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    A lovely sunrise overt the Zambezi river in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe.

    This is a blend of 3 exposures. I tried to retain the darker pre-dawn feel of the actual scene in keeping with a realistic feel.
    Would love to be there again - taking this all in! What a place...


    The mountains across the river are part of the Lower Zambezi National Park in Zambia.


    I'm starting to enjoy the 24-70mm as well for my landscapes - love the 14-24mm for the ultra-wide stuff but here for example the sky only had clouds up to a certain point and was bland after that. Most of my shooting this morning was done at about 50mm in view of doing a blended panoramic stitch...haven't gotten round to it!

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    Hi Morkel,

    This is a beautiful sunrise. Nice leading line from lower left into the frame, making a left turn to the point of the rising sun. Beautiful colors.

    I do find the bottom and left uninteresting and I would crop out the mound on the left and the bottom up to where color starts in the river.

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    Morkel I really like the colors of the clouds and the winding river. Superb blending tech's. I have to agree with you on 24-70 for landscape. I like the lens as I can use standard grad filters, cannot be done with the 14-24 unfortunately.

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    A fantastic shot with great light and colors. I really like the composition and the placement of the river.

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    Lovely color and comp agree with roger on cropping to the color n the water
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    Lovely light in this scene, but I agree with with Roger and Don on the foreground. I'd crop to the start of the colour reflection in the water, personally. Love the leading line of the creek. What was your shutter speed?

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    Morkel,

    This is nice brings back fond memories!

    I seem to agree with others in that I think the channel in the FG is not adding a lot other than the lead in, I would consider a far more panoramic crop.

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    Morkel,

    Roger hit the nail on the head for me - just what I was thinking.

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    Liking the way the river crosses diagonally, leads my eye nicely along it's length...must say I'm in two minds about cropping from the bottom, not fussed either way....stunning colors and composition Morkel

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Clark View Post
    Hi Morkel,

    This is a beautiful sunrise. Nice leading line from lower left into the frame, making a left turn to the point of the rising sun. Beautiful colors.

    I do find the bottom and left uninteresting and I would crop out the mound on the left and the bottom up to where color starts in the river.

    Roger
    Yes. What Roger said. It's a gorgeous shot!

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