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Faces, Places and Things 3 years ago

You have some excellent work. I really like your landscapes. The tones in this shot as well as the texture are fantastic

Mal Smart thank you very much for your kind words. all the best. mal

SofiG 3 years ago

beautiful picture

Mal Smart Sofi, thank you very much. mal

Thomas Ljungberg 3 years ago

There is that vivid sky again! Wonderful Mal! Great balanced composition, perfect toning! I'm glad you kept the little pile...
/Thomas

Mal Smart thank you very much Thomas. That little pile of stones caused me quite a lot of mental anguish before taking this one, should they stay or go, very glad to hear your opinion Thomas. mal

storytaylor 3 years ago

exquisite

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

Anne Lene Baanrud 3 years ago

Glorious and etheral Mal, love it!

All the best Anne Lene

Mal Smart Thank you Miss A, How is the exhibition going? mal

Anne Lene Baanrud Thank you Mal, the exhibit is going well, but i am praying for better weather because it has been rainy and windy, and since you have to travel to it by boat neither of those weather conditions are good. But today the forcast for the week is lovely. ;)

All the best Anne Lene

Mal Smart Good luck with everything Anne Lene, glad to hear that all is well. mal

Herman Cater 4 years ago

It ois a beautiful picture! Herman

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

Mikael Sundberg 4 years ago

I like the picture! Thank you for inspiration!
You have nice picture feel and eye!

Mal Smart Cheers Mikael, very pleased that you like this one. all the very best. mal

Dare Turnsek 4 years ago

Khmm ... nowords ... again ;) ... Dare

Mal Smart many thanks Dare, No words from you sounds so great to me! thank you. mal

Bjørn P. 4 years ago

Awesome once again Mal ... love the nebula effect of the water and all those details on the rocks - great structures ... the overall mood of this shot is just Wow!

Mal Smart many thanks, I was talking to someone the other day about different subject material but I love the ocean, so that will be hard. all the best. mal

andrea lorenzetti 4 years ago

amazing!!!!!

Mal Smart thank you Andrea. mal

lucian olteanu 4 years ago

This is one of the best landscapes here on Oe!!!

Mal Smart I'm not sure what to say Lucian, thank you very very much! all the very best to you. mal

Craig Martin 4 years ago

Was sure it was yours in screening - great shot.

Craig Martin By the way, I particularly like the title for it, as the long-exposure of the water makes it look like it is steaming, evoking an impresson of the primordial soup of millions of years ago from which life emerged...

Mal Smart Many thanks Craig, very pleased that you see it that way, its exactly what I was trying to achieve. I'm often reminded of the timeless quality of the ocean and how insignificant I am on the planet, when photographing the sea. Thank you and all the best. mal

Andrew Thatcher 4 years ago

Great image Mal. I've got to get out shooting not done a single image since the Lakes and it's get to me :( .... You just keep posting these to make me feel worse don't you ;)

Mal Smart I go through long periods of photographic inactivity to Andrew, it is frustrating at times. Anyway September! mal

Carola Lundmark 4 years ago

Mmmm...I love this!! Beautiful light and a very powerful capture..Feels as if I get a glance of eternety....
Best regards Carola

Mal Smart thank you for those lovely thoughts Carola, the ocean often makes me think of time and how I fit into it, thank you for seeing this. mal

Warren LaFever 4 years ago

its outstanding

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

michel 4 years ago

Très belle image. Shoot en Bretagne?

Mal Smart Merci Michel, Oui en Bretagne. In a small bay near 'Rochers' very very beautiful place. all the best. mal

Jure Kravanja 4 years ago

beautiful

Mal Smart cheers Jure, i liked this one. all the best. mal

Ulf Börjesson 4 years ago

Nice foggy feel to the water you created here. Very nice, Mal!
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Mal Smart many thanks Ulf, I liked this one, maybe time for me to move away from the sea though! lol. mal

Ulf Börjesson That might be hard though, since you live right next to it :)

Mal Smart True! lol, I shall move to the heartland of deepest Russia!..)))

Martin Gremm 4 years ago

A trace of life indeed. I wonder where that cairn will lead us. Good work, Mal!

Mal Smart I wondered who had put it there to, this location was way off the beaten track. Cheers Martin. mal

Tracy Martin 4 years ago

That little stack of rocks is just so adorable in an otherwise heavy shot and it completely changes the tone of it for me, amazing isn't it how such a small thing in an image can do that. Of course the title gives it away... :)

Mal Smart I just mentioned to Codrin that I nearly removed the little pile before taking the shot but I'm glad that I resisted in the end. all the best T. mal

joan kocak 4 years ago

you are the master....

Mal Smart cheers Joan, an apprentice maybe! All the best. mal

Eddie Wong 4 years ago

Well done... just like the other one from this series. Speechless....

Mal Smart thank you very much Eddie, possibly the last one, until I find a new subject to photograph. all the best. mal

Alberto Peroni 4 years ago

A magical touch! What an incredible atmosphere!

Mal Smart Thank you Alberto, it felt like a magical place that day, there were no people only the little pile of rocks that someone had left. all the best. mal

John Leech 4 years ago

Nice one, comes together really well. Something I've been wanting to have a go at for the last 20 years, but somehow never got round to it!

Mal Smart many thanks John, I've been doing this maybe too long now, I have to move on. all the best. mal

Codrin Lupei 4 years ago

Outstanding image, Mal! Great, great work...love that trace of life! Love it!
all the best
Codrin
ps next week I'll have a ND filter, I will have no sea or ocean around me, but I'll find something :-)

Mal Smart I nearly removed the little rocks before taking the shot, I'm glad that I did not now. Can't wait to see what you do with some long exposure stuff Codrin. mal

Codrin Lupei ...I guess it's not much more difficult than to shoot through binoculars! :-) We'll see!
cheers!
Codrin

Mal Smart remember that the filter goes on the front of the camera Codrin, fitting it on the view finder is no good at all!.....;)))))

Codrin Lupei LOL
I just hope to not forgett this...otherwise...:-))))

Mal Smart and try dot to drop it on rocks smashing the glass, like I did 20 mins after this shot was taken!... I nearly cried! lol

Codrin Lupei :-( It's not plastic? I was sure it's made of plastic! Oh my, I'm pretty scared now! lol

Mal Smart it was my glass cokin polarizer that I dropped, shattered into a hundred pieces! lol, but I'm over it now!

Codrin Lupei I still hope that mine will be 'plastic made'. :-) Thanks for the help, my friend, probably I'll bother you with some more questions when I'll start using it!
cheers!
Codrin

Scott Crouse 4 years ago

Mal you have that ND filter just singing mate!

Mal Smart funny that you mention the filter Scott, I was removing a polarizer in order to fit a 10 stop ND and dropped it onto a rock and smashed it, lol! Maybe God was telling me to try something else!... Cheers Scott. mal

Scott Crouse Oh no!!! Time to move on to something new? Cheers - Scott.

Mal Smart I need to broaden my horizons a little with regard to subject material Scott, for a short time any way, lol! cheers. mal

Giorgio Lorcet 4 years ago

another one! what a great shot Mal. i'm trying to learn from you but ... it's really difficult :)

Mal Smart I think that it will be the last of the sea stuff for a while Giorgio, I need to find some new and different material. Many thanks and all the best. mal

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