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Jan 2, 2008, 7:50:55 PM
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[EDIT] green thing desaturated


For the last 20 years of my grandfather's life he spent at least 2 hours a day standing on the exact spot where the ghost is standing....He never really caught that many fish, but I think it was more about getting away from my grandmother, feeling the spray and the waves of the sea he loved so much, and smoking his pipe....

I wanted to call this photo "fishing with my grandfather's ghost", but as in many cases, DA doesn't allow enough characters my title....

I took [link]
from where the closest fisherman is standing, I wanted to take it from those far off rocks, but you can only get to them dry and safe at dead tide.

Here's my inspiration for this photo... [link]

The processing took about an hour and I had to play around with several things to get the colors I wanted.

Panorama of 4 shots [][][][]
cokin p125 tobacco gnd

Any Questions are more than welcome!

Jeffreys Bay, South Africa
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Mood: Caring ~Lady-LM Nov 19, 2011  Hobbyist Writer
Aww :happycry:
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~NinoLolishvili Sep 16, 2010  Student General Artist
You were featured here [link]
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:iconzell-zita:
what an awesome "monument" to remember your grandfather....

you bring such personality in this pic that i can almost trick myself into believing i once knew him.....:)

as i said so many times before...awesome awesome talent you have - well done!
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~Alex37 May 1, 2010  Hobbyist Photographer
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:iconhougaard:
haha I should really clean up my gallery
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*Val-Faustino Oct 1, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
Great concept! A very fitting tribute to your grandfather too :-)
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:iconvictoria-m:
Just really beautiful!

So are the colours in the photo real or did you use some artistic licence for them?
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:iconjupperi:
Best pic I've seen on Deviant. Artist's Comment Gives extra points!
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:iconlonglivecarl:
you've been featured!
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~alwan83 Jun 10, 2008  Professional Photographer
Beautiful....Beautiful....:)
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