Daybreak at Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba

[Andrew McLachlan]

On my last day in Cayo Santa Maria in Cuba I was rewarded with a low tide at sunrise that had exposed many of the rocks lay under the water during high tide. I used my 3 stop ND filter to lenghten the exposure to smooth out the ocean and 3 stop reverse grad to deepen the pink hues.

Nikon D200
12-24mm lens @ 24mm (36mm effective)
ISO 100
f16 @ 18 seconds.

Look forward to comments.

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[Dave Mills]

Hi Andrew, good use of filters to create a simple but effective image. You devoted alot of space to the sky but in this case it's working for me due to the beautiful color gradient. Nice, faint cloud line on the horizon adding interest to that area with just enough rocks filling the foreground. The hint of underwater rocks and the turquoise color also adds to the area. Nicely done...

[Judy Howle]

I love the colors and softness of the image and the big sky is wonderful!

[peter delaney]

beautiful work and great use of filters... love the pastel hues and big sky... would like to see a little more sharpness in the rocks...

[Nick Palmieri]

Great colors and light. May just take a little off the top.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Andrew,
This was very well done all around. Agree tha tthe rocks could be a touch sharper......but the silkiness of the water as well as the soft colors really make this very appealing all around. Great job!:cheers:

[Robert Amoruso]

Andrew,

I agree with the comments above. I love this. Of course I love big skies and like how you did that here as well as the soft water look using a slow shutter speed.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks to all for the comments. Very much appreciated!

[Morkel Erasmus]

this is very serene Andrew!! lovely colours and simplicity...sharpness on the rocks mentioned...

[pat lillich]

this is really beautiful Andrew, the colors are exquisite...

[Gerald_Gilligan]

Gorgeous color...and calm feel makes this one speak...

[Jay Gould]

Pastel perfect! Regarding the sharpening of the rocks, if they were sharpened, they would pop given the serenity of the overall image and it might change the overall feeling.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Thanks folks for the additional comments. I appreciate them very much!