calculated beauty #1 2006-01-22 #1

BTW: I used the 1.5 stops centre filter for this shot. The vignetting is due to the low light levels a long time before dawn, with the eventual sunrise point right behind the rocks.

Like this image very much - just can't explane why....

may be because it is sensitive and minimalistic at the same time..

Leigh, outstanding work just keeps flowing from you. This is my favorite of your recent posts. The vignetting adds a quieting, peaceful quality to this scene. I would like to see this larger, if you would. The lines running across this foreground in play with the shore are most appealing. But again this golden arc of the shoreline really pulls me in where I linger with the beauty of these sculpted stones. Outstanding...

Thanks all. David, more than most this one needs to be seen larger. The scan is not great, but here it is.

Even more stunning, Leigh. I really like what you are getting at here. I will wait until you have finished, because they keep getting better, but I am going to buy one of these. Cheers...

Visiting your site is meditation. This one is my favourite, outstanding quality, ingenious composition. The lines in the foreground have a nice counterpart in the sky luminance. This pre-dawn light is extremely attractive, and the vignette there echoes the land patterns with the rock as pivotal point. A very good example how a centered horizon works.