Dead Calm, a photo from Baa, North

Photographer's Note

I had big problems to took that image.
It was noon and the sun, at that time at the Equator on the white sand of the Maldives is as a great bad dog. It can assalut you and burn your white (or grey-city one as the mine) skin in few minutes. The reflection on the white sand was so strong to have an effect similar to capture directly the sun in the sky.
The colours of the laguna, so pale, were fantastic with all the tones of green and blue.
The totally absence of wind, so rare on a Maldives' atoll, have a dead calm effect on the sea surface.

*Scanned image*

Dead Calm is also the title of 1963 novel by Charles F. Williams, which was the basis for the 1989 movie, directed by Phillip Noyce with Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill and Billy Zane.

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Furachan (0) 2006-06-06 4:12

A perfect image, Paolo, divided so neatly in 3 parts. Maybe not the sharpest but scans...On the other hand due to its painterly nature, it doesnt NEED to be that sharp.
Fantastic colors and compo.
Best,
Francis

bantonbuju (51815) 2006-06-06 4:14

oh man, with this one you spoil us (let us forget about that overexposure which in fact works well here, imo): three different layers, three different colours, plus the graphism made by the egdes;
stands out, definitely;
tc, j.

fabio_ts (13696) 2006-06-06 4:18

Proprio la foto che volevo oggi.. stiamo progettando le vacanze e vista la meta (Sri Lanka) pensavamo se aggiungere al tour 3/4 giorni alle Maldive.. quindi questa tua cade a fagiolo per spostare l'ago della bilancia.. :o)
stupendo scenario per una foto dai sapori "minimal-relax" ..(non so se regge il termine).. i colori ed il taglio esaltano anche l'aspetto grafico.. ottimo lavoro.. e..che voglia di partire.. :o)

buona giornata,
Fabio.

imrek (4) 2006-06-06 4:32

HI Paolo,
a pleasant shot with superb colours and good composition...i like it!!!
regards,
imre

marianita (3455) 2006-06-06 4:39

Paolo,
excellent! not bac for a scan! great colours. nice 3 layers.excellent composition!
well done
marianna

dragonslayero (3592) 2006-06-06 4:57

Hello Paolo
Dead calm indeed.
The mixing and layering of the different colours here is just amazing. They all look so clear, almost unnatural.
Composition is very simple, yet very beautiful. The boat in the boat in the photo is perfectly just off center and easily captures the eye as a testemony of how calm it is here.
The sand is a bit "shocking" if you know what I mean, a bit bright, but considering the note I can imagine it was hard getting it better than this.
Thanks for sharing.

Odd Jarle

sebinho342 (19329) 2006-06-06 5:00

Hi Paolo, THIS IS EDEN :) You've found it, without wind at this time, so much heat and sun, pure white sand, perfect cristal water, yes this is perhaps not paradise but that looks like so much ;)
A great one, with your blue / green touch this time ;)

Zepi (22848) 2006-06-06 5:05

Salut Paolo,
Et bien !
Si ηa cest pas le paradis !
Les couleurs turquoises sont somptueuses !
Jadhθre
Merci pour le partage
A bientτt
Sιbastien

veronika (6058) 2006-06-06 5:15

Hola Paolo,
you are born to make paradise pictures :)
Though you had problems with this one, its great! I like a lot :)
Nice day
Vero

Floydian (30970) 2006-06-06 5:15

Hi Paolo,
I understand your problem, scanning old films is difficult and you need an state of the art scanner to make the best of it.
And although there is much about this image what could be better, i still like the overall mood, because it's a place where we all want to be. so calm, so peaceful.
Great moment of capture, very good..!!!
Regards, Henk

Gerrit (62042) 2006-06-06 6:00

Hi Paolo,
strong emptiness. The colours and sparse lines give way to the calmness of the place.
Thanks and regards, Gerrit

jrj (34843) 2006-06-06 6:02

A simple tropical dream paolo, masterful in the simple setting with the good use of the lines and diagonals provided by the nature. The little boat a 'must' for the total impression. Nice work

Graal (103040) 2006-06-06 6:10

Hi Paolo,
great view, beautiful minimalism from the paradise. I like this view a lot. Well done photo.
Rgs, Aleksander

jemaflor (147300) 2006-06-06 6:22

Hi Paolo,
Simple shot but great effect, well seen the idea of this framing.

jinju (14265) 2006-06-06 6:49

This is an example where scanning impoved the shot I think. It created these flat bands of uniform color which has given this shot a really nice graphic feel. The boat is a great addition, but the photo would be strong without it.

