looks like you.
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Postby elffinarts on Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:21 pm

vibrant colours and great composition!
looks great :)
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Postby Heath Bennett on Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:21 pm

wendellt wrote:Heath

you make me want to quit work and just float there.
amazing image

how did you get up so high to take this shot?

Also the lucky bugger floating looks like you.


It is me - I gave a friend my cam to shoot it from the boat, thus the height.
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Postby petermmc on Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:59 pm

Great image. Incredibly straight horizon.

Shame that bloke drifted through the photo. :)

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Postby BBJ on Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:19 pm

I can see it now, was thinking about doctoring that pic up Heath and add a nice big Noahs Ark would look cool. Big white pointer with his head in it's mouth, but yeh very nice pic, reminds of when i went to Suva as a kid and seeing the kids swimming in water like this with sharks.
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Postby genji on Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:40 pm

mitedo wrote:Nice hope Fiji water is like this only two months 2 go can't wait


mate,

i've be in fiji on the 13-19 nov for my honeymoon. when are you going???
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Postby Heath Bennett on Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:41 pm

mitedo wrote:Nice hope Fiji water is like this only two months 2 go can't wait


enjoy :D
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Postby Nicole on Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:43 pm

Oh that looks soooo nice! Brings back the memories. I wish I had my camera back then! Great pic! 8)
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Postby big pix on Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:44 pm

nice pix........but a healing brush will fix the bloke floating by.........':lol:'
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Postby Heath Bennett on Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:50 pm

EDIT - decided to remove the gore
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Postby Heath Bennett on Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:10 pm

petermmc wrote:Great image. Incredibly straight horizon.

Shame that bloke drifted through the photo. :)

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I think this is a great pic to show off the fairly minimal distortion of the Nikkor 12-24 @ 14mm. No PP as far as distortion correction.
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Postby gstark on Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:54 pm

Heath Bennett wrote:Recently JLo and Prince Harry visited.


You're convincing me that there are many other places worth visiting.
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Postby big pix on Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:46 am

Heath Bennett wrote:Recently JLo and Prince Harry visited.


..........what together........mmmmmm':lol:'
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Postby Heath Bennett on Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:08 am

big pix wrote:
Heath Bennett wrote:Recently JLo and Prince Harry visited.


..........what together........mmmmmm':lol:'


Yeah they did! And I have photos of them holding hands on the beach. The major gossip mags are on the phone offering me millions. Looks like I can afford to take you all to MRU for a little photo holiday. :)
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Postby big pix on Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:19 am

........':lol:' ':lol:' :lol:.......
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