The Girl and the Sea
by LevT

Comment by ErinKirsten:
Congratulations on your ribbon. This is gorgeous. Hope you got their contact info to be able to give her a copy of the file she did great!

The Girl and the Sea
by LevT

Comment by IreneM:
Love the tones and the serenity of the girl, well.. everything really. It's a gorgeous image and I'm so glad it did well. Excellent work, Lev.

The Girl and the Sea
by LevT

Comment by LevT:

Originally posted by ThingFish: Lovely image indeed. One question. It strikes me that you seem to have taken this shot from quite a high angle looking down on the girl and also from quite close to the girl. You used a 12-24mm lens. Were you standing on a lifesavers tower? (unlikely as lifesavers towers are not right on the edge of the water) Or maybe you are a giant and the girl is a dwarf :) But seriously, I would like to know.

you are an astute observer :)... and I am not a giant :(. I was standing on a cliff about 3 meters high, indeed quite close to the girl. This shot (taken on the same day a few meters to the side) gives you some idea of the scenery

The Girl and the Sea
by LevT

Comment by scooter97:
Awesome shot Lev. This has a wonderful 'mood' about it. scored a 9. Congrats on your ribbon.

The Girl and the Sea
by LevT

Comment by Fredster:
Lovely image indeed. One question. It strikes me that you seem to have taken this shot from quite a high angle looking down on the girl and also from quite close to the girl. You used a 12-24mm lens. Were you standing on a lifesavers tower? (unlikely as lifesavers towers are not right on the edge of the water) Or maybe you are a giant and the girl is a dwarf :) But seriously, I would like to know.

The Girl and the Sea
by LevT

Comment by sarampo:
I was sooo glad that this got recognized in the DPC community, it's so wonderfully done, great atmosphere, great scenario, and the water motion is just perfect.

Congratulations on an awesome image!

Morning rite
by LevT

Comment by harvey sherman:
Very nice as well.Grate concept.

The Girl and the Sea
by LevT

Comment by senor_kasper:

Originally posted by LevT: Originally posted by senor_kasper: This is a fantastic image, Lev. Congratulations !! Just one thing, are you sure it was a 10 stop ND? I would think 0.8 seconds with a 10 stop at f5.6/ISO 200 would have resulted in a nearly black image no matter how bright the sun was. Could you check it out please, it is intriguing. Andres, that's correct, I just double-checked my EXIF. why would you think it is strange? without the filter the exposure would be 1000x smaller, i.e. 1/1250s, quite normal for a bright daylight.

I guess 5.6 is really not all that small, I was probably intuitively thrown off by the apparent softness of the light which leads you to think of a cloudy day. You are correct regarding the math. Thank you for answering my question.

Once again, GREAT IMAGE !!

The Girl and the Sea
by LevT

Comment by jomari:
Congratulations. Beautiful image.

The Girl and the Sea
by LevT

Comment by LevT:

Originally posted by senor_kasper: This is a fantastic image, Lev. Congratulations !! Just one thing, are you sure it was a 10 stop ND? I would think 0.8 seconds with a 10 stop at f5.6/ISO 200 would have resulted in a nearly black image no matter how bright the sun was. Could you check it out please, it is intriguing.

Andres, that's correct, I just double-checked my EXIF. why would you think it is strange? without the filter the exposure would be 1000x smaller, i.e. 1/1250s, quite normal for a bright daylight.