Rocks

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F11-20mm-30sec-iso100-ND

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Te “darkness” of the rocks

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Very appealing. I like the teal colour in the water and the motion in both water and sky.

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Hi Ulbe,
My initial reaction is moody and mysterious. The drama and atmospherics with that cloud laden sky is outstanding and I love the luminosity of the water; particularly the area around that main section of rocks. That little hint of warm tones in the clouds makes for another nice element in the scene. The sense of motion both in the sky and the water also works nicely here. My only suggestion; just my personal preference; would be a little crop from the sky. Lovely image.

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Love the ethereal mood of this one, along with the colors. I agree with @Ed_Lowe suggestion to crop a bit off the sky, probably enough to give the water 1/3 of the frame and the sky the other 2/3. Seems more like it’s split into 1/4’s as-is. The rocks anchor the scene and it’s neat how the smaller rocks behind them guide my eye diagonally to the horizon and into that amazing sky. Lovely!

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Thanks for posting this image. The long exposure, perhaps aided by ND-filters, means that the textures of the clouds and water are blurred. Given that the only things in the image that do not move are the rocks, only the outlines of the rocks are defined, whereas most of the image has an almost evenly blurred character. A sense of depth can be created by various means, but clarity of texture in the foreground is one of them. You might consider using a gradient filter in post production to enhance texture in the foreground, and/or a gradient filter to decrease texture in the background, in order work with the sense of depth.