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• Paolo (39995)
• [2006-06-12 4:57]

Hi Yoga, both with boats images today!
amazing one, with that beautiful clean balc and white, a fantastic dead water view with a great POV and perspective.
thanks, ciao

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• donluicu (22019)
• [2006-06-12 4:58]

HI Yoga
the pov is fantastic, those boats and this oil sea..
very peaceful and pleasant image.
bravo


loic

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• nomadgraphics (145)
• [2006-06-12 5:03]

it trully jump in to my eyes the thumbnail. it's amazing, it's peaceful and it's quiet. I sure love this one. the whole gallery it's amazing. :)
best regards, Alex

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• nex (2618)
• [2006-06-12 5:06]

Calm and peacefull, what else to say?
two points:)
Wishing a great day:)
Michael

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• yanseiler (6557)
• [2006-06-12 5:18]

Hi Yoga, nice wide anlge shot with a beautiful BW treatment...
Cheers
Yan

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• Elaine_Blath (8518)
• [2006-06-12 6:02]

Hi Yoga,

wonderful quality, amazing compo, great details...I love it!

Regards, Ivana

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• bakes888 (12826)
• [2006-06-12 6:42]

Hi Yoga. What a lovely peaceful and atmospheric image. Fantastic composition and great use of the light really make this shot.
TFS. Cheers, Paul.

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• roamermark (1575)
• [2006-06-12 8:45]

Hi,
Very nice conversion to B&W with nice crisp tones. Great use of wide angle also.
Cheers
Mark

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• Cretense (35849)
• [2006-06-14 6:25]

Hi Yoga (interesting name)!
This photo is very close to what I call total beauty. Excellent choice of B&W. One of my favorites. Congratulations and TFS,
Hercules

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• ariefsetiawan (0)
• [2006-06-15 23:52]
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This photo I'm liking it very much.
In my taste, if Mas Yoga convert this image into blue toning, it would be much nicer. IMHO. Use tint color in Nikon Capture, Mas.

Greetings, Mas Yoga. Please, take me outing with you. Otherwise, I'll get mad :p

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• Prysme (97)
• [2006-06-29 11:21]
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• lcelvenes (0)
• [2007-09-17 4:24]
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Hi Yoga.

Just caught sight of this photograph. Here are my thoughts:

1) I like your composition very much. I think you've kept it simple, and managed a beautiful relationship between the two boats. I also like the light in the water creating a "divide" between them. The position of the two boats also add to the depth of the photograph. Well done.
I like the reflections as well. I'm especially impressed by the clarity of the reflection of the boat furthest away.

2) Going for a B&W image with this one works very well (is it a color original, or shot in B&W?). The photo has a nice calm mood to it (in my opinion), and I like looking at it. It's very easy on the eyes.

3) Light: I think this image could improve with a couple of changes. For me, the foreground is a bit too dark. I would have liked to see this part brightened a bit. As I see you have access to PSCS2, I would recommend some work with levels and curves to help brighten the foreground, as well to see if you could get just little more contrast.
It's the other way with the background, for me. I think the horizon and the sky are a bit too bright. Parts of the horizon also seems to have some blown highlights. Darkening this area could get some more texture into the sky. Again, levels and curves should do it. As it is a mono, you could also try some dodging of the highligts (2-4 %), and burning of the shadows (2-4 % also), to get some more contrast in the sky area.

4) I would also suggest a slight cropping of the image. The first reason for this is the lack of texture in the sky. Cropping a few cm from the top (a few cm. above the mountain/hill top in the background) will leave you with some more interest in the sky, a diagonal line formed by the cloulds, and (for me, at least), a bit more focus on the boats. The other reason I'm suggesting some cropping is that the upper right corner is bit darker than the rest of the image. Rather than fixing this with the clone stamp tool, or the healing brush, I think cropping will yield a better composition altogether.

5) Just a bit more info in the note section would have been nice. A bit more on the location. Is there a story here? Why did you decide to shoot this scene, and so on. Some info on PP is also interesting to know. Lots to learn for the rest of us :)

Hope my thoughts have some value to them. Like the photo a lot. TFS :)

All the best,
Lars-Christian