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Today I have a little announcement to do, before I write a little bit about this image.

I tried to implement a little blog to this photoblog on my own, when Richard from Pixyblog offered me to integrate one hosted here on Pixyblog, and the result is just great. You see a link in the header "17mm Blog" and it leads you there. Alternatively you can go directly to http://17mm.pixyblog.com/. I will post some news, links, info etc. there from time to time so feel free to subscribe to the feed if you want to.

But now the image. As I wrote on my blog, me and a friend took a little trip to the city of Ii, but we left too late and arrived just a few minutes before sunset. Luckily, we quickly found a nice, little bay at the river, where I/we had the chance to take some images. The light was really great, and we were at the right at the right place.

Problematic were the moskitos though. I didn't expect so many of them there anymore, but it was an average of 4 moskito bites per image.

Thanks a lot for visiting my site and I hope you enjoy it.

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D
Aperture: F11
Exposure Time: 2.5 sec
Focal Length: 17.0 mm
ISO: 50
Exposure Bias: 1/-3
Shooting Mode: Aperture priority
Flash: Flash did not fire, auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment

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Comments:

Fabulous shot! what else could be said? Congratulations!

Posted by Anthony Mahieu on August 22, 2008 at 10:07 AM EEST #

Just Beautiful

Posted by Eduard Tammaru on August 22, 2008 at 02:04 PM EEST #

This post has been selected as PixyBlog's Daily Shot for Thu, 21 Aug 2008

Posted by Pixy on August 22, 2008 at 02:35 PM EEST #

As you mention, the lighting is wonderful. Beautiful image.

Posted by Jamie on August 22, 2008 at 03:20 PM EEST #

Beautiful... gorgeous sky and detail.

Posted by Jay on August 22, 2008 at 04:02 PM EEST #

Stunning! This image just pops right at you! Is this HDR? The detail is super sharp. What kind of sharpening technique do you use if I may ask? Or is it the lens itself... Very curious.

Posted by Al on August 24, 2008 at 12:54 AM EEST #

Thanks a lot everybody for your kind words. Makes me very happy to hear that you like my work.
@Al: No Al, this no HDR. I used Gradual Neutral Density filters here. If I remember correctly it were two with a total range of 5 stops (I may be wrong on this one, might also only have been one with 3 Stops), and then I filled in the shadows a little with Fill-Light in Lightroom, where I do maybe 90% of my processing. As for the sharpening (I just checked) I didn't add anything here, except for output-sharpening for screen when doing the export in Lightroom. Other than that some minor colour adjustments in LAB-mode using PS.

Posted by Sven on August 24, 2008 at 06:57 AM EEST #

Very nice photo Sven and I would say well worth the mosquito bites. The glass water surface and reflections are really nice.

Posted by John on August 24, 2008 at 07:21 AM EEST #

My congrats to this brilliant shot. I thought it was HDR, too. I just have to put GND filters and insect repellants to my shopping list ;-)

Posted by Guido on August 24, 2008 at 06:57 PM EEST #

Bonjour,
Wonderful composition..Great sharpening..Bravo!

Posted by jelb on August 24, 2008 at 09:49 PM EEST #

This is beautiful. I love the stillness in the water and the great colors.

Posted by laanba on August 25, 2008 at 01:12 AM EEST #

This truly is an amazing photo. I was pretty sure it needed to be a HDR (and a good one too!) but then I see you commented on that before -
It is stunning beautiful, sharp and with strong yet soft colors,- well done!

Posted by Framed and Shot on August 25, 2008 at 10:20 PM EEST #

Thank you all very much for your comments, I appreciate this a lot.

Posted by Sven on August 26, 2008 at 06:26 AM EEST #

Excellent shot !!! Could you tell us what ND setup you have. Do you use glass threaded filters of have acrylic Lee-type System ? I intend to buy one set of filters but need some input here...

Posted by rgroenke on August 27, 2008 at 04:33 PM EEST #

Thanks rgoenke. The filters that I use is the Lee Filter system and the material goes by the name resin. I like them very much and use them all the time ever since I got them. I started with a starter pack and then added more filters from time to time.
If you have more questions, feel free to drop me a mail.

Posted by Sven on August 28, 2008 at 06:14 AM EEST #

Whoaaaa...eye popping image. Absolutely incredible. Pretty much perfect on all levels...comp...colors...exposure...all good.

Posted by desolate | metropolis on August 28, 2008 at 07:32 PM EEST #

Einfach schön!

Posted by Uwe on August 30, 2008 at 10:38 AM EEST #

Very nice composition, and don't let me get started on these great colours :)

Posted by Mathias on August 30, 2008 at 02:07 PM EEST #

spuperbe composition servie par ces contrastes de couleurs chaudes et froides. Bravo!

Posted by lasiate on September 04, 2008 at 12:27 PM EEST #

Wow!!! This is fantastic... great composition and colors!

Posted by Miguel Hau on September 11, 2008 at 06:03 AM EEST #

Gorgeous shot! The colors are very nice and you can almost see the clouds moving in the shot. Very crisp foreground that kind of trails away as the horizon disappears...great work!

Posted by Scott on September 21, 2008 at 08:39 AM EEST #

Beautiful, Fantastic colors and light !

Posted by O s k a r f o t O on October 06, 2008 at 11:30 PM EEST #

Waaaaouh ! Great composition and light.. This is a real good photography !

Posted by Guillaume on October 08, 2008 at 07:58 PM EEST #

This is a beautiful image, great sky and reflection. Well done

Posted by Enrique Vidal Vijande on October 09, 2008 at 02:11 PM EEST #

wow! beautiful shot!

Posted by Turnbill on October 09, 2008 at 02:24 PM EEST #

You have a great portfolio of landscape and nature shots here, very admirable. Keep up the good work!

Posted by Robert on October 09, 2008 at 02:55 PM EEST #

Amazing landscape photography! Congratulations on your blog!

Posted by Robert on October 10, 2008 at 08:38 PM EEST #

I thank you all so much for your comments. It makes me happy to hear that you like this image and my work. I have a slightly different version from this image available which is my favorite of these two. I will post that up in the near future.

Posted by Sven on October 11, 2008 at 12:25 PM EEST #

Spectacular! Amazing light and crisp detail. The exposure is really fantastic.

Posted by Brant on October 23, 2008 at 10:32 PM EEST #

Your pictures are amazing. Love the blog.

Posted by Ms. D on October 24, 2008 at 12:53 AM EEST #

Wow, this photo is amazing. I just found your blog exploring around pixyblog. You have some great stuff here.

Posted by KC on November 04, 2008 at 06:54 AM EET #