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!