Jribeirosantos (1924) 2006-06-06 7:20

I'm glad you managed to brig us this beautiful photo ... it's really good!

Title is super :)

Kiss

Joana

Haymotion (2761) 2006-06-06 7:29

Merci Paolo...
C'est exactement ce qu'il me fallait aujourd'hui..
Un bon ciel bleu... une belle mer... et vives les vacances...
Bien composι couleurs superbe
Bravo
Vince

emrah0147 (611) 2006-06-06 7:35

good job and nice view
TFS
Rgr, Emrah

andante (7092) 2006-06-06 7:36

Love this three planes composition. It goeas straight to the point. Would love to see the original to enjoy the real colors ** sigh ** Great capture, Paolo.

Cheers,
Enrique

Cricri (176) 2006-06-06 7:58

Bonjour Paolo,
Le sable blanc, la mer couleur turquoise, un beau ciel bleu, un endroξt de rκve, belle composition et couleurs
Amitiιs
cricri

kiara (410) 2006-06-06 8:04

molto molto comunicativa!
I miei complimenti

designsoul (17843) 2006-06-06 9:21

Paolo, don't do this to me... it's too much beauty to take! ;-)
fantastic image, such a lovely partitioning withn sky, land, and of course the incredible emerald green of the ocean with the boat... fantastic work!
gracie, amice, ciao
sasa

leoserp (434) 2006-06-06 10:43

Great photos!
I like your photos because you have color of the sea as I'm coloring it in my sea dreams.
And, you are OK, I think: because you have t-shirt of Einsturzende Neubauten (my favourite band in 80's), like Peter Sellers, born in June, like me... :-)))
Una faca-una raca!
LeOS

atus (15878) 2006-06-06 11:09

Ciao Paolo,
piϊ che una foto sembra un aquarello dai colori sgargianti e ben composta con la barca un po' decentrata. Grazie e buona serata!
Attila

feather (51130) 2006-06-06 12:11

Whatever you did to counteract the bright sand worked well. This looks so idyllic; the position of the boat is just right.
Kath

delkoo (68) 2006-06-06 12:58

hi paolo
fantastic colors it seems unreal, it looks like modern painting with large flat tint of colors.

well done
didier

donluicu (24741) 2006-06-06 17:23

hi Paolo
here the compo is great, very well balanced..
but the colors are strange, they look a bit yellow..i don't know why..
anyway, this is a good picture, and a good effort of scanning.
bye

loic

clarita (654) 2006-06-06 18:30

wow, "dead calm" is right.
the three layers of colours in your pic is beautiful.
simple and nice.
thx for sharing.

Quentin (5280) 2006-06-07 1:10

Hi Paolo
Very beautiful bicolored and minimaliste shot. It looks like
a painting. Which camera did you use to take this photo ? I
really appriciate the quality. Ciao
Quentin

eza1701 (3345) 2006-06-07 5:38

Thanks for the note Paolo, I can almost feel the heat! I like the transition in this photo from the white sand to the green sea and onto the blue sky. The boat provides a good focal point in the middle.

tcht (7565) 2006-06-07 10:45

Hi Paolo,
That's amazing. pure calmness and 'Maldives' atmosphere. I'd expect to see this in a Maldives tourism brochure! Really lovely work. Well done.
Cheukhin

AiresSantos (56155) 2006-06-08 6:50

Magnificent landscape, great capture !
I love the different colors levels. I also like the graphism and your note.
Thanks Paolo

elmec (12210) 2006-06-08 17:21

Hello Paolo!
Lovely view! Just like paradise!
Great colours and composition!
I'm dreaming .......
Regards!

