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Albion, Mauritius


 
BetterPhoto.com Photo Contest FinalistBetterPhoto.com Photo of the Day   Albion, Mauritius
Albion, Mauritius
Nikkor 35-80mm lens with Polariser + ND Filter + Grey Grad Filter.

Ali Hoolash

 
 
 

Marja H. Konimäki
 

Beautiful colors, light and tones. Great atmosphere!


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November 01, 2004

 
- Jim Kinnunen

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  Congrats Ali! I love the colors and composition!


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November 15, 2004

 

Jennifer Rennison
  Gorgeous image, Ali, Congratulations on your finalist!


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November 15, 2004

 

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  This is great! Excellent exposure and use of filters, long way to learn for me.


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November 16, 2004

 

Patty Razonable
  Congrats on your POTD! Great composition!


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November 16, 2004

 

Leanne M.E. Boyd
  Gorgeous! Congrats on the POTD!


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November 16, 2004

 
- Evy Johansen

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  Awesome image! Congratulations on your POTD and congrats on the finalist!!


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November 16, 2004

 

Robert L. Andersen
  Absolutely Gorgeous Image!!


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November 16, 2004

 

Kevin Elliott
  Magic, I want to go... Must have been really good fun getting the tripod right on that beach, Congrats...


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November 16, 2004

 

Ali Hoolash
  Thanks all for your very nice comments!
Kevin, the most difficult part was getting to the beach itself and then back to firm ground after sunset! Some big rocks around helped in setting up the tripod as well as resting our bags!
Anyway, that's the fun part of photography when you see all your efforts finally pay!


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November 16, 2004

 
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  This is fabulous, Ali!!
So glad you got it in POTD!!!
Kathleen


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November 16, 2004

 

Dolores Neilson
  Wow...I love this!! Very deserving potd today!! Congrats!


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November 16, 2004

 

Tom Andersen
  Beautiful job, Ali! Congratulations on POTD!


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November 16, 2004

 

Terri L. Scribner
  Great image, Ali! Congrats on POTD!!


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November 16, 2004

 

Scott Pedersen
  Just beautiful,keep up the good work


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November 16, 2004

 

Beverley Lu Steeves
  Congratulations Ali!!


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November 16, 2004

 

Barbara Kehoe
  Absolutely beautiful


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November 16, 2004

 

Peggy Wolff
  Exquisite photo! Congrats on POTD!


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November 16, 2004

 

Dan Walters
  I love the colors and the nice soft light. Very beautiful image!


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November 16, 2004

 

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  This image is just gorgeous. The mist coming up from the rocks is really what gets me. Beautiful job!


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November 16, 2004

 

Kathleen R. Struckle
  This image is just fantastic!!Congrats on POTD and on your finalist!


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November 16, 2004

 

Wendy Stevenson
  Congratulations Ali on this excellent POTD!! Just beautiful!!


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November 16, 2004

 

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  love it !! great work ... and yeah Congratulations on the finalist.


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November 16, 2004

 

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  Stunning image, Ali! If I were to guess, I'd suspect that you used a grad density filter oriented along the diagonal formed by the rocks. And if so, how clever, and how effective.
--Llew's Canon


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November 16, 2004

 

Ali Hoolash
  Thanks everyone! Pictures of our fellow photographers here are a great inspiration for me too!


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November 16, 2004

 

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  What a beautiful photograph! Did you use any special filters or software enhancements?


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November 16, 2004

 

Ali Hoolash
  Hi Larraine, thank you for your nice comments. The only filters used were a polariser, an ND filter and a Grey Graduated filter; all used to allow a slow shutter speed and to balance the background and foreground exposures. With the exception of a little saturation boost, there were no other software enhancements.


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November 16, 2004

 

Ed Heaton
  Awesome shot Ali,
Congrats on POTD!


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November 16, 2004

 

Ali Hoolash
  Thank you, Ed!


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November 16, 2004

 

Kristen McKain
  Amazing image! Congrats on the POTD!


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November 17, 2004

 

Kevin Elliott
  Ali, I think this deserved to be a winner, sorry to see that it 'only' got POTD and nominated as a finalist. Kev


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November 18, 2004

 

Ali Hoolash
  Thanks, Kevin! I know how tough it is for the judges to select the winners among so many top photos. I've been a judge in photo contests too and it was always with some regrets that I had to cast aside some "awesome" shots.
I get consolation in that it has got its share of success for being selected as POTD. Of course, I would have wished that it had made it in top selection but you can't have everything in life, can you? :-)


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November 18, 2004

 

Kevin Elliott
  Ali, you're 100% right, I wouldn't like to be the one chucking out really good images. I've done some judging in the past, not of photos though, and it was often very difficult to separate the best ones. Congrats again

Kev


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November 18, 2004

 

Donna La Mattino Pagakis
  This is so nicely photographed. Love the mist on the rocks and the colors of the sky!!


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November 21, 2004

 

Julie Christiansen
  Breathtaking.


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April 13, 2007

 

Theresa J. Parisi
  Wow this is a great photo!! I really like it alot!!
-Theresa


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June 22, 2007

 
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