Sunset on the Chobe

Posted by dbolt on Mon Feb 01, 2016 8:18 pm

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Canon 7D2, Canon f4 70-200@70, f22, 1/640, ISO 640. Post: CC. Image captured from a boat on the Chobe River in Botswana.

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by DrBill14 on Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:03 am

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Doug: Love the silhouettes and the sky color especially. I'm on the fence regarding the sun position and the strip of river on the bottom although the river does establish a sense of place that does work for me. >=))>

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by dbolt on Tue Feb 02, 2016 9:24 am

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Thanks, Bill. Originally, I had the water almost black, but decided making it lighter gave the dark bank more of a purpose, rather than just a dark foreground.

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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Feb 02, 2016 6:16 pm

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Gorgeous shot and composition. I think, personally, I would have preferred the sun to be placed just inside the tree rather than having the tree overlap it.

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by John Labrenz on Fri Feb 05, 2016 8:19 pm

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Love the silhouettes and the colors.
Sun placement....well, yes I would also have preferred it in the tree.
What does distract me a bit are the blurred grasses in the right part of the image.

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