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A man, a tree and a sunset


A man, a tree and a sunset
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Copyright: Shahminan Ibrahim (shahminan) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 110 W: 0 N: 80] (487)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-02-04
Categories: Daily Life, Nature
Camera: Canon 5D Mk II, 24-105 4L IS, Lee 0.9 ND Grad - Hard
Exposure: f/22
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-03-05 6:41
Viewed: 463
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 38
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Taken yesterday at Jerudong beach during, yet another, one of my routine sunset shoots.

For this, I chose to smoothen the water by going for a reasonably slow speed but trying to maintain some detail on the rock and, most importantly, at the same time, also trying to avoid a totally washed-out horizon. So I went for the 3-stop ND Hard Grad filter to control the huge contrast. The filter, on the other hand, has turned the cloud very dramatic, brings out its texture as well as showing its layers.

Just before I pressed the shutter button, I saw a man slowly walking towards the end of the rock. Initially, I was pretty upset that he could ruin my shot as I didn’t expect any fill-in other than the tree. But then, I thought he could actually add extra relevance to the shot. So the moment he stopped and stood, I quickly fired and hoped that he would be still. And he was... at least long enough for me to freeze him in my over-3-second shot!

Meanwhile, not far down, from where I captured this, is a concrete boat launching facility used by the local fishermen. You can imagine how the smell was like... very fishy!

After few more shots of different compositions, I then headed straight home with body sticky from the sea breeze and my black sleeveless t-shirt stink of rotten shrimps! But, boy oh boy, was it worth it!

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Hello shahminan
Wonderful shot. Perfect sunset with the diamond man :)
well done
Congratulation
sergio

nice one beautiful colors of the sky... simply imressive shot..

well done

best regards
bhot

nice composition with attractive warm tone color and very well scene for this shot.
interesting contrast of texture not only smooth surface of sea and texture of rock but also the sea and layer of sky volume though they're the same color tone.
the man with the tree give sense of scale very well.they give the feeling the great of nature ,we just a little cell in this world :)
TFS

Hi Shahminan,

My friend, in my opinion this is a work of art that rivals paintings,or any other art style. This is beautiful. Congrats on a great job.

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  • mpr Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 143 W: 10 N: 309] (2118)
  • [2009-03-05 7:29]
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Hi Shahminan

Nice shot overall. I really like the person in the shot as it adds scale and depth. Looks like you did a nice job controlling the light range with the Lee grad. I own a bunch of Lee grads to and really like them. Good work!

Hi Shahminan
stunning tones of orange. nice layers.
good capture of the sunset with nice silhouettes.
wonderful presentation.
greetings
tsilla

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  • ade71 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 235 W: 37 N: 206] (2812)
  • [2009-03-05 9:20]

Hi Shahminan, wonderful picture. The composition, the colours are wonderful. Well done! Compliments, Adele

A beautiful sunset shot - sharp, saturated colour and good use of ND filter..

Rgds
David

Beautiful sunset shot Shahminan. The colors in the sky go on and on, and keep changing! Great observation, and nice capture.
Trudy

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  • Adri Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 524 W: 23 N: 1853] (11188)
  • [2009-03-05 10:46]

Hi Shahminan,
Great sunset picture!
Beautiful colors and light.
Wonderful sharpnes and composition.

TFS and greetings from Netherlands,
Adri

Hi Shahminan,
Calm and peaceful unset composition, the vertical positioning was a good choise, especially the ratios of land and sky. It was a creative idea to include the lonely man and the single tree as well, it makes the image more lively. Awsome tones, very well done!
I really like your gallery , beautiful images. Keep up this great work!
Greetings,
Kristof

HiShaminan:
interesting perspective vertical.
veri nice colors.
good shot
congratulations
Salomao

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  • Margy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 111 W: 6 N: 227] (2512)
  • [2009-03-05 14:16]

Hi Shahminan,

What a warm colors on this photo!
Nice composition. I like the dramatic sky.
Well done!

Regards, Marga

Superb colours and a great composition, especially with the silhouettes of the man and tree. I'd possibly be tempted to crop some of the darker sky out, as I'm not sure it adds a great deal to the overall picture.
Thanks for sharing
Mark

Great composition Shaminan. One can feel the minuteness of us human beings in front of nature. The dramatic sky and the receding horizon are establishing the diminutive stature of the man there even more emphatically. TFS
Mukesh

Hi Shahminan,
Beautiful picture nicely composed and presented with great colors and sharpness, perfect composition and POV. and DOF. great with the silhouettes of the man and the tree,
Very well done.
Michel

ciao Shahminan
an excellent capture.. expecially colors are wonderful.. with a cromatic degrees really superb! good and effective composition.. all is perfect here! bravo!
ciao Marco

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  • gnada Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2662 W: 74 N: 4762] (21679)
  • [2009-03-06 21:06]

Hi , hi...

Beautiful capture of Sunset and excellent work..
Perfect details, colors and sharpness...
Congrats Ibrahim,
George

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  • juanjo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 438 W: 53 N: 58] (3365)
  • [2009-03-24 16:20]

hello

lovely simple composition with great warm golden colours

regards

juan

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