Mistral (15416) 2006-06-09 12:22

Il titolo θ adeguato. La qualitΰ dell'immagine un po' meno ma poco significativa in quanto ciς che piω importa qui θ l'atmosfera che viene trasmessa. E questo non θ affatto compromesso, anzi!
Non sono mai stato alle Maldive ma credo che sia ora di trovare l'isola piω selvaggia e provare a perdermi anch'io in una calma piatta.
Hai per caso dei consigli?
Buon WE anche a te, Paolo
Luca

david (3992) 2006-06-14 6:03

hola paolo

this is a beautiful photo and i like your title (i'm an australian and we love that movie).

i have to say, though, that i'm not taken with the green tinge to the shot. i've done a simple curves workshop to correct the colour. not much can be done about that blown sand though! :)

however you're a man i envy ... i dream of travelling to maldives but i fear i'll never have that kind of money to throw away! haha!

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olirey (193) 2006-06-20 21:48

Very effective composition. Strange light in fact, with colors dissolved like a pastel. The top of the sky could also have been croped to give three perfect slices of colors : blue, green and white

sergio1 (12152) 2006-06-29 7:19

Wooow
This is the PARADISE.
I like very the colours and compo. Excellent shot.
Sergio

managua (902) 2006-06-29 11:35

Ciao Paolo,

calma.. ma con dei colori vivacissimi!
Sono stupendi! I colori trasmettono sensazioni ed emozioni, non c'θ bisogno di dirti cosa dicano quelli di questa foto..
Il mondo θ bellissimo e la sua bellezza sta pure nella varietΰ delle sue forme e colori, qui tu mostri una delle sue stupende facce!
Complimenti e saluti
Andrea

Agniusha (30) 2006-07-08 8:07

Hitoo much "chemical" but composition is good
bst rgds

lucasdasilva (557) 2006-07-10 10:18

wat a place, graet beach. veri good colours.

alan1 (10) 2006-08-21 9:59

le mer est fluo et le sable bizarre
moi aussi je suis allι aux maldives , et de la mer verte fluo de cette couleur ca n'existe pas domage d'avoir trop travaillι la photo.
on dirait preque une peinture

voyagenation (1180) 2006-08-25 21:22

Hello Paolo, lovely composition. mabuhay!

raul

Leia74 (843) 2006-09-21 4:54

Wow Paolo, what a paradise! I love the colors, it must have been hard to get such a blue with that strong light. Compliments :)
Sabrina

Mayaya (44) 2007-01-03 8:55

Is this a photo?
I think is an water colors painting.
Great image.

nastenka (56) 2007-01-07 14:53

very impressing colours..congratulations..

evanrizo (462) 2007-02-14 7:17

Unbelievable! What a great frame!
Ciao Paolo.
The colors are excellent.
Evan

Amphitrite (1720) 2007-02-14 7:26

Amazing shot! Congratulations ;=))
Lovely colors and composition.
DEAD can not be so nice...
Pinar

Albrecht (11283) 2007-03-04 4:12

Hi Paolo
Again a beautiful compo and almost artistic colour setting only also here the DOF is a bit less.And the sand is so white that there is no detail to be seen anymore.
greetings from Holland
Albrecht

pally3100 (3413) 2007-03-27 15:59

a very good job a very good composition in a difficult technical position bravo. friendship of Belgium Henri

Uzi (1240) 2007-05-05 18:11

masterpice of composition but technic and a white blance for me is not good here.
Cheers
Iza

eyesthetix (641) 2007-08-14 6:41

Hi Paolo,
exceptional mood in this shot.
I like the graphical rendering of the three main 'bands' of colour/tone (ie the light part, the deep tourquoise and the blue sky ;-)

Nice effect !
Best regards, Daniel

kwazireal (181) 2008-01-11 2:38

Paolo

Interesting image but with significant negative technical issues:

White point at 220 vs. 255...
Cyan color caste...
Color balance is off...
Sand dull....

