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Description LOOK at my knees,
That island rising from the steamy seas!
The candles a tall lightship; my two hands
Are boats and barges anchored to the sands,
With mighty cliffs all round;
They’re full of wine and riches from far lands….
I wonder what it feels like to be drowned?

I Wonder What it Feels Like to be Drowned? / Robert Graves


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This is the first time I say this:
Watch in small view, since the large view may be too much for the browser (it's meant to be downloaded as a wallpaper).

Tel Baruch, Tel Aviv. Israel.
I was standing up to my belt in water for this one.
You can check that with ~israelfi if you don't believe me
I hope you will enjoy this Wallpaper version.

Sigma 10-20mm with as much ND filter as I could on top of it to get the long exposure effect.
25 Seconds exposure with 64ND + 8ND on top of it.

Just a few words on ND filter before the questions starts coming (and they will...)
ND stands for "Neutral Density"
When it is desirable to obtain proper exposure when confronted with too much light intensity, you can use a Neutral Density (ND) filter. This will absorb light evenly throughout the visible spectrum, effectively altering exposure without requiring a change in lens opening and without introducing a color shift. A Neutral Density filter reduces the amount of light passing through the camera lens without changing the color of the scene. It is especially useful in bright light conditions to help prevent overexposure. The neutral density filter also allows proper exposure at a wider lens opening for reduce depth-of-field to highlight a key subject by making the foreground and/or background out of focus.

The Neutral Density filter also allows shutter speeds to produce blurred motion effects, as I did in this picture.
OK, enough on that
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Comments: 466

Ken-Griffith [2015-08-14 13:51:17 +0000 UTC]

 

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BevieB [2015-03-17 18:41:00 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely stunning. I used your photo here: www.flickr.com/photos/bevie-oh… . Thank you so much!

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bongiornoprincipessa [2012-06-27 22:24:57 +0000 UTC]

absolutely amazing!Congrats!

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amidarosa [2010-11-27 03:55:43 +0000 UTC]

what are 64ND + 8ND? haha I'm a beginner photographer

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myheartisamess [2010-05-06 09:57:59 +0000 UTC]

stunning

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karolvig [2010-04-16 17:06:11 +0000 UTC]

awesome!

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ariari26 [2010-01-30 13:51:01 +0000 UTC]

It's fantastic!
I like it!

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eye-am [2010-01-26 09:10:31 +0000 UTC]

Love the sky on this

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RebeliousStars [2009-11-24 05:04:30 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely gorgeous shot here. I can't quite make out where land ends and water begins, but I like that. It makes it feel oddly unknown, like a summary of an adventure, but you can't give away all the spoilers. The sky compliments this shot as well. Great job.

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jpgmn [2009-11-10 22:16:50 +0000 UTC]

Featured here: [link]

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theblindalley [2009-11-07 13:55:32 +0000 UTC]

absolutely beautiful!!

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BelcyrPiotr [2009-08-20 17:07:31 +0000 UTC]

nice

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frayart [2009-08-18 11:41:17 +0000 UTC]

You've been featured
Here [link]

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JLM25 [2009-03-10 09:57:42 +0000 UTC]

Typical Gilad..you put most to shame...well done!

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greyorm [2008-10-11 09:08:52 +0000 UTC]

Impressive piece. I really like it. The colors, the blurring, the fade around the edges: I don't know, just something about this piece makes me think "Wow!"

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SweetAngel17 [2008-10-02 16:54:51 +0000 UTC]

This is sooo pretty!!!

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waterfallheart [2008-09-26 06:21:57 +0000 UTC]

wow,
amazing colors....
Great work!

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La-Puce [2008-08-30 20:40:26 +0000 UTC]

a kind of strange and captive paradise great

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Bebecca [2008-07-25 13:04:39 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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AbsoPosi [2008-07-23 08:30:05 +0000 UTC]

What a dynamics..!
It's like an oil painting. Very nice and soothing..

