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There is a photography business called Stock Photography.  Stock agencies take the work of photographers and keep it on file for use in advertising.  For this the user pays a feed depending on the use and the photographer gets a royalty from the agency.  I had an acquaintance that shot for a stock company and she told me about an image taken by her without any particular use in mind. It was of the sea and sky, not a particularly interesting image and she could not think of who would want this shot for advertising.  Rather than through it away it was sent off to the agent with some other shots.  A few weeks later she was told that a military defense contractor wanted to use the photograph in a national advertising campaign about anti-submarine warfare.  The theme of the add: “Is anyone out there?”  This just goes to show that almost any photographed has value to someone.

This photograph is almost exactly like that shot; a few clouds, the horizon and water.  There is little or no subject.  But she was able to make money off her image.  In this scene the exposure on the clouds is nice with some good detail however the sunlight on the water is completely blown out (over exposed).  The photographer has done a good job of keeping the horizon level.

I would recommend that the photographer work with the levels and curves on the computer to add a some tone to the dark side of the spectrum, however there is no way of recovering the highlights.

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