I used a 10 stops ND filter to make these photo's.

Cheers,

Remco

[kjfishman]

Makes me wish I lived by the sea or at least on Lake Superior.

[HghlnDR]

Nice photos, now I need to buy a ND filter!
Love the sky in the second one!

[Urs]

Love those colors well done congrats!

[Fries]

Second one is stunning.... 2 pm, the weather was sunny at that time?

Thanks Belcik! The second one certainly is the most dramatic of the two. Glad you like that one! The photo was taken at 16.20 just about at sundown.

So very gorgeous.

Thanks for the compliment!

Hi,

I have done a like which is for the second photograph, thank you.

Regards,
Gordon.

Thank you Gordon! Glad one of them was to your liking.

Terrific photos, Remco.

Jer

Jer, my friend! Thanks for showing your appreciation.

[SimonC]

I'm in the process of moving to the coast, Anglesey and it is inspirational photos like these that are part of the appeal for me.

Keep them coming

[Fries]

Great photos

Thanks! I have been shooting along this coast for ages so I eventually you do get some keepers.

great photos! I like how the long aperture makes the land and rock pop

It is more the long shutter speed that produces this effect though. Thanks for commenting and appreciating what I try to achieve. You can't know this but what looks like rock is clay which has been deposed there by the sea and the sea is taking it back...

Well executed long exposure. I love the “so-so” approach on time. At first I thought I would have liked it more centered , but I looked at it for some minutes and I think I prefer the asymmetric way of your framing. The color is very balanced but not grounded.
The second shot is more complex, though the particular scene elements are simple and have been given a good pp work. The contradictions are working to our favor. Sea/earth, the reflection in the landscape, the different temperatures in the left/right parts of the sky, even the “minimum” human element (fencing), they are all set right. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for you analyses of both photo's Michail! In the first the two pieces of surviving clay in the sea in the foreground was the main anchor point of the composition. Getting the wooden remains of that land defense in perfect symmetry was of secondary importance. In the second photo I tried to get some features placed upon the points where the lines are crossing in the rule of thirds on the back of my camera. In my flat country and especially on the coast of the Waddensea the landscape often looks fairly simple with not that many elements. But colors and the sky can change very fast. On this day not to much was happening so I decided to use the movement of the clouds to give the scene something extra.

I love both shots. They are stunning.

Thanks Bertrand!

The melted details from the long exposure and the color tones make these frames very peaceful and harmonic, kudos!

Sokol, thank you! I was mainly interested in getting the movement in the sky. I made some layers to make different edits to different parts of the photo using Capture One and Color Efex.

Beautiful

Thank you!

One very beautiful series. Great job. )

tt

Tony, thank you very much!

oh yes!

Yes! Thank you.

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You might have done better posting these two photos as separate threads. While there is a lot to like about the first photo, it is somewhat overwhelmed by the complexity and contrasts in the second image. They are both great shots, but tell very different stories.

Marc, your advice certainly has merit! I choose to use both of them in the same topic because they were both taken from almost the same spot; I think the second one is about 50 meters from the first one. And I made them on the same afternoon. The theme of land loosing the battle with the sea is present in both images. And personally I am not a fan of posting multiple images in multiple topics. There are more photographers that deserve some attention and I don't want to impose my self too much with lots of different entries.

There is something to be said about a series of images though. While they would have been great on their own, a series of photographs helps tell a story more thoroughly. In this case, they're better together.



Love it! Well done on both images!

Thank you! On social media I did split them up, but with some time in between and using the same sort of title to indicate the images were connected.

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Makes me wish I lived by the sea or at least on Lake Superior.

I do sympathise! As a journalist specialized in conservation efforts I do get to do some special stuff in nice places... My country is very densely populated and I am grateful I live up north were there is still is some space and nature.



I had a look on the map and there seem to be some nice places for photography near you. Carlyle Lake looked allright. Especially the northern part where there is some woodland and perhaps some swamps. But I haven't been to the US and I am only basing my opinion on Apple maps.

Nice photos, now I need to buy a ND filter!
Love the sky in the second one!

Thanks Davide! Start with the 10 stops one and work you way down if you want, is my advice.

Love those colors well done congrats!

Thanks for the congratulations!

I'm in the process of moving to the coast, Anglesey and it is inspirational photos like these that are part of the appeal for me.

Keep them coming

Good for you moving to a place that inspires you. These are trying times and we all can use some solace and diversion from everyday life in the beauty that nature offers us. Thanks Simon!

[MSL]

There is something to be said about a series of images though. While they would have been great on their own, a series of photographs helps tell a story more thoroughly. In this case, they're better together.

Marc, your advice certainly has merit! I choose to use both of them in the same topic because they were both taken from almost the same spot; I think the second one is about 50 meters from the first one. And I made them on the same afternoon. The theme of land loosing the battle with the sea is present in both images. And personally I am not a fan of posting multiple images in multiple topics. There are more photographers that deserve some attention and I don't want to impose my self too much with lots of different entries.

I hear what you are both saying and certainly if they are part of the same story they belong together. To my eye, they come across as very different stories. They don't feel like they were shot at the same time or place. That's just the impression I got, although hearing about the context and location and the way you see the theme does tie them together.

[aitrus3]

I hear what you are both saying and certainly if they are part of the same story they belong together. To my eye, they come across as very different stories. They don't feel like they were shot at the same time or place. That's just the impression I got, although hearing about the context and location and the way you see the theme does tie them together.

I hear what you're saying too. Perhaps knowing the story behind them helps them work together, and maybe that's the only reason why... alas we shall never know, because we do know the story behind it.

[Belcik]

You need the fishing rod to complete the picture

[HghlnDR]

Thanks Davide! Start with the 10 stops one and work you way down if you want, is my advice.

Just what I had in mind!

[Fries]

I hear what you are both saying and certainly if they are part of the same story they belong together. To my eye, they come across as very different stories. They don't feel like they were shot at the same time or place. That's just the impression I got, although hearing about the context and location and the way you see the theme does tie them together.

I hear what you're saying too. Perhaps knowing the story behind them helps them work together, and maybe that's the only reason why... alas we shall never know, because we do know the story behind it.

Both of you thanks for taking the time to discus this. One of the major benefits of sharing photo's here is having some fresh eye's looking at your work. Having comments in good faith telling me that the combination of these two photo's does not tell the story well enough is an opportunity to learn I can profit from.

You need the fishing rod to complete the picture

My photography has taken over my former hobby; fishing! My rods rarely leave my house anymore. Only when I have an opportunity to fish in Northern Scandinavia my fly rods do get some use...

Just what I had in mind!

Good luck with that new chapter in your photography!