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I am told by the photographer that; “The Okevango Delta is a broad river delta that empties into Botswana’s Kalahari Desert, the only river to end in a desert the in the entire world.”  How many of you world travelers can say you’ve been there?

This photo is a rule breaker and then again it is not.  There two subjects we need to contend with.  The canoes and the expanse of grass land doted by islands.  I am excited by the placement of the canoes and the open water so far to the right.  This is unheard of but it works in this photograph.  We get the feeling of the waterway leading us into a vast expanse of grassland and marsh.  The landscape to the left of the waterway says that man is insignificant in this setting.

Perhaps the photographer will consider a few suggestions.  There is a strong reed stem in the center of the image that rises above the horizon and enters the tree line.  You may want to clone the tip of this pointer a little shorter.  The sky could use a little more saturation.  With this type of sky it can be done with as simple a technique as the gradation tool.

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