Photographer's Note
I had to fly over 20 hours to reach this island paradise. It is very distant from where I live. A little off the usual tourist route, only a few visitors come to this friendly and pristine Bantayan Island which basks in the sunshine with its gorgeous beaches.
I felt like a voyeur when I took this photo from the balcony of my simple beach cottage. I was wondering why the couple under the canopy appears so distant.
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MIG13
(0) 2006-09-03 19:27
Yes, Danilo, it looks like paradise (I've never been there, but I think it's almost the same haha!). Very good POV and colours! Well done, my friend! Best regards! Miguel.
Tayon
(1995) 2006-09-03 19:28
Hi Danilo
It's a real paradise... :)
I liked the three almost pararel lines that are made by the balcony, the sea and the protection over the window.
Fantastic colours.
Tayon
vascao
(192) 2006-09-03 19:32
Beautiful image, nicely framed by this large window. Unique colors, bravo!!!
muscovado
(1572) 2006-09-03 19:40
Hi Danilo,
The turquoise water and the white sand are perfectly captured. Bantayan is really tempting...got to be there.
Czaldy
s10001in
(0) 2006-09-03 20:03 [Comment]
vagabondtravels
(6511) 2006-09-03 21:28
Nice shot, I wish I was there! Great POV and good colors. Well done.
Ben
singuanti
(15250) 2006-09-03 22:41
Hi Danilo. I bet you sure were glad to get off the plane! But you were justly rewarded for your patience. It looks like a mix of paradise and heaven. I like the thing overhanging as well.
hay_kes
(31439) 2006-09-04 2:02
Hi Danilo,
Excellent shot, Very good colours, and it is very clear. Well done on a great job.
Regards.
hAyAti
pablominto
(53746) 2006-09-04 2:05
Hello Danilo,
A pleasant composition with an intriguing framing!
The colour of the sea is so beautiful in Bantayan, and I will think it was great waking up to this view every morning you stayed there... Lucky thing this island is a bit off the beaten track so it isn't invaded by tourists... yet!
Greetings,
Pablo -
greecelightning
(284) 2006-09-04 2:14
Nice clear shot with great contrasts. Good perspective, as well. Congrats!
Taso
AvidDreamer
(83) 2006-09-04 2:22
Super shot! I could use a vacation in a place like this.
You're right, they do look rather distant...somewhat removed from each other. Nice capture!
TFS
Dragonheart
(8434) 2006-09-04 2:44
Hi Danilo,
Lovely composition, with beautiful colours. Good POV, excellent control of lights.
Well done
Thanks for sharing
Best regards
Vivek
Propofol
(1790) 2006-09-04 3:27
Worth every one of those twenty hours, Danilo - it looks like an amazingly restful spot.
Benedict
(7076) 2006-09-04 3:34
you bet, this peeping tom despite the jetlogs did his best! (LOL..just kidding).
magnificent paradise capture! Bravo!
benedict
daddo
(28748) 2006-09-04 4:28
Hi Danilo. Interesting composition with the middle band and its light colours accentuated even more by the roof and the wall. Beautiful shades od blue. The rectangular shadow draws one's eye to the little drama occurring within it. Well done. Regards. Klaudio
sabyasachi1212
(19779) 2006-09-04 4:33
Hi Danilo,
Excellent composition. This is worth the 20 hours travelling time:) Superb setiing, love the mood. This is indeed a paradise.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi
Gerrit
(62042) 2006-09-04 4:37
Hi Danilo,
It look like the pace of life can't be driven up bu stress there.
Good graphics and colours. Great work.
regards, Gerrit
atus
(15878) 2006-09-04 4:40
Hello Danilo,
very well captured and nicely framed shot with the roof of your cottage. Fabulous beach with a peaceful atmosphere. THe light is spot on and the colours are amazing. Great one! Tfs and best wishes.
Attila
alentejo
(1954) 2006-09-04 6:20
Hi Danilo !
This picture is amazing by its colors and contrasts. Nice range of greens. The sharpness is really good and the subject is at the right place. That spot seems to be a paradise as you said and distant from Paris as well...
Congrats.
feather
(51130) 2006-09-04 7:01
It looks like Paradise indeed; an idyll away from all cares. I love the way you composed the shot from under the canopy of your cottage. Excellent focusing and exposure too, as there is detail and sharpness in the canopy too. In my favourites.
