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Edit: 22-04-2008

I need a big canvas print of this so I had to reprocess the whole thing.
Firstly, I merged the 6 shots 2 photos at a time, which resulted in flawless merging of the clouds and 'better' merging of the waves. After that I still spent about 20 minutes on the waves. You can only see merging traces at 100% zoom on the 7000*3600 resolution, on the previous one there was merging mistakes everywhere, visible at full view on the 1200*700 resolution...so big improvement there.

Huge improvement on shadows and highlights too. There's barely a blown-out highlight or black shadow, where as the previous one had a lot of both.

Colour and contrast: This version has much less contrast and it has true colour. All I did was increase the black of yellows and reds with selective colour. minor levels adjustments( too much blows out highlights and blackens the shadows).

So overall, a much more natural look. And much more pleasing to look at. I think I'm probably gonna lose fav's with this version because the colours are less interesting. But I'll gain fav's from the people who appreciate a properly exposed and processed nature photo?

Strand, South Africa
Canon 18-55mm @ 18mm
6 vertical shots [][][][][][]
Processing done in CS3
All rights reserved, this may not be reproduced in any way whatsoever.

I've uploaded a big resolution of the old one here: [link]

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December 10, 2007
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1428×818
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Canon
Model
Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Shutter Speed
1/80 second
Aperture
F/7.1
Focal Length
18 mm
ISO Speed
100
Date Taken
December 9, 2007
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:iconswell56:
~swell56 Jun 10, 2013  New member
Amazing shot [link]
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~2a7la May 27, 2011   Interface Designer
nice shot
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:icondcantoni:
this is amazing... AH-MAZE-ING!
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:iconmeg1983:
!meg1983 Aug 30, 2010   Interface Designer
nice
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:iconn3tg:
Great Shoot and compose... I'm confuse here.. seems you don't use any filter with this poto... am I right?
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:iconcly510:
Mood: Amazed ~CLY510 Apr 20, 2010  Hobbyist
wow, its beautiful
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:iconsismalian:
WOOOOOOOW! GORGEOUS O_O! :) how did u make this?
(sorry for my english, i know its terrible lol)
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:iconzehsein:
This is AMAZING ! WOooOW !!!!!!!!!!!!! :eyepopping:
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:iconsynax444:
Best sunset reflection ever :o
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