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Arieh Levi 3 years ago

Awesome feel to it... Looks like a cliff.

Jef Van den Houte 4 years ago

Again one of your strong sea landscapes

Mal Smart Jef, you are very kind to me and it is appreciated. mal

Andrew Thatcher 4 years ago

Im just not going to say the word Classic ;)

Mal Smart lol - how restrained of you Andy! many thanks Andrew. mal

King Douglas 4 years ago

I long to live by the sea again, as I did when I was young. Your beautiful photos of places where the ocean meets the shore take me back to a precious time.

Mal Smart lovely comment King. Where did you live as a child? mal

King Douglas I lived in southern California near the Palos Verdes peninsula, south of Los Angeles. The waves have crashed against the rocks there since time began.

Shakespeare would have appreciated this image:

64
When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced
The rich proud cost of outworn buried age,
When sometime lofty towers I see down razed,
And brass eternal slave to mortal rage;
When I have seen the hungry ocean gain
Advantage on the kingdom of the shore,
And the firm soil win of the wat'ry main,
Increasing store with loss, and loss with store;
When I have seen such interchange of state,
Or state itself confounded to decay,
Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate:
That Time will come and take my love away.
This thought is as a death which cannot choose
But weep to have that which it fears to lose.

...or Robert Frost

Once by the Pacific

The shattered water made a misty din.
Great waves looked over others coming in,
And thought of doing something to the shore
That water never did to land before.
The clouds were low and hairy in the skies,
Like locks blown forward in the gleam of eyes.
You could not tell, and yet it looked as if
The shore was lucky in being backed by cliff,
The cliff in being backed by continent;
It looked as if a night of dark intent
Was coming, and not only a night, an age.
Someone had better be prepared for rage.
There would be more than ocean-water broken
Before God's last 'Put out the Light' was spoken.

Mal Smart fantastic quotes King, thank you for taking the time to make them.

I have a slight surreal feeling that you have mentioned Robert Frost. I have some friends who live in Tiverton (Devon). On my last visit to see them which was about 4 years ago, if memory serves me correctly, they were telling me of famous descendents from the area (my friends are the literary types with book cases bulging at the seems with classic poetry). They told me of Robert Frost and his father travelling from Tiverton to the states.

beautiful words King. mal

Emily Bem 4 years ago

holy smokes! This is too damn beautiful. Your tonal range is always something to drool over too. In fact, I usually bring a bib when visiting your gallery.

:)

Mal Smart LMFAO!...;))) Em in a bib, now that I gotta see! lol. mal

Jacek Stefan 4 years ago

Excellent!
All the best,
J.

Mal Smart cheers Jacek, thank you. mal

Jeremy Russell 4 years ago

Another gorgeous shot Mal.

Beautiful.

Mal Smart thank you very much Jeremy. all the very best. mal

Mark Sneep 4 years ago

I love this kind of photographs, this shot is also stunning!

Regards msneep

Mal Smart cheers Mark. its one of my fav techniques. mal

Daria Endresen 4 years ago

Mal, when I am famous and rich, I'm gonna buy all your "foggy water" shots in huge formats and make my own small gallery ;)
Wonderfully done, again.

Mal Smart if you stay poor and not famous, I will give you them anyway Daria! Beautiful comment, thank you. mal

Roger 4 years ago

absolutely wonderful. great shot mr mal!

Mal Smart many thanks Roger. I sometimes feel that I do too much stuff like this but it keeps me happy! lol. mal

Roger hehe, i know what ya mean mal. i often have that feeling about my images as well. anyway, it's a gorgeous capture :)

Mal Smart many thanks Roger. I shall stay content in my Rut! lol

Dominic 4 years ago

Smooth and velvety, great shot Mal!

Mal Smart sounds like a bar of chocolate! But I like chocs, so that's great Dom! lol cheers. mal

Thomas Ljungberg 4 years ago

Great shot Mal, love the tones and tranquility of the it, even though it's a rather rough sea. What really make me like the image and make it stand out is that faint radial pattern in the sky. Draws you right into the picture...
/Thomas

Mal Smart the funny thing about the shot is - that I like the sky detail more than the sea, Thank you for seeing this Thomas. mal

Thomas Ljungberg IMO the sky is the shot here. It's not only that radial pattern, it's something with those highlight tones. It really looks shining, radiant. Hard to put in words. Should do wonders as a large print I guess.
/Thomas

Mal Smart you are very perceptive Thomas. I have not printed this, so do not know how it looks. Thank you for your encouraging words. all the very best. mal

Monique Leone 4 years ago

a landscape from "end of the world"
I like it
bravo

Mal Smart thank you very much Monique, it felt like it that day. mal

Mark Sneep 4 years ago

great captured

Mal Smart cheers Mark. mal

Fernand Hick 4 years ago

Nice one Mal, like a lot !
Fernand

Mal Smart Cheers Fernand. All the best my friend. mal

Andrew Stewart 4 years ago

I love the effect you get on the water.

Mal Smart cheers Andrew, I am fascinated by the sea, my father was a sailor, must get it from him. mal

Angela Bacon-Kidwell 4 years ago

What a beauty. You do these so well. :)

Mal Smart many thanks Angela. I love the sea, it holds mystery and intrigue for me. all the best. mal

Rui Palha 4 years ago

Wonderful, Mal.

Mal Smart cheers Rui. all the best. mal

barbara 4 years ago

W O N D E R F U L !
( i've been waiting for tomorrow all of my life)

Mal Smart we are both dreamers then Barbara? Thank you. mal

barbara :)

Boris UNTEREINER 4 years ago

B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. ;)

Mal Smart what a great comment Boris, thank you. mal

Fulvio Pellegrini 4 years ago

Atmosphere, technique, landscape soul, Mal
Great one
F.

Mal Smart cheers Fulvio, this type of shot I doo tend to bore people with! lol. mal

Ilja Hackman 4 years ago

Lovely, moody shot again, pal! :)
I wish I had the opportunity to shoot in places like this.. Ofcourse, I would also need skills to execute the shot... :)
Good job, my friend! :)

Mal Smart But I have never caught a croc surfing fisherman before Ilja!....;)) You have all the skills. mal

Ilja Hackman LMAO!! :))
Yes, you´re right, I have all the skills!
:)))

Tracy Martin 4 years ago

I just love these images of yours Mal, I love the play of light and dark on the rocks - they are like little mountains peaking out of the clouds. :)

Mal Smart I was in a jet plane and those are the himalayas! You don't believe me?....;)) cheers Tracy. mal

Giorgio Lorcet 4 years ago

another grewat one! fav in screen. bravo. do you use a ND filter?

Mal Smart cheers Giorgio, very much appreciated. I use either the following.

http://www.schneideroptics.com/ecommerce/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?CID=679&IID=3263

http://www.warehouseexpress.com/product/default.aspx?sku=12071

mal

Giorgio Lorcet thank you so much Mal, very interesting

lucian olteanu 4 years ago

where is that?...great capture!

Mal Smart a small fishing port on the north east coast of England called Skinningrove Lucian. It used to be a thriving busy place 50 years ago but larger ports in the area have caused this place to virtually disappear. cheers. mal

Codrin Lupei 4 years ago

This image proves that it is not the camera, but the artist's eye! The same beauty captured as always, Mal! Stunning photograph, love it!
all the best
Codrin

Mal Smart you are very kind to me Codrin and it is very much appreciated, a huge thankyou. mal

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