Margaret River, Western Australia

Hmm. Works in many ways Tim. The color, the interesting rocks, the DOF. The hazy look of the water is the best part of it though.  It could be better however: I don't know about the foreground rock being split as it is, and I am not sure that I like the background land area's shape. It also seems a little softer than it should be - was the tripod good n stable?  Is this a multiple shot composition? Might also consider applying a graduated ND effect to slightly darken that bright area along the horizon.  Great spot for photography - try it before dawn or after sunset too maybe.

G

Hi greg,

Thanks a lot for your comment i really apreciated.  Your probably right about the rock in the foreground.  This photo was taken about 20 mins after the sunset.  I used ND grads 8 and 6.  I pointed my camera 90 degrees to where the actually sunset was as it was a bit of an average sunset.  i used a very sturdy tripod and always take my time in setting it up.  This photo was taken straight off the card and not 1 bit of photoshop was used.  The only thing i did was compress and smart sharpen 70% as i do with all photo's I compress to put on the net, as you lose a lot of sharpness when compressing.

  This trip was actually quite fustrating as there were very few nice sunsets and a lot of cloudy days.  So I had to make do with what I had.

Thanks again

Tim