D7000 w/Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 lens @ 40mm, hand held
ISO 500; f/13, 1/1250 sec; MM -0.33
Just returned from Antarctica, where the weather was perfect and the views were amazing. This image was captured in the Neumayer Channel en route to Port Lockroy.
Crisp and bright. I love the reflection and the balance of the composition. The wisp of clouds adds nice interest. Bright as it is, I don't think that you blew out any "important" highlights. This is one of those scenes that will cause you to put on your sunglasses when you see it live and I think that you captured that well.
I like this a lot Norm...! 'Crisp' as Dave suggests, can see it on my wall.. There are a few dust bunnies in the sky and I think a bit of NR might help remove a bit of the 'blotchy' texture in the sky ( although maybe this is the cloud??). Its subtle like the dust bunnies but a bit of extra work to remove these will lift further IMHO...
Hi Norm - this is a beautiful, crisp scene as David said. Gorgeous blues too. I wanted to see what it looked like with just a little bit off the left to move the main subject a little off-center. While I had it in PS I did a luminosity mask for the highlights at 50% and a little LCE to bring out a little more detail. WDYT?
Rachel, I really like your RP, but I'm torn about the aspect ratio, preferring Norm's original. The more I look, I think you're balances better, because it ends rather suddenly on the right and you bring a balance to that. I think, in this case, I'd give up my preferred aspect ratio of your balance in composition.
Rachel did what I wanted to do. I can appreciate it being that bright, but toning the brightest brights down reveals better detail and texture.
Nice handling of the colours and an effective simplistic composition.