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donaldsart [2008-07-22 10:13:54 +0000 UTC]

awesome

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AbdoHad [2008-07-15 07:07:24 +0000 UTC]

utterly majical!

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KjnWds [2008-07-14 08:56:30 +0000 UTC]

fav for the photo + you standing in the water with your tripod + the explanation on the ND filter

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Bigbenhoward [2008-07-12 01:02:35 +0000 UTC]

Drowning hurts.

But your picture is great! Nice work.

Someday, someday I will have a collection of pictures of my own as grand as this.

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WarpedOrbit [2008-07-01 16:44:00 +0000 UTC]

That's just so beautiful...the colors, the motion. Your work is just so amazing!

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erthbndangl [2008-06-24 00:45:08 +0000 UTC]

It makes for a positively beautiful desktop! Thanks for sharing.

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RevelationSpace [2008-06-22 20:41:01 +0000 UTC]

Didn't you destroy your tripod doing this?

I've considered doing this, but I don't want salt water going anywhere near mine.

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gilad In reply to RevelationSpace [2008-06-23 04:13:38 +0000 UTC]

It didn't do it any good, but it's all well. It survived

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the-imagined [2008-06-22 13:26:40 +0000 UTC]

wow.

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citrush2o [2008-06-21 06:11:20 +0000 UTC]

Love this effect. Great pic.

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stagegirl [2008-06-19 15:16:19 +0000 UTC]

beautiful!

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sassaputzin [2008-06-18 22:03:54 +0000 UTC]

how did you mange to keep the tripod so still waist deep in water that is moving so much?

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gilad In reply to sassaputzin [2008-06-19 05:38:06 +0000 UTC]

It was deep in the sand

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sassaputzin In reply to gilad [2008-06-22 11:18:21 +0000 UTC]

i see ..wonderful effect...

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scaber [2008-06-16 21:43:30 +0000 UTC]

I sometimes add a polarsing filter to the ND to lengthen the exposure time.

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MaX-DooM [2008-06-16 12:21:25 +0000 UTC]

ND64? The guy in my camera shop said there was only ND2, 4, 8 ... and 400!
Who makes these please?


(you already know it's a cracking photo )

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gilad In reply to MaX-DooM [2008-06-16 13:52:35 +0000 UTC]

B&W

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MaX-DooM In reply to gilad [2008-06-16 16:30:54 +0000 UTC]

thanks very much

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VisionsPrelude [2008-06-16 08:03:15 +0000 UTC]

That movement is amaing, not to mention the colours!

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dwth [2008-06-14 14:18:35 +0000 UTC]

This photo have been featured on Thumbs of the Week 24th .

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Elgaris [2008-06-14 13:35:25 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful.

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sk3l [2008-06-14 09:31:17 +0000 UTC]

its lovely

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Beta9 [2008-06-13 22:51:42 +0000 UTC]

wow ... gorgeous. the effect makes me think of someone looking back through time.

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Glass-soul [2008-06-13 21:23:41 +0000 UTC]

LOVE, YES...

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thecolorsilver [2008-06-13 21:04:43 +0000 UTC]

This is a gorgeous photo.
It has an otherworldly quality to it that is just stunning.
I love it.

Good job!

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trudyg [2008-06-13 16:12:45 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful picture..........

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miamsm [2008-06-13 14:38:42 +0000 UTC]

featured in here [link]

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bezosjecajna [2008-06-13 11:24:44 +0000 UTC]

Wow.

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the-shining [2008-06-13 10:31:25 +0000 UTC]

Well done

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dexter13-sk [2008-06-13 07:56:20 +0000 UTC]

It is first time I saw these type of long expo photo in your gallery and is very nice. I am very glad that you are making pure photography and not using new techniques such as HDR, that I think it is not about photography /cuz you need soft to do it - and create fairytaile photo from shit/

Good luck

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