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Published: 2005-02-25 20:21:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 1554; Favourites: 44; Downloads: 300
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...As I was exploring the shore before the sunset I marked this spot in my mind for a sunset picture. I went on my way to find other things to capture and I let the time slip too much. So I had to run all the way back on the slippery rocks, ice and the sea weed to make this capture before the light went away.
Post pro: Tweaked with curves in PS.
Edit: Submitted a less spectacular version, but it is in a much higher quality (color temperature "fixed", contrast and saturation "dirtyness" "sorted"). This time I did 90% of the post pro through RAW tools (native tweaking inside original parameters) rather than in Photoshop.
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Wow, I've never seen water lying so still. This is a really good shot. Very beautiful indeed.
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Stunning composition. Excellent contrast between the warmth of the sunset and the coldness of the ice.
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Again, I love the soft tones in the sky, and their even softer reflections on the wet sand among the rock. The shapes in the landscape are great.
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That's one beautiful sunset
Good thing you have included some of the shore on the foreground. Great composition and amazing colours.
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This is very great! I like the texture of the water, it almost looks frozen.
First the dark ground and when you look further you see the warm colored clouds melting away..
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Absolutely stunning shot...
Found a sick-ass color-laser printer here at school so might print this out to hang on me wall
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wonderful colors in the sky and the waterfront looks so calm!
beautiful
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It's actually ice what you seen in the foreground there 
Thank you
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Fantastic work !
Is it a long exposure shot ? seems to be looking at the water.
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It's not water per say; It's ice
Thank you
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my mistake sorry...
Did you use a filter to avoid reflection on the ice ?
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Sorry, what I meant is that the ice was a white dim frosted pane type of ice, so it didn't reflect the scene much anyway.
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Yes indeed I used a filter; A circular polarizer filter. But it didn't do much of a job in this scene really, mostly a subtle difference.
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I thought it would have had more effect than you just said. Thanks for answering me.
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Cool cunset and rock formation. Very nice shot overall.
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very nice. The colors are amazing. Its interesting how most of the interest is in the middle of the frame, and yet there is the single rock in the foreground that gives it interest and draws your eye. Wonderfully done
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Gorgeous shot 
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Lovely image. well captured 
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blooming spectacular colors!!
the title is great too!!! way to go bro.
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looks much better....very awesome...im planning a vacation to norway
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Now that - the amended version - is the real dog's bollocks. Magnificent, my friend.
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someone bring some water!!!! the sky is on fire!!!
a beautiful scene my friend (just a little overdone in my humble opinion) but truly eye-catching!!!
great job!
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oh that is perfect!!!
I wish I could be there, it looks like the most beautiful place to spend an evening!
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Good grief. Most of your pics are hyper-real - this one doesn't look real at all, at least the sky doesn't. How MUCH did you tweak those curves? I'd like to see the same image undoctored. Fantastic shot, though, obviously.
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The first image is the RAW file with 40+ saturation
The second image is with curve tweaking added
In hindsight I made the mistake by adding saturation before I did the curves, something that made the red colors on the clouds about 30% more intense than I had planned to.
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That is extremely interesting, Bjorn - thank you.
As I suspected, I think I probably prefer the version before you went to work on the curves - certainly in the sky area; the foreground reflections are undoubtedly enhanced in the final version. The heightened saturation appears to be a highly effective feature of most of your work. Comparison with the work-in-progress shows how effective your final cropping is too.
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And our heros ride off into the sunset...
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I love the tranquility of the water compared with the textures of the wild clouds.
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Wow, the colors! The scenery! Beautiful!
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