reed sunset

Another picture from yesterdays sunset. because the sky was not as beautiful as I expected I was looking for some other ways to shoot it. I decided to use something else for subject and use the sunset as a background. this bush of reed was one of my subjects.

But I found it to be very beautiful as it's a very appealing image with lots of beautiful tones, that seem to depict a state of relaxation. I love how soft the glow from the sun is, and those solid silhouettes that brace against the dense shine. Good to see the sun isn't centered...

Sunset Shooters

Sunset via Intramuros, Manila..........

specially dedicated to all sunset shooters

pp:
copy the two separate images in one oversized black fill layer and re-scale them to fit in the frame to have an instant margin, and sign on it.

all images are originally colored but the right frame was converted to bw as in the process of framing the sunset and the left is the outcome of the composition.
your comments are highly appreciated.

Sunset over Table Mountain

This is a picture OF COURSE, sunset over cape town.

Love the colors of the sunset and the lights you see at the bottom of the mountain. I always imagne what people doing under the streetlights.

Are they going home,or are they shopping, kissing under the streetlights *_* I did nothing with the picture, took it with my nightmode on my digital camera.

It is taken from Sunset Beach.

Enjoy.

Golden Sunset in Greece

It was said to me that with some luck the most beautifull Sunsets can be taken in Greek waters...

Here a Golden Sunset at the Greek Island of Mykonos(see the little fisherman's boat heading home at the horizon?)

Thanks for popping in.. and is it a nice Sunset Folks?

*********Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. Chinese Proverb

St.Nicholas is baking cookies

Last winter, St.Nicholas really hurried with cooking his well-known biscuits. When in november or early december skies become like this, people say to their children that St.Nicholas (Miklavž in Slovenia) bakes cookies so the skies get a colour from his fire.It is then the 6th of december when St.Nicholas presents dilligent children.

This is very popular in Slovenia and I have no idea if somewhere else.

The path to Lyonesse

Taken at dawn last Thursday on the Dorset coast. Sunrise at this time of year is at such an unsociable hour in England (4.57am on Thursday). I planned to go down to this location for dawn - it is just over an hours drive, and I had allowed 30 minutes walk and I wanted to arrive 30 minutes before sunrise. So all that meant me getting out of bed at 2.45am. Now thats bad enough, but to make matters worse my computer at home started throwing up all sorts of errors on Wednesday night. I spent the whole evening trying to fix it before finally getting to bed at 11.30pm, at which point I was so wound up I didnt get to sleep until around 12.30am. I contemplated giving the morning shoot a miss, but I dont like cancelling shoots, so I got up at 2.45am with just over 2 hours sleep and made my trip down to this location yawning all the way. Luckily, despite pretty overcast conditions the horizon glowed with the pre dawn colours and I got some good shots. But I have suffered for it as I have not ventured back out in 4 days while I recover!

ND Grad filter, 90 seconds @ F19 @ ISO 100. RAW.

Nelson Lakes

The second of my New Zealand jetty shots. This time at Nelson Lakes. We camped in the DOC site beside this lake (Rotoiti). I didnt think there was going to be much of a sunset, but the sky just got pinker and pinker, so I grabbed my bag and ran down to the pier, just in time for this amazing show of light.

F19, 20 seconds, ISO 100, Polariser and nd grad. No manipulation. And no dog poo this time either!

Sunset Fishing...

Last night I decided it was time to capture a sunset. I took Teddy and we rode out to the lakefront park in Kenner. I was amazed by the number of like minded people. We all grabbed a space, sat, chatted and waited hoping for a wonderful sunset. We were not disappointed, we all ooohed and ahhhed and then all you could hear was the lapping of the water and the snap of the shutters!

Thanks for stopping by...I hope you enjoy the sunset too!
Fran

TECH TALK
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Sunset Harmony

Was waiting for the birds to come home when this sunset taken. The rain just fallin so its rather misty. I think that's why I got that sun in round. After waiting sometimes, I decided to go back to hotel but after taken the sunset with the tree as the poi.
Hope you like this.

sunset in Tallinn

Was driving the Pirita drive in Tallinn and saw the big sun in a mirror and just couldn't resist to stop to take a few photos of this beautiful sunset.
Actually, I took about 10 photos trying to get only city and sunset in the photo and this one was the only pic with some other elements, including laterns and snow, but it turned out that this one with that blue (rather than white as it was originally) snow contrasting to sunset colours was the best one of all shots.

Probably a horizon is not perfectly straight but I still like it. :)
The only PP work: changed image size and applied auto contrast. That's it.

The benefit

...of taking Dingo for a walk every day, is that sometimes the view is really lovely. If you know me a bit, you'll know that I can't resist a sunrise or sunset. I thought last week the sunset was quite spectacular - for my town, that is.

I like this particular shot as it combines two things that really fascinate me : the sunset and the silhouettes of trees.

