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    We spent some family time on the South African West Coast over December, in a quaint little town called 'Dwarskersbos' (it literally means "sideways-candlebush" :confused:). The West Coast is characterised by miles and miles of beach, lobster diving and windy days. And fewer tourists than other coastal regions - which is the way I like my holidays: away from the throng! :D

    I set up the tripod one night after sunset (down there the sun only sets properly after 8pm) and captured this shot.

    FLTR: Jo (brother-in-law), Lizaan (my sis), my mom (she turns 60 in 2 weeks' time), my dad (don't think he expected the shutter to fire at this moment!), my lovely wife Nicole and myself on the right.

    Processed as a 3-exposure HDR both in Details Enhancer and Tone Compressor algorithms, then blended back with the original exposure in Photoshop and masked in a darker sky at 40% opacity.

    I think I'll print one on canvas for my mom's birthday so she can hang it in their house.
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    Gorgeous image and beautiful family, Morkel! Look at that light! I'm glad you told me it was HDR - if I thought the light was that phenomenal all the time I'd be on the next plane and wouldn't be leaving a forwarding address.

    Lovely, lovely image. ;)

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    Very nice Morkel,
    You have a lovely family...God bless...thanks for sharing...:):cool:

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    Hi Morkel Fine looking family and I'm sure your mom would be big time proud of having a large print !!!!

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    Looking good Mork! Well done with the PP too mate. :)

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    thanks for the kind comments everyone...:)

    Julie I toned down the HDR effect big time. the light on the West Coast pretty much looks like that in the evenings :)
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    Hi Morkel. You have a lovely family and it is a great shot and setting. Thanks for sharing with us.:)

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    Lovely family in what sounds (and looks) like a fabulous place!

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    You have a lovely family...God bless

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    thanks for viewing and commenting, everybody! :p
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    Thx for sharing Morkel. Wud not have guessed its HDR.

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    You got some beautiful light for this portrait.

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    thanks guys...
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    Beautiful family Morkel and a beautiful setting. Nothing better than family and what a wonderful image to remember this special moment.

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    thanks Judy :)
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    Hey mate, I miss those sunsets from my holiday. Great family portrait, against a lovely setting.

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    thanks mate!
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    A nicely designed image and a loverly family. Did you think about using flash on the folks and underexposing the ambient? It might have saved you a ton of time. :)
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    thanks Artie! I actually used my flash - pop-up flash but the details behind were still not satisfactory so that's why I did what I did... :)
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    The trick is to use the real flash at about zero or even plus something and to underexpose the ambient. I think :)
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    thanks I'll keep it in mind for one day when I buy my first external flash and learn how to use it properly :o
    till then - too much glass to buy first! ;)
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