Surreal Beach Photo

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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AdrianW (2237) 2003-08-13 19:58

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! :-)

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zorro (579) 2003-08-14 0:12

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

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dominique (11403) 2003-08-14 7:01

Well seen, super composition and pretty color.

olli (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...

forlife (890) 2003-08-14 8:55