The Intertidal zone.

[loose cannon]

On one hand there's nothing to see in any direction but on the other there is beauty everywhere. I've tried to capture the curves and form of the mangrove tree, beautiful even in death, and fill the rest of the image with the endless space of the intertidal zone of Roebuck Bay.

A CPL was used, that explains the different tones in the sky and I like the effect. Didn't plan that at the time of shooting but am glad the CPL was on. One of my better accidents.

With hindsight, I wish that lower branch on the left wasn't intersecting with the horizon.

[seaslug]

It's a lovely image Mick.. but I have no idea what a CPL is!

[Gaz]

There is so much to like here...wish I had your eye for subject matter...Amazing

[Alan]

That's a beauty Mick! Stark and dramatic.

(Circular Polarising Fliter, Greg - darkens the sky at certain angles)

[seaslug]

AAh... I was thinking a layer of some sort in the post processing. (I've got a polarizer myself but never called it CPL).

[loose cannon]

It's a lovely image Mick.. but I have no idea what a CPL is!

As Alan has mentioned, it's a polarising filter...sunnies for lens if you like.

Just to elaborate briefly on the CPL, because they can be a fabulous weapon to have in the kit bag....

Used with the sun coming straight over the shoulder the CPL will have no effect at all. Nothing. Same if shooting into the sun.

The sun needs to be at right angles for full effect. You can see from the shadows, the light in this image is roughly 45 degrees to the plane of the camera sensor, kinda half way if you get my drift.

So half the sky is affected by the CPL and the darkest area is at 90 degrees. Imagine this image with an even sky...it just wouldn't work imo...boring.

Using a CPL with a wide angle lens will always produce this uneven sky and a lot of the time it can kill an image as the sky can look horribly unnatural, but here, I think it works a treat and adds something to the image.

There is so much to like here...wish I had your eye for subject matter...Amazing

Thanks Gaz. I am aided by the fact I live on an extraordinary landscape. I live in constant awe of my surroundings and the camera provides a means of expressing that.

That's a beauty Mick! Stark and dramatic.

(Circular Polarising Fliter, Greg - darkens the sky at certain angles)

Cheers Alan. I'm really chuffed with this . Nice to feel every now and then that I've nailed one and that all the hundreds, possibly thousands of images that are deleted because they are basically garbage have not died in vain.

[P Plates]

I really like the effect on the sky and the stark scene you've captured.

[Jurujoh]

A great find! I would like to see more detail in the dark shadows though. Jules

[loose cannon]

Cheers Gabby and Jules.

I see where you are coming from Jules, with your comment about the detail in the shadows. Somewhere between the two perhaps. I have a tendency to overdo contrast slightly with b&ws.