Please see Workshop for suggested corrective actions. Thanks for the very good Photographer's Note which helped immensely with the editing corrections.

I suspect the poor image quality may have been related to the setup of the scanning capture software.

Regards

Chris

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panteliz (278) 2008-01-15 14:53

it is perfect for frontpaper of a book, but not with real colours..

jpphoto (465) 2008-01-24 15:11

Ciao Paolo, Les couleurs turquoises sont somptueuses ! excellent travail , les plages de la corse du sud ne sont pas aussi belle , les trois couleurs bien ιquilibrer + le petit bateau bien vue , complimenti jpphoto

carlab (2097) 2008-02-07 0:20

fantastica, colori incantevoli
un sogno!
ciao, carla

smarcell (19965) 2008-02-07 0:26

vedo questa tua immagine sulla front page di TE oggi.
Bellissima. Essenziale, perfetta direi.
ciao Stefano

ayansadhu (1502) 2008-02-14 18:22

this image has got too many points I see but I think there is initially a minor defiance of the basics as this type of shots go best in a horizontal canvas which I've done in PP for your acceptance or rejection :)

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Isa-M (4026) 2008-07-14 8:17

Hi Paolo!!!
beauti world...master of photo!
Congratulation!
Isabela

mikelens (874) 2008-07-20 23:10

OMG, so pure and natural ... a dreaming place ...

Crosman (121) 2008-08-27 6:29 [Comment]

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blankar (809) 2008-09-07 23:20

Amazing to the point where the water meets the sands... From there, it looks flat, white like a paper not like a soft sand. Sorry, but I have no idea how this photo got such high marks??

pticaruh (276) 2008-09-08 6:45

Hello, Paolo

Eerie image, with undistinguishable border between the white qnd the green-blue nuances. It really looks impressionistic.

Regards,

Asparuh

saim123 (273) 2008-09-25 15:09

REAllly VEry NiCE sHOT...gud

dipti (114) 2008-10-17 4:03

Looks like a painting.... :D

zahoor_salmi (1053) 2008-11-22 9:20 [Comment]

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mikele_pl (2400) 2008-12-27 8:50

Hi Paolo,
exceptional colors, simple but striking composition. Well done!

greetings

michal

Fellini (6407) 2009-01-14 1:13

Ennesimo tuo scatto in home page Paolo.....
immagine semplice ma dall'atmosfera molto rilassante, il taglio e il minimale numero di colori la rendono particolare, buona la qualitΰ considerando la scansione.
Buona giornata
Alex

giorgimer (35017) 2009-06-16 23:53

Ciao Paolo,

mi hai fatto venire la nostalgia di questo paradiso terrestre che ricordo sempre con piacere. Ottima composizione, bei colori, un vero sogno!

Complimenti

Gio

CLODO (45116) 2009-07-03 22:40

Hi Paolo
You are on the first page of TE today, good news!
We feel the quietness of the island. The sand is overexposed but it gives the picture a good effect.I would have taken this picture in a landscape form, but I accept as it, the sky seems very heavy.
Regards
CLODO

CristianoFontes (297) 2009-11-17 4:47

it looks really nice, but the quality is really poor... a pitty.

keep them comming, because you got a good eye for it.

Congrats.

JFS (32459) 2010-04-24 22:32

Ciao Paolo,

This must be The Paradise. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Salutti,
Juan

Dasius (231) 2010-09-06 7:54

Burned, overly saturated, little sharpness, a lot of noise and still looks fine.

Great composition. I wish there were more details and whiter clouds.

svefay (810) 2010-09-27 23:05

hi,
beautiful colours, very good composition, well done...

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Copyright: Paolo Motta (Paolo) (41258)
Genre: Τοποθεσίες
Medium: Έγχρωμο
Date Taken: 1998-03-00
Categories: Φύση
Έκδοση φωτογραφίας: Πρωτότυπη έκδοση, Workshop
Θέμα(τα): Your favorites, Favourites, Aaah!, Photos to remenber II, Kasia's Favourites 6 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-06-06 4:10
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