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Hi Anette - nice job on the blurred water and the clouds. Personally I find the white rock with orange lichen on the lhs distracting and would crop from the bottom to remove it creating a pano, which I feel is a stronger image. You still have the leading lines of the rocks in the water.
TFS,
Rachel
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Hi Anette, I love this...what I love most is how the cloud in the center seems to have retained some sharpness even at 208 seconds. I really like the lichen encrusted white rock in the foreground, but it may be just a tad bright. Perhaps toning it down a little bit more would do the trick. Fabulous work!
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I like everything about this, the lichen especially!
I think the photo would be bland without it.
Nice use of extremely long exposure, well handled and not easy to do.
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Hi Rachel, Andrew and Dan,
thanks so much for your comments, I highly appreciate it.
Rachel, when I would crop out the FG in my thoughts it will lose a lot of interesting "stuff". The horizon I put on purpose in the middle. Before this image was taken, I took a few images just with my gadget phone. That was to see where to put what. Also the phone has a bigger screen, better to see!
The clouds have been moving in snail speed, was tricky to get them a least a bit moving. I started up with 1min and ended with 208 seconds to get the clouds at least moving a few meters in this image.
Andrew, will turn down the brights a tad more. Fast done 
Thanks so much again
Enjoy your day and week
Ciao
Anette
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Foreground rocks are great, the soft water is very pleasing, and the movement in the sky puts this over the top. Great image Anette!
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Composition, foreground elements all work well for me, and I too think the sky movement is quite stunning. Congrats on not being afraid to put the horizon sqaure in the middle - sometimes it is the best choice. Very well done, Anette
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Hi James and John,
thanks so much for your comments and time. I highly appreciate it 
Have a great day
Ciao
Anette
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Love it Anette, great call on the techs and usage of kit, take this with you in September, if you make a landing this would be a really cool way to shoot that landscape. Lets not mention where, keep it a surprise, LOL. 
If you were to have got lower to change the ration from 50/50 to thirds, still retaining what you have in camera, might this have given an even more dramatic POV????
TFS
Steve
Post Production: It’s ALL about what you do with the tools and not, which brand of tool you use.

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I just love this.
Enough interest in FG and sky to warrant the 50/50 split.
Great colours, mood and comp!
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This image works very well fro me... excellent vibrancy, detail and comp.... beautiful feel to the water.... there is a lovely soft feel to the shot... WD