A pool nearby

C&C appreciated!

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Very nice image. I like this one a lot.
The land to the left is a little distracting IMO, but overall still a great shot.

steven32 wrote in post #11378987
Very nice image. I like this one a lot.
The land to the left is a little distracting IMO, but overall still a great shot.

Thanks for your comment. I'm glad this is a place close to my house, so i can go back anytime and try some new compositions, i'll definetly will try to keep the land out of the composition next time.

It feels very soft to me, done on purpose?

How long was your exposure? Came out great!

Would love to see the exif info and if you did any post work, looks nice overall though I agree with the first note about the land being distracting.

Very nice, smooth shading and pleasing colors. Looks like a long exposure. The photo's a little soft in the background. If it's just this web version, maybe a little Unsharp Mask filter in Photoshop, or if it's in the original, try dropping the aperture to f/16 or so.

Thanks all for your feedback.
The shot was taken with a sigma 10-20mm at 12mm.
AV: F25 (which explains the softness, but i actually wanted it to look a little soft)
TV: 5 seconds
iso: 100
I took another shot at 20 seconds, and later in photoshop used a layer mask to brighten up the foreground a little using that shot. I also boosted the saturation a bit and played around with the levels.

Here's the one i didn't brighten up the foreground using a second shot.

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