Wild Coast Rocks

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 20, 2011155 views11 comments

I have been too quiet for my own liking...truth is I am way behind on processing most of the half-decent landscape images from my travels for the past year, and at the moment I am spending most of my processing time on wildlife and avian images.

Thought I'd pop back in here to post a quick one captured on a trip to South Africa's "Wild Coast" last year. I don't get to do many seascapes so I probably have more to learn about this sub-genre of 'scaping than I do anything else. All critiques therefore highly appreciated.

The sunrise didn't pan out exactly how I hoped it would with the clouds staying on the horizon and the sun therefore only peeping over them a few minutes after the 'ideal light'. I did find the textures and colours on these rocks very appealing though.

Techs:
Canon 7D with 10-22mm USM @ 10mm
f11 @ ISO-100
Blend of 2 exposures for dynamic range

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on September 20, 2011 at 6:17 PM

I really like this Morkel. I find the colors and texture in the rocks very appealing too. The light is also wonderful, and I think the pink glow in the clouds and highlighted water looks great. Your comp also works really well, and the detail looks fantastic to me. Beautiful seascape!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Luis Argerich on September 20, 2011 at 8:32 PM

Hi Morkel,
Now this is sharp! And the way you used the light to frame the shot is really beautiful.
I like it a lot!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on September 20, 2011 at 9:28 PM

Morkel,

I absolutely love this composition. It is so nice to see an image where it is very clear that the photographer's intention was to showcase an element - whether it be the foreground or background, sky, whatever. Your choice here is wonderful. You've got just enough sky/horizon to give this scene a sense of place, but all the emphasis is on the light, lines, texture and detail of the rocks. I just think this is fantastic.

Lon

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on September 20, 2011 at 10:10 PM

Very strong image, Morkel. Perhaps even better than the usual sunrise shots.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on September 21, 2011 at 3:28 AM

Thanks for your very kind feedback Nick, Luis, Lon and Tony! Glad you like it!

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Comment posted by Enrique Vizcarra on September 21, 2011 at 3:31 AM

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Comment posted by Jose Fernandez on September 21, 2011 at 5:19 AM

Nice light, beautiful textures on the floor
José Fernández

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on September 21, 2011 at 8:42 AM

Wonderful shot, Morkel.

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on September 22, 2011 at 1:01 AM

Very nice, Morkel. A striking composition that has great light to go with it.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on September 22, 2011 at 3:17 AM

Thanks for the valued comments, folks!

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Comment posted by Sarah Marino on September 23, 2011 at 2:16 PM

Hi Morkel - I love the patterns and textures here, in addition to the fact that this is a different take on the typical seascape image. Really nice work.

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