Porthcawl Sunset

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 14, 2010151 views11 comments

Taken at Rest Bay, Porthcawl, South Wales, UK.

Whenever I'm browsing through the images on my hard drive I find myself pausing at this one, so I guess that means I must like it right?

I processed this one evening when I must have been having a "Picasso moment"

I realise it won't be to everyone's taste but I just have to process my images in a way that seems right to me at the time, it's all about expression I guess, I'm not usually a very artistic person but I do have my moments

Minolta Dynax 7D
Sigma 10-20 EX
1.3 seconds
f22
ISO 100
10mm
-0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Tripod
Probably used a ND grad but was taken a few years ago so can't remember

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on September 14, 2010 at 8:35 AM

Lovely scene Geoffrey, and your artistic view works very well for me. Beautiful scene and well presented!

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on September 14, 2010 at 8:43 AM

A very attractive seascape. Those rock formations work very well as foreground interest.

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Comment posted by Kevin Trinkner on September 14, 2010 at 8:46 AM

Works for me. Nice comp and colors. I really like those fg rocks and the smooth textures on them. Nice work.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on September 14, 2010 at 11:01 AM

I think this is wonderful Geoffrey. I like the mixture of warm and cool colors and I think your comp is very good.

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on September 14, 2010 at 12:23 PM

I think the palette of colors really makes this shot.

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Comment posted by Mat Malone on September 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM

Geoffrey, I am actually really liking the exposure, colors and processing. The texture and shape of the foreground rocks are very interesting. I don't have a crop suggestion, but I have to say that the right side and the sky aren't doing that much for me.

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Comment posted by Doug Roane on September 14, 2010 at 2:24 PM

This is excellent, Geoffrey - I especially like that you didn't polarize out the bit of glare on the rocks, which I really like in this case. In these days of image blending, we're so used to seeing uniform exposures, that I would like to see the right side rocks lightened up more to match the fg more closely

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on September 14, 2010 at 3:28 PM

This is very nice. I really like the light and colors.The foreground rocks with the smooth and shinny look is very nice. The long exposure worked out very good. A nice look!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on September 14, 2010 at 4:49 PM

I love the glaze coming off the foreground rocks. Tremendous shapes also. The waves add to the overall mood. Very likable and artistic image Geoffrey.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on September 14, 2010 at 10:07 PM

The foreground rocks look like they have a nice polish, but maybe that's a glaze of water. I think you could still crop about half the sky and still have a very strong image.

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Comment posted by dean hebert on September 15, 2010 at 12:44 AM

Such a cool Fg!

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