Baltic sea II

[Timo Löfgren]

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[shutterpup]

I like #1 better than 2. I don't care for the soft treatment of the water, using the slow shutterspeed. It's a technique I don't care for in any picture. I find the third island in the background in #1 to look like it's been fractured; whether natural or not, it's distracting.

[francois]

I also like #1 over #2. Both images are rich in textures but the light in #1 wins the show for me.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Vignetting or gradual ND too strong?

[RSL]

They're both stunning, Timo, as usual. I guess I'll have to be the contrarian. I love the surrealism in #2. It's like a dream, a very cold one.

[Patricia Sheley]

They're both stunning, Timo, as usual. I guess I'll have to be the contrarian. I love the surrealism in #2. It's like a dream, a very cold one.

I too would love to inhabit that space for awhile...wonderful, and something well beyond the seen captured....and melody floating as an echo...

[wolfnowl]

#1 of the two for me.  The vignetting seems rather strong on them both, but I love the leading lines in the rock of the first image  Brings the eye in from the bottom of the frame and off into the background.

Mike.

[Michael West]

I like the first image.

The second doesnt hang together for me

[francois]

#1 of the two for me.  The vignetting seems rather strong on them both, but I love the leading lines in the rock of the first image  Brings the eye in from the bottom of the frame and off into the background.

Mike.

I agree, vignetting is strong but my eyes stick to the textures rocks and don't seem to notice the vignetting or heavy grad at the top of the image.

[Riaan van Wyk]

Number one for me Timo.

[Brett_D]

#1 for me too (though I think both would be improved if you shot from a lower angle  -- there would be less perspective distortion).

[Dave (Isle of Skye)]

Hi Timo,

I like the first shot a lot, great mood, beautiful detail and subtle tones.

I like long exposures and the misty water effect it can produce, not the complete cotton wool effect as seen in some images, but the soft ethereal detail as captured and shown here. I also like how the elements (receding rocks) within the frame, form a decreasing perspective lead-in line towards the dark brooding sky in the background. The only suggestion/comment I would offer, would be to leave the vignette as is, but open up the top centre of the image a little, just to add more emphasis and light to the far distant ocean and skyline, to create even more depth.

But even as it stands, the image is excellent and delightfully brooding.

Bravo!

Dave