Kath
goodwill
(4274) 2006-09-04 7:08
This is a beauty Danilo. You have stolen the heart with the natural frames. The place is worth and the fatique of 20hours is gone.
Help the couple dear friend,
Rajeev
oochappan
(4880) 2006-09-04 7:32
Well framed and perfect exposure to shoot from the shadow to the full sun on the beach and still see clearly the people under the umbrella. The maintained reality of the colors takes you really in to the scene as we were standing there and seeing it for ourself. Well done Danilo.
greetings
Henk
vincent24
(9060) 2006-09-04 8:00
Hi Danilo,
Well,seeing from France at the beginning of september it realy look like a "distant paradise"...beautifu colors and perfect exposure with readable shadows,
good job,
bye,
vincent
a_i_ren
(1315) 2006-09-04 9:32
Hello Danilo,
Beautiful image! The balcony frame and the umbrella shadow creates an interesting space.
Well done!
Inna
plimrn
(21344) 2006-09-04 11:46
Hi Danillio,
The two favorites you've already gathered speaks strongly to how well you captured paradise in your composition. The bamboo shade makes an attractive frame and helped manage the light so the color and clarity of the water is perfect. The couple sitting in the shallow water under the umbrella make the whole shot perfect. The shallow water in which they sit is almost unbelieveable, I had to look carefully to convince myself that it was real.
Regards, Pat
MiguelP
(14470) 2006-09-04 14:11
Hi Danilo... By including this couple in the landscape you give it a story. Something seems to be going on: From a quarell to just boredom, how knows... You have make me think that is worthy to fly 20 hours to go there.
Emile
(20352) 2006-09-04 19:09
Hola Danilo.
The beautiful turquoise color of the sea is what really called my attention, extraordinary place, your point of view is very good and the white sand with the sea makes an excellent composition. Nice view from your balcony.
Well done. TFS.
izmirli
(3989) 2006-09-04 20:16
merhaba my friend danilo
wonderful picture.wonderful beach and pastel colours.beautiful sea and skyline.
well done.best regards.
gόrkan akηakır.
berek
(50518) 2006-09-05 3:48
Hi Danilo,
simple but magnificent . well framed. beautiful colrs.you are true its like a paradise. thanks. have a nice day.
Burak
my overall evaluation -> :-)))
voyagenation
(1180) 2006-09-05 5:52
nag aaway o busted sya. what a refeshing way to frame. not so conventional.
AiresSantos
(56155) 2006-09-05 16:55
Hi Danilo,
EXcellent POV for this gorgeous landscape. It seems a paradise place. Very good colours and contrast.
TFS and my best wishes,
Aires
Angshu
(56760) 2006-09-06 3:35
Beautiful shot of paradise Danilo..there are so many elements which make this photo quite wonderful...the first is your framing in diagonal through the cottage balcony..a thin horizontal strip , the fringes of the palm leaves on the right, the rectangular shadow of the canopy, the wonderfully green waters & the band of blue of the ocean in the horizon. Quite spectacular!
Regards
Angshu
DarkoG
(8) 2006-09-06 9:49
It looks like a photo from travel guide. Beeatifull and attractive.
Regards Darko
jhm
(211738) 2006-09-06 12:30
Hi Danilo,
Almost alone on this paradise island under the splendid parasol, it's a fantastic shot excellent capture, I enjoy through looking, what a beach Danilo!
You did very lovely work here!
Greetings,
John
manatee
(4668) 2006-09-06 14:54
Fantastic picture, I like the colors, is so brigth so clear and I like the window, this wives a different perpective of the pciture, I like the blue paint in the roof and about the couple, maybe they are distance because they just figth eachother, or just this place is so peaceful than their strat to think in the peace and relaxing eachother, is nice try to undertand what is happening there.
So see you and Good work
Elias
Gustaw
(21670) 2006-09-07 5:58
Hi, my friend!
Very beautiful photo from Philiphines. I very like nature, colours are very oryginal and warm. Composition of photography is good.
Marek
leo61
(0) 2006-09-08 0:19
Hi Danilo!
This looks really like paradise.Good composition with the roof and the diagonal balustrade at foreground.Excellent light and verry nice colors and I like the couple in the square shadow.
