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Surreal Beach


Surreal Beach
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Copyright: serena bowles (serena) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 22 W: 0 N: 23] (327)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2003-02
Categories: Nature
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2003-08-13 19:51
Viewed: 4640
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 12
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Chitimba Beach, on the shores of Lake Malawi. I found it very dificult to get into my head that this was a lake, not the sea.

As the day wore on, local woman would wash clothes in it, and local children splash around.

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Nice shot! There's a slight colour cast that you can correct though, select Levels from Image/Adjust and then click the left hand eyedropper - then click on palest part of the clouds, that should remove the cast nicely. I'd also suggest you rotate the image about 0.5 degree CW to straighten the horizon. Then I'd run it through NeatImage to reduce the film grain, and finally sharpen it.

I also wonder whether cropping it so that just the sun lounger or wicker/plant are in shot would give the image a single focal point rather than two. I would illustrate this in the Workshop, but I've run out of "slots" for the day... Anyway, good shot! :-)

i agree with adrian...i'll gave you some option to post it nicely.all in all this shot is great.

Well seen, super composition and pretty color.

  • Good 
  • olli Gold Star Critiquer [C: 1234 W: 995 N: 64] (2091)
  • [2003-08-14 8:52]

Great shot with very beautiful colors. And the shape of that sun lounger is very interesting.
I agree with Adrian – cropping that plant out could make the shot even better...

very well seen and composed with great colours!

Great photo. I am looking forward to see more Malawi images :-)

Nice picture, I know this place.
I think it's Mozambic over there?
Why only one picture concerning MALAWI?
You can see mine on my travelogue.

very nice picture! just sad that you croped the plant and the bad quality of the compression...

i have been on this beach.
great pic' of it, i can fill like i'm there again!
thanks

shachar

  • Great 
  • oribi Silver Note Writer [C: 1 W: 0 N: 45] (897)
  • [2006-03-11 13:38]

I have only good memories to this place.
My last picture shows the same beach but a little bit earlier.

Greetings from cold Germany
Enrico

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