Paradise island Photo

Photographer’s Note

One of the thousands of rocks of the Ha Long bay, before the Cat Ba island. A boat of tourists improvised a stopover there. Behind this rock, the China sea starts...

The Ha Long bay sur Wikipedia.

No software processing and no cropping for this shot.

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cliffchappell (223) 2007-03-27 9:17

Hi Fred,

I came across this shot wile viewing "Random Orphaned Photos" and thought I would give you my thoughts on it. At 416 views it obviously caught people's attention, but the lack of points actually surprises me. The potential is here, the shot just need a bit of help.

The first thing that needs some adjustment is the light. It's flat, and that a issue with the tropics in the middle of the day.

Next is the colors. They are washed out because of the intense light. And a poloraizer, or grad ND filter would help the water and the sky.

The horizon is close to the middle of the photo, and that's usually not a good thing, but in this case, it may be OK.

I've posted a workshop of the photo for you to look at, if your interested. I would like to see the results of what I've done repeated on the original.

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