Ha Long Bay

Your comments and suggestions are always appreciated and welcome.

Thank you for viewing - michel

Nice but I would have given the tops of the formations a touch more room. Still lovely.

thanks for your comment Douglas. I agree with you, i have this other shot with more space above the stone formations but the light is not as nice as this one. thanks again for taking the time to comment on my picture, much appreciated. Regards - michel

Very nice shot of Ha Long Bay,colours are great.

beautiful scene..congrats

I love the rich golden colors of this image considering the difficult lighting conditions. In my humble opinion, the boats blend in a bit too much with the mountains but it is still an aesthetically pleasing image. Thanks for your recent comments.

Thank you Birte, Mehmet and Tony for your kind comments

 

Tony, thanks for your insightful comment as usual it is greatly appreciated. I agree it would have been better to get some more separation between the boats and the background but there was not much option for me during shooting because i was on a moving boat so HDR was not an option, and i was shooting with a long lens so i had to use high shutter speed so i couldn't play much with exposure. This is one of very few shot that was usable in this trip because the weather was really hazy and the light was all over the place. Having said that i kind of like the dark on dark effect of the boats on the stony background, i think it gives the photo some air of exotic mystery. Thanks again for your comment. Regards - michel

Michel, this one stood out as I browsed through your portfolio. I love the silhouette work and the golden atmosphere; that reinforces the mysterious aspect of the place. As stated earlier in the comments trail, me too I would feel more confortable with more sky and less water. The central monolith is a bit too close to the upper edge for my confort. But anyway great shot, I jumped on this one. Thanks again for passing by my picture. Regards, Axel G.

Dear Axel, thanks for stopping by and for your constructive comment. I truly appreciate it, and i agree that in retrospect i should have included more sky but i liked the sparkling in the water so i wanted to include as much as possible in the shot; which led me to sacrifice a bit of the sky as i didn't have time to change lens. Best regards and thanks again for stopping by and for leaving a comment. Best regards - michel