Deer Cave, a photo from Sarawak, East

Photographer's Note

Looking out of the largest cave passage in the world. This is a 900 foot high cavern that goes in one side of a mountain and out of the other. The remains of an ancient river still flows.　It's ironic that the awe of this place comes from the space the cave creates rather than the cave itsself. (Note: the slope to the right of the people is all bat guano.)

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voodoo (60) 2004-09-20 23:55

Very cool, I must go there..///matt

edji (1368) 2004-09-21 0:20

Nice capture. it really seems gigantic. Well done.

alainh (33209) 2004-09-21 0:54

bonjour Brien.
pas facile ce genre de photos. bel effet avec ces deux personnages et ces reflets au premier plan. bien vu.
alain

genevrois (67) 2004-09-21 1:17

Magnifique cliché. Ambiance de ce passage est très bien rendue. La luminosité est parfaite. Merci. Rudy.

damsmad (173) 2004-09-21 2:35

Fantastic! The 2 persons give the scale of the cave, the colors and light are great, give a feeling of holy moment. Amazing you could both flash on the foreground and yet have the brilliant light in the background coming from outside, even with the reflection in the water. I wish I will go there one day...

Rhiannon (1728) 2004-09-21 2:35

Wow, what an amazing place!
I really like your choice of angle here! The bright light and the reflections are excellent. The people adds a good referense to the size and proportions of the place and add a very adventurous feeling and atmosphere.
I almost feel like I am watching an exciting action movie by looking at this shot.
Excellent capture, congratulations!

dkeus31 (27739) 2004-09-21 6:00

Nice.
The sky, the 2 guys, the reflection are superb, but I do not like to see these illuminated walls of the cave left and right.
see workshop.

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Tavo (587) 2004-09-25 10:52

Very good capture, even better Didier’s workshop, and the best is the way in which you accepted his critique and correction, Brien. (I would propose to crop also from the bottom, a few mm to the water, for the same reason - the ground in the flash also looks like coulisse on a theatrical stage. Nevertheless the flash was necessary IMHO.)
Just preserve this generosity to the criticism for the time when you will become an "elite" member - all-gold and over 1K points for photos, when you will get exclusively praising critiques and it would be human to become too sensitive to any critical remarks.
Nice to meet you here.
PeterB

mpb001 (4602) 2004-10-14 12:50

This is truly a stunning shot! Great composition and scale with the two people in the distance.

christina (2040) 2004-10-20 19:18

Beautiful and mysterious image. I love the cool blue light emerging in the distance. Very lovely!

garybower (74) 2004-12-13 8:39 [Comment]

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cam (9043) 2005-05-22 10:56

Awesome.I like the composition and the place.
I took the liberty of adding your photo to my theme of the underground world.Feel free to visit.
Charles

herowono (0) 2009-12-27 1:32

Hello Brien,
I could not let this photo just passed away from the random viewer.
Beautiful light and view in the great cave, wonderful shot and composition.
Happy New Year 2010 !
Greetings from Stockholm,
Ismojo