Arthur Bay - Magnetic Island Photo

Photographer’s Note

Magnetic Island is 5km offshore from the north Queeensland city of Townsville. It was named by Captain James Cook in 1770, as he sailed past in his ship the Endeavour, thinking the island rocks were somehow interfering with his compass.

There are 2 people walking on the beach.

PixelTerror, greg64g, cmartos, alainh, Cool-ice, papagolf21, jhm, jrj, alford, Fixfocus, nwoehnl, Rockyboy, PLD_images, maphoto, naret, elihesamian, anakin, capthaddock, mikenz has marked this note useful

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PixelTerror (81500) 2005-02-22 3:39

HI Chris,
Beautiful beach view as we can expect from you, another slide or negative that manages the trip through time extremely well ! I like the overlooking PoV, the very good sharpness and the great colors, plus the two tiny human beings giving the scale. I visited that island in 1994, but weather was bad and I did not get results that good.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

greg64g (11193) 2005-02-22 4:18

Hello Chris

How do you do today ? So a picture of a beach and ocean, my favorite thema. i like the curves who bring our eyes on the rocks.

You know chris i thought about your picture from the 80's, i d like to see the same view now; it will be so interting !
c'est tres bon ;-)
Greg

cmartos (6086) 2005-02-22 4:24

A splendid view of this beach Chris. Another impressive POV. I like the small portion of sky. The two people walking give much scale to the scene. That blue to green shade is wonderful.

alainh (34751) 2005-02-22 4:25

Hello Chris.
des plages plus belles les unes que les autres et: personne ou presque.
superbe.
regards
alain

Cool-ice (5289) 2005-02-22 4:33

The majesty of this lanscape is impressive when we see the two so small characters on the beach !
Excellent composition and nice colors....well done Chris.

Zepi (22848) 2005-02-22 5:00

Magnifique composition !
Très belles couleurs !
J’aime toujours la manière dont vus construisez vos images !
On ressent bien la diagonal tracée par la plage dans celle-ci !
Superbe travail !
Amicalement – Sébastien

papagolf21 (54118) 2005-02-22 6:07

Bonjour Chris,
Votre trésor est inépuisable, j'ai l'impression de soulever un coffre dans lequel renferment des bijoux ! Vos photographies sont des bijoux à tous points de vue.
Les personnages sur la plage donnent une indication de la grandeur imposante du paysage.
Very well done.
Amitiés.
Philippe

mumek (17334) 2005-02-22 6:59

Very lovely view Chris! Beautiful shore of the island with excellent different colors of ocean's water. Great composition.Congratulations
ziggy

Graal (52732) 2005-02-22 7:19

Beautiful beach and the colour of water.Nice composition. Interesting note.Good job.

jhm (76918) 2005-02-22 7:32

Hi Chris,
I like the lovely colours on the rocks, also the curving on the beach together with the two walkers, it blue/green water make the photo after all very beautiful.
Well seen!
John.

jrj (34527) 2005-02-22 7:38

Hi chris
Another very inviting beach in these magnificent colours. Good details and compo of this fine motive.

alford (3817) 2005-02-22 9:25

Wow! Very beautiful beach, Chris! Did you go down there after taking this shot? The waters look very tempting. Those rocks add to the beauty of the place, and your photo. Great colors and sharpness! Thanks for sharing! rgds.

naxius (16679) 2005-02-22 9:38

Hi Chris,
Superb! Very nice colors! The sea is really beautiful.
Well done!
Alexandre

Fixfocus (9565) 2005-02-22 10:24

Hello Chris!
Excellent compo with nice PoV and perspective.
Great colors and sharpness.
The two people on the beach are a fine detail.
Good work!

RGatward (19645) 2005-02-22 13:01

Another classic ChrisJ seascape. Nice framing and gooduse of the lines of the bay through it. Slightly irritating parts of trees in the foreground, I think I'd have preferred either more or less.

nwoehnl (61227) 2005-02-22 14:24

Another pleasant beach scene, Chris, with a nice curving shoreline in the foreground leading the view towards the textural details of the rocks. Very nice how the sunlight enhances the turquoise hues in the water. Good to have the folks on the beach included for scale.

Rockyboy (20566) 2005-02-22 15:01

Lovely diagonal curve of the beach and nice colors on this picture where the lanscape make me dream to hollidays... Well done, Chris!

PLD_images (7137) 2005-02-22 17:26

I think that you must have a helicopter at your disposal Chris. You often have these great shots with such an impressive point of view. The colors seems very "true" to life.

A very beautiful place well photographed.

weswang (18223) 2005-02-22 20:48

Chris, Thank you for briefing about the naming history, or my explanation would be that the beauty of the island attract people here like magnetic.
What a relax place. Beautiful shot.

maphoto (8076) 2005-02-22 21:36

Well seen Chris, you make me dream with all these beach pictures :-) Excellent point of view again, interesting to see the two people on the beach, nice place, well seen.

naret (826) 2005-02-22 22:48

Sawasdee Krub Chris,
Beatiful seascape picture. The picture would have been an imbalance one if you had not included the mountan at the far right. My minor critique is the small tree on the left a little bit distracting.
Naret

avigur_11 (21247) 2005-02-22 22:49

The small size of the people on the beach is surprizing, and this means that this beach is wider and bigger than it looks without them. THe colors of the water are really "magnetic" as well. Beautiful landscape shot, Chris.

elihesamian (26033) 2005-02-23 5:59

Really it has a nice name,it absorbes me with its magnetic field:)
good to see two man in the shot,great for scale of the view,and well captured with a fine POV,...peaceful,beautiful and lovely place.
very well composed,too,I enjoy it,Chris.

anakin (2775) 2005-02-23 7:29

I love places like this, nice shot with a great views, good persepctive as well
well done
saludos

chinchini (25550) 2005-02-23 13:59

Bonsoir Chris,
Une bien jolie baie avec une plage (presque) déserte. Mais c'est vrai que c'est toi juillet c'est le plein hiver !
J'aime la couleur de la mer, la profondeur de l'image qui permet de voir les îles au loin.
Bien vu !
Pierre

Kolyamour (1760) 2005-02-27 14:49

Beautiful picture of beautiful place! The tops of trees or bushes add a depth... I tried to fix some out of focus, hope you like it.
Thanks for share.
Nikolay

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caliane (610) 2005-04-29 23:59

The color of the sea is really beautiful, I like the perspective, and the mountains in the background.

capthaddock (28640) 2005-07-27 9:26

Hi Chris - beautiful place, stunning colours in the water and the comma shape curve of the beach looks great, while the people add perspective. This place will definitely be on my itinerary next month, I wonder how much has changed in 13 years.

mikenz (76) 2005-11-16 8:15

Hi Chris, wow talk about dejavu. I visited Magnetic Island in the 1980'2 as well, stayed at the Youth Hostel there for a few days.
It has always stuck in my mind that the rocks there are unique, unlike anything I seen before or since anywhere else.
Great photo, stood the test of time well.