Regards,Leo
RADEEH
(2802) 2006-09-08 11:33
Its worth flying to this place. The beauty of the place is thrilling me. The cool blue waters and the white sand is making this place paradise on earth.This view from the cottage is simply great.Hope you had a great time at this place. Could have some more detail to reach this place. Wonderful shot. Congrats TFS.
TeresaT
(10806) 2006-09-08 17:17
Hello Danillo
You are right about the title this really looks like paradise.
I really like the bright green tones of the water.
The diagonal created by the inclusion of the balcony create a nice graphical effect.
Regards
Teresa
tinamunk3
(6408) 2006-09-10 14:14
Hi Danilo,
No problem I would be happy to fly 20 hours to reach this place that sure looks like a nice place. Amazing colours of the water - really looks tempting.
:) Tina
aralda
(1240) 2006-09-15 7:14
Hi Danilo,
The beach with that umbrella looks marvelous, but what I like most about this pic is the way you included yourself and your voyeur eye into the frame by showing part of your balcony and of the roof of your cottage. Also nice how you captured the couple, turned away from each other.
For the above reasons, this is one of my favorites,
Raluca
lestans
(17258) 2006-09-15 9:43
Ciao Danilo!
this place must be fantastic!! and you composed this view so well, some parallel lines, gorgeuos colors, a square shadow under the umbrella.
Really twenty hours far?? So many?? If it is so I can't hope to go there, it would need an entire week to reach it for me!!
Livia
rosaline
(0) 2006-09-16 3:34
Hi Danilo
A very nice and idyllic scene. The framing of the canopy works well as it concentrates the attention on the scene. Good composition and nice colouring to the sea. Nice work.
Aubrey
corsicastorm
(3236) 2006-09-17 14:28
Excellent choix de cadrage et de composition pour mettre en valeur ce coin de paradis...
sebcz
(2345) 2006-09-18 7:55
Superb shot, it really is a paradise. Fine framing work, and sweet paradise-like colours.
Regards,
Seb
yas_ank
(6) 2006-09-25 14:42
Merhaba Danilo.
Very nice composition, I like it your viewpoint my friend.
Beautiful place and beach, thanks for sharing.
Yasin.
osse
(2808) 2006-10-12 22:56
Great shot again Danilo
Great colours, POV, DOF, light, details and sharpnes.
Well done mf
osse
sebinho342
(19329) 2006-10-24 14:14
Hi Danilo, once again your beachy picture is paradisiac ! :)
I love this "view through"
Beautiful
Photo65Net
(43144) 2006-10-31 14:08
Hi,
Perfect compo in this shot !
These summer like colours are very nicely framed in your pic.
Very nice,
JB.
zeca
(19762) 2006-11-02 1:47
Hello Danilo!
How could you leave this beach to take this picture? I wouldn΄t miss any single minute!
Fantastic seascape! Excellent capture!
Cheers!
Zeca
Guillem69
(4) 2006-11-13 15:54
Into a gallery of very good photographs this is perhaps one of the more I like, the scene outside is very bright but the shadow below the roof keeps some details...this is not easy to do, the image is clear and sharp, colours are natural, composition is good.
pedrocarmo
(1295) 2007-02-28 17:20
This is my kind of photo.
I love this type of beaches, and I'm allways looking for places like this.
This photo show us the beauty of this place well done
sindineta
(102) 2007-03-10 8:34
This can΄t be real, this is what you saw in a dream ;P very well done and quite attractive. This is paradise!
partha
(14023) 2007-04-02 4:42
Hi Danilo ,
U have amazing shots in your portfolio. This is a great shot with excellent use of foreground as well as the background It gives a nice relaxced view. Compostion is simple yet effective enough.
Regards.
Partha
smash2707
(3320) 2008-03-02 11:40
Nice framing for this amazing seascape. The colors of your shot are stunningly beautiful. Regards, Yvonne
Photo Information
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Copyright: Danilo Martinez (cunejo200)
(7281)
- Genre: Τοποθεσίες
- Medium: Έγχρωμο
- Date Taken: 2006-04-23
- Categories: Αποφασιστική στιγμή
- Camera: Nikon D-70s, Nikkor 28-70mm f2.8, Hoya Polarizer
- Έκθεση: f/16, 1/60 δευτερόλεπτα
- More Photo Info: view
- Έκδοση φωτογραφίας: Πρωτότυπη έκδοση
- Θέμα(τα): Yvonne's favorite beaches [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2006-09-03 19:20
- Αγαπημένα: 7 [view]
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