One of the biggest awards and highest achievements for any photographer is to be part of the annual exhibition of the World Photography Awards. I can consider myself lucky enough to have made it into the final selection.
I received a highly commended and my shot has been exhibited in their gallery in Cannes for the annual festival of photography.
The book with all winning shots can be ordered on worldphotographyawards.org.
It is very inspirational to browse it and makes for the perfect coffee table book

Here is the shot I entered:

It was taken on Maui/Hawaii.
I used a 3 stop grad ND to darken the rainy clouds, camera on tripod, remote release and exposure time of about 2 seonds at f/16.
I usually shoot below f/16 to achieve sharper images, however I needed the extra stop down to create a longer exposure for the water.

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