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Rarotonga Sunrise


Rarotonga Sunrise
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Copyright: Thomas Sautter (mjdundee) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 231 W: 13 N: 345] (2395)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 1994-12
Categories: Decisive Moment
Camera: Minolta X-700, Vivitar 24mm f/2.8
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-01-11 5:54
Viewed: 2521
Points: 23
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
We flew in from Auckland nonstop to Rarotonga - the main island of Cook Islands. The funny thing is that you arrive the day before your departure if you cross the dateline from west towards east. So the sunrise was nothing new for me because I knew this day would come - I had it before - yesterday. It was great anyway with all the smells and noise from the nearby rainforest and the South Pacific knocking on the fringing reef about 100 meters off this beach. The Boing 747 landed on a airstrip just long enough to stand in front of a terminal with the size of a garage. You were looking down on it from the gangway. A tracktor fixed the big airplane on a hook and turned it around so that it could prepare for taking off again.
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The perfect sunrise.. everybody would want to be waked up in a place like this.. :o)

great shot Thomas, compliments!!

have a nice day,
Fabio.

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  • dodic Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 197 W: 2 N: 50] (702)
  • [2006-01-11 6:05]

Wonderful colours in this shot Thomas,
looks like a postcard, or some advertisement on travel agency. Well done.
Deyan

Lovely composition, and colours.
Good Work
Rob

Nice well balanced image ... maybe taking 3/4's of an inch off the top and adding that to the bottom would have made this even better?

this could be a postcard, the colors are perfect, with the silhouette of the palm tree well placed in the compo.
Vanessa

Beautyfull place and great photo!
haya

Very 'postcard-ish' but nice anyway.
However I would prefer it without the shelter / hut on the left - but that's not your fault

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  • Ebbe Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2752 W: 784 N: 1917] (9515)
  • [2006-01-11 14:04]

A classic poster composition like a wallpaper from the 70´s. But it does work! Kepping the lonely palm in the corner is the trick I guess ;)

hi Thomas,
very nice shot, the palm tree on the left side ballances the shadows and the lights, i also like the orange colour of the sunset. really, a calm momment!
cherubin

Hi Thomas,
Nice composition. Lovely picture and perfect colors.Thanks for sharing,
Ahmet

A classic South Sea island sunrise shot, Thomas, but nevertheless well executed and worth posting. Good sharpness and positioning of the coconut palm. Cheers . . . David

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer [C: 131 W: 0 N: 117] (439)
  • [2006-02-27 8:16]

Hello Thomas, very nice scene. The composition is very nice and I can just image laying back and looking at this drinking a nice cold beer! Well done on this.

Bonita escena, tiene unos colores agradables y una bella composición, felicidades.

José

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