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here it is framed, for better presentation of the crop.

very nice and very clean..congrats....

Maybe, as some have remarked, the 'creamy' water effect can be overused, and of course we all have personal preferences as to both subject matter and style, but surely here the effect has a purpose that works wonderfully in the way that it emphasizes the shapes and textures of the rocks. The simplification of the photo caused by eliminating the textures of the water, allowing us to focus on the rocks, is it's greatest strength, I feel.

Yes, the long exposure/creamy water effect is nothing new and is used quite a bit but perhaps not as well as Jeff's photo. Personally, I love it. It has a good balance of tack sharp and creamy smooth. Congrats Jeff, well deserved.

I liked this shot before and I like it now, I do like the long exposure effect on the water vs, the well seen rocks. If you like the effect this one is a very good example of Jeff's mastery of that technic. Congratulations Jeff. Your work deserves it.

I agree with Will. Creamy water effect is Jeff's special. I like Jeff's work very much specially this one. Excellent presentation.

Congrats Jeff. Excellent image and even better portfolio of some of the finest images to grace Photo.net. - Sean

Some people like to see fluid water, use water for swimming or boating, that is all nice and postcards actually capture this kind of water that we all know. What Jeff does here is introducing time as an element of composition. His long exposures give new meanings and texture to such elements as water. This is called an artistic vision. Thank you Jeff for sharing your vision with us. This image is as close to perfection as one can get. 7/7

Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to comment on this shot. None of the suggested crops are showing up for me. I would love to see them.

 

One of the joys of getting up early to take seascapes is that there isn't much light around to start, hence the long exposures. My typical starting shot is about 6 minutes, which gets rapidly shorter as the sunrise gets closer. I only ever use grads to balance the sky.

 

I obviously fall into the camp of those who like the effect of time on water. I rarely take a shot that involves water that freezes motion.

No sooner do I say that I can't see the crops than they appear. Thanks Michael. That works well but I would prefer a little more space for the BG headland. I'm glad that you maintained the balance between FG and sky. I normally try for a balance that gives both equal billing.

 

I would be very happy with either interpretation.

There is a problem with displaying images in POW discussion. I also can't see them. To the photo, I like it. Nice to see some work that is not straight shot as POW after a couple of weeks.

The textures are presented with such crisp detail, you can almost feel them. Excellent shot Jeff. 7/7

this may sound a stupid question, but is it possible to get a picture so smooth like this on a dslr? I heard some people that need this smooth effect on pictures to retract from digital because digital cant get the smooth colors right.

so tacky, especially the cheesy boarder!!!

Mr.Jeff,

 

You are killing us. I mean the Digital fellows. I can bet this texture and smoothness and the vibrant colors can never be achived in Digital. Graet . Old is always GOLD. 7/7. I love this shot. It is so soothing Ouhhhh.

I understand the above discussion about long time exposure, but there is a wonderfull clarity in this picture, and the contrast beetween the different textures are excellent.

If I can't do this with digital, I've just made a very expensive mistake. I'm counting on a firmware upgrade to give me long exposures.

Colors and designs echo which render the image sensual.

In reading back over the above responses regarding the blurred effect, I am struck by the presumption of some that one faces a dichotomous choice between a high degree of blurring, on the one hand, and freezing the motion entirely, on the other. If one looks at Jeff's folder, one will find pictures that blur to varying degrees. In any case, it is not obvious to me why one approach is to be considered "artistic" whereas some other is not, nor why the alternative to this is stark realism. The fact is that no water still photo is strictly realistic where waves are concerned: waves move, but the the still photo does not and cannot ever truly capture motion, although it may suggest it.

 

People like what they like, and the burden of demonstrating the superiority of one type of water photo over the other is on the shoulder of the one making such a presumptuous claim. Tastes do vary, and some respect must be accorded that simple and very obvious fact: there is no clear superiority of one type over the other, only a difference of tastes.

 

My personal taste where water pictures are concerned is another type of abstraction entirely, one of wavy images that bear no resemblance to any concrete thing, not of rocks defined by relief against a milky blur. But that is simply my taste, not any claim that it is in any way superior.

 

--Lannie

Here is one of the sort that I generally like more, although I have to concede that the PoW has superior composition and a more interesting range of colors.

 

To Tom Meyer: My point was not that I do not understand the technique, but the preference for long exposures of moving water.

 

All that said, this is one of the best treatments using the long exposure technique that I have ever seen. I hope that nothing I have said suggests anything to the contrary, Jeff. This is truly great work.

 

--Lannie

fair enough it's beautiful but sorry they are millions of these and it's kind of getting really boring. I don't understand why one of them has been selected as PoW.......

A wonderful photo with marvelous subtle tonalities, colors and composition. It is a testament to the beauty found in the natural world.

 

It is a pity that many humans look at this photo and don't get it.

Congratulations Jeff!

I enjoy all of Jeff's photos from this location, but what makes this interesting to me are the rock figures middle left edge and upper right corner. One is in the water and the other is overlooking the scene at a distance. The wash on the shore extends from the left figure off into the upper right, joining the figures together.

 

Perhaps one is whispering something to the other... If these sentinel figures could talk they would tell us many stories of many mundane days, glorious sunrises and sunsets, vicious storms and passing ships. They've seen it all, but one day even they will be washed away.

 

These human-like elements can be overdone, but I think Jeff's photo does it in a subtle way that fits his style. While spending many days/weeks/months dedicated to a single location, one searches for ways to communicate a message beyond simply being there. God has designed it, and it takes the photographer to recognize it. Thanks to Jeff we can all see what He has done.

So nice... so delicate...

 

Superb shot !

 

Best regards, Ruggero

Outstanding... easily one of my favorite POW's in a long time. -Greg-