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This image was taken on the beach by where we were staying on our family holiday on St Martin in the Carribean in 2008. I was just walking along the beach with my wife when I saw this amazing scene unfolding in front of me.
This is an image of contrasts, juxtapositions and geometry, which is why I like it so much. The obvious contrast is between the light skinned man and dark skinned woman sitting together, but there are other contrasts between the yellow beach, green sea and blue sky.
The man, woman and yacht also provide vertical elements in the composition that sucessfully bridge and compliment the horizontal colour banding.
It just goes to show it's worth carrying a camera even if you're not planning a shoot!
Filename - beach couple 01.jpg
Camera - Canon 5D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 70mm
Exposure - 1/50sec @ f11, ISO100
Location - St Martin, Carribean
This image - 533x800px JPEG
Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2
Comments - Polarising filter used to enhance colours.
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