100th Post Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

100 posts. It's hard to believe. I've taken too many pictures in the last couple years. :)

My wife and I went to Mexico with her family the day after we took our final section (hopefully) of the CPA exam. Between long hours at work and studying for the CPA in our "spare time," we really needed a break. Mexico was perfect.

This was taken at sunrise on some exposed rocks on the shoreline. The Caribbean is known for its white sand beaches, and we certainly saw plenty of those, but for photographic purposes I preferred this little rocky beach.

Now that I think I'm done with the CPA exam, I should have a bit more time to participate on TE, so I hope to post a lot more pictures from my Mexico and Canada trips in the future.

I used a 2-stop hard grad and a 1-stop soft grad in addition to the polarizer on this shot.

fulvio52, TafTabiT, jean11-3, wishlist, Floydian, luisafonso, crhieatt, euryan has marked this note useful

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Jeppo (12142) 2008-10-22 7:14

hi clark!

congrats for your 100th picture on TE.
we share a milestone....today I have just posted my 400th!

I like the soft pastel tones of this scene...mood is extremly romantic...I hope your wife was present too when you took this shot

ciao
Silvio

fulvio52 (8314) 2008-10-22 7:34

Hi, Clark.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR 100th!
Lovely, moody tones in this one, on top of a truly dreamy view. Hey, man... what can I say : I LOVE MEHICO!
Have a wonderful day, see ya soon.
Fulvio.

BlueRaven (35) 2008-10-22 8:02

Hi Clark,

Congratulations! This is a great shot to celebrate... puts you right in a vacation mood. Wonderful soft colours, awesome clouds.
Thanks for stopping by my "hip" shot! ;o)

Best wishes
Claudia

Adrian_S (621) 2008-10-22 8:13

...and definately a photo proper for this ocasion. Outstanding colours and staggering sharpness. I simply have to love it! Wonderful. What impresses me the most, are the two completely different halfs, from what the colours concerns.

TafTabiT (116) 2008-10-22 8:14

CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR FIRST 100th CLARK
GREAT CLOUDS , EXCELLENT COLORS
REGARDS
T

jean11-3 (2799) 2008-10-22 12:04

Hello Clark, what a palette of colours!
An excellent shot with great sharpness.The pink clouds reflected in the sea are quite special.
I like the texture of the rocks in the fg.
Tfs, regards Jean.

Congratulations on 100th, and look forward to seeing more from you.

wishlist (4133) 2008-10-22 14:19

Hi Clark,
congratulations for the important milestone and even more congratulations for the choice to celebrate with this great picture. I'm amazed by the beauty of the sky with those fat fluffy clouds sunkissed by the first light of the day (never experienced something even closer to this) but what I like the most is the beauty of the colours, very soft and natural to create a great mood. A quality picture indeed, very well presented and composed. I like it a lot. Thanks for sharing it.
Regards,

Igor

Floydian (30970) 2008-10-22 15:06

Hi Clarck,
Welcome back, hope you had a great time and also congrats on your #100.
An almost surreal shot with those clouds above. Complete different light then the lower section, probably enhanced by those filters. The 2 sec gave you an alsmost slik blanket on the water, an effect that i like a lot in such images...very nice work.
Regards, Henk

gneufeld (15235) 2008-10-22 19:19

Hi Clark,
Nice capture with the time exposure having good effect on the water. Nice colors and details. Well done and TFS. GErald

luisafonso (858) 2008-10-23 1:22

Congratulations for your 100th post!
I really like this one. Specially how the rock formations matches the shape of the cloud formation. The light is very special. Very good indeed.

toto (18767) 2008-10-24 0:23

Bonjour,
belle photo de ces rocher au bord de l' eau.
Bonne prise sous un bon POV et avec un temps de pose qui donne un superbe effet avec cet ensemble de nuages, de l' eau gelée et des reflets.
Félicitation pour votre 100eme post, vivement les 100 suivant.

Amitiés Thomas

aadilj (17950) 2008-10-25 2:18

Congratulations on composing hundred jewels in this treasure gallery Clark. its hard to know where to stop! The colours and textures along with the composition in this one is just fabulous

crhieatt (5145) 2008-10-26 8:40

Clark,

Fantastic use of the cloud bank which, almost literally, lights up this shot and its sparse, prehistoric, shoreline. Great stuff.

To have to enlighten me as to what the CPA is? I've no idea!

Regards
Colin

Nelu_Goia (2742) 2008-10-26 21:42

Hello Clark,
In my opinion,this is your best shot ever.WOW!
I have it in front of my eyes and it`s still hard to believe its beauty.
What could I say more?...Damn,I wish I was there!:)
Thank you very much,
Nelu

euryan (8351) 2008-10-29 21:25

I'm loving the soft pastel colors and soft light nicely balanced with your use of grad filters. Compo is elegant and the clouds are like a painting. That pink highlight is amazing. Great shot Clark. Oh and congrats on 100!

Photo Information

Copyright: Clark Monson (cdmonson) (2769)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-10-11
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 400D, Tokina 12-24mm f/4 AT-X AF Pro DX, Digital ISO 100, Cokin 77mm Circular Polarizer
Exposure: f/8, 2 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-10-22 7:13