Tech talk

Set white balance mode to shade as that setting generally renders a warmer sunset. No changes/enhancements to the colour in PP.

Cropped a little bit.

Downsized for TL as per usual - see previous posts.

Added Frank's framing.

Hypermarket Sunset Reloaded

This is in front of an important hypermarket on the Ploiesti-Brasov highway, at 6 km from Ploiesti.
Well, you will say, what is so interesting about a hypermarket ? The interesting things are the nice sunset colours, the highway seen at the horizon, the light reflected in cars and those high street-lamps.
The fact is that I liked the place and the moment and I found it worth photographing.
For me, a sunset is always something magical...even one in front of the hypermarket.

I for incredible sunset

This is Incredible Sunset, the sunset that inspired the logo of The Incredibles (pun intended).

I was aboard Superferry on the way to Iloilo, we were passing Basilan and the sunset was awesome as you have already seen in my previous posts

That night, I reviewed all my sunset photos and I was surprised to see that the setting sun and the streak of its reflection on the ocean illustrated letter "i".

Can you see it? Or maybe you can see an inverted exclamation mark? What's the difference?

Sunset

I took this phot recently in Mt Barker whilst out with a girlfriend. The sunset was rather spectacular so we hung around to take lots of photos whilst freezing to death!! For some reason I have had trouble with the sizing with this one, can't get the file very large at all which is very frustrating! Must be gremlins in the computer I think! LOL! Anyway, hope you like it! This is the colour the sunset was too!

Bit of info about sunsets:
The sunset is often more brightly coloured than the sunrise, with the shades of red and orange being more vibrant. The atmosphere responds in a number of ways to exposure to the Sun during daylight hours. In particular, there tends to be more dust in the lower atmosphere at the end of the day than at the beginning. During the day, the Sun heats the surface of the Earth, lowering the relative humidity and increasing wind speed and turbulence, which serves to lift dust into the air. However, differences between sunrise and sunset may in some cases depend more on the geographical particulars of the location from which they are viewed. For example, on a west-facing coastline, sunset occurs over water while sunrise occurs over land.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunsets

PP Work:
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Cropped the image from original
Altered contrast and brightness levels a tad
Sharpened the image
Framed the image and added text

Sunset in Teluk Bayur

This might not be my best sunset shot. I was in Teluk Bayur beach in Padang, intended to shoot sunset but apparently it did not turn out as expectation. So I took the shot in a bluish custom WB and then changed it to like sunset color in PS.

Sunset in Amarsa City

the colours creates a lot of mood. The sun splits the image in two and this creates drama (good drama) to the image with the colours.

Just Beyond the sunset

Just Beyond The Sunset

Just beyond the sunset
Someone waits for me
Just beyond the sunset
Lies my destiny
Where the purple mountains
Lie in deep tranquillity
There I’ll find the treasure
Of love eternally

Just beyond the sunset
Waits someone so fair
Just beyond the sunset
All alone they wait there
Their hair is golden
The colour of the sand
Their eyes sparkle in the night
Like diamonds in your hand

Just beyond the sunset
Lies a home for me
Where the world is peaceful
Like a paradise should be
Just beyond the sunset
Someday is where you’ll find me

Tech Talk:
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Thanks for the visit...

The Lovers, The Dreamers and Me

Do you remember the time

when me wet together

when we went together

to share our dreams

to share our love

to share our happiness

But Alas! the time has passed

Like a dying sunset

It has ended

Now, me and my dreams

Alone think about the dreamy past

And finally another day ends.

Sunset in Clouds

capturing sunset/sunrise is about timing coz you only have a couple of seconds to take the best moment and mostly i do not know when it happen. ready in place in advance in the best bet.

this picture taken by my friend Akiko, she call me at the office to join her get some shot. but i knew that i might be to late, because she already said that the sunset looks so great. it were not last for few seconds. so i just went there without my camera.

Sunset that I will remember

This is another sunset shot taken from White Rock – I think I took over 15 sunset shots from white rock beach. I have already posted 3 of those. I don’t get tired of posting or taking sunset pictures :P
More sunset pictures to come from me I believe :D


I cropped the picture, increased saturation, sharpness & contrast. Hope you’ll enjoy this sunset picture.


Thanks for viewing & your comments & suggestions are always valuable to me.

Sunset after a thunder storm

Great sunsets will always occur when you are out walking the dogs and have reached your farthest point from home and your camera gear.
They will occur when you are having friends over for barbeque and it would be rude to dash off with your gear.
They will occcur when you are out of film and will continue until the film arrives.
When you are prepared and your camera is set up and waiting, they will occur on the distant horizon, just beyond the longest focal length lens you have available.
The only way to get a decent sunset is to fool the Sunset Gods. Hide your gear and pretend you don't care. The Gods, thinking you are not paying attention, will send a great sunset. Grab your camera and shoot.