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    Keeping with my recent theme of photographing close to home I spent this morning at my local pier as a cold front worked it way across Florida. Using long shutter speeds to blur the clouds as they moved across the frame I was able to create a slightly surreal look .

    1DMKIII, 17-40 f/4 at 17mm, 69s at f/22, Manual Mode, Evaluated Metered, ISO 50, Raw, Cropped to pano in post and I cloned out some ghost figures from fisherman on the pier.
    This is also the one of the few images were I really liked the effects of NIKs Color Effects Pro had on the image I used both the detail extractor and tonal contrast filters on separate layers with mask and fine tuned with the opacity slider
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    Hey Don,
    I really like this and the effect the long SS had on the image. You can endlessly tweak this one.....I was going to suggest lightening the water at first.....or even a bit more color......but I feel this is fantastic as presented and your crop choice works very well too!

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    Nice shot Don. Just looking at it relaxes me with the colors and the smoothness of the clouds and the water. As Roman said the long shutter speed had a great effect on this one.

    David

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    Agree with above, good choice of shutter--you've left a good amount of detail which I really like.

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    this is really pleasant, Don
    I do feel it could do with a bit more punch, perhaps some midtone contrast in the sky?
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    Don,

    Increase the opacity on the tonal contrast to punch it up a bit.

    Well done.

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    Hey Don - we meet again (Pine Glades Lake!)
    Great job on this image. I agree with all the compliments and suggestions.
    The only thought I wanted to add is that I prefer to work the image as a smart object in cs6 so I can use Nik's filters (and others) and go back to adjust them easily.
    Hope to see you again soon.

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