New Zealand sunset

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 19, 2011183 views15 comments

Trying to do the justice to this majestic landscape with even more majestic sunsets.

Canon EOS 40D + canon EF 50mm f4.5 1/60s handheld

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Jake Case on March 19, 2011 at 5:45 AM

Seems slightly dark to me, but overall great tones throughout. Those clouds are just gorgeous and the landscape is very well composed with the overlapping layers. Good job here!

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Comment posted by Guy Tal on March 19, 2011 at 9:45 AM

Amazing skies and beautiful glaciated scene. I appreciate you not pushing the color saturation too far. I like the quiet drama here.

Guy

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on March 19, 2011 at 10:16 AM

I love the gorgeous glow in the sky Andrius.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on March 19, 2011 at 10:31 AM

A great sky with a majestic landscape to go with it. A beautiful combination. Well done.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on March 19, 2011 at 11:08 AM

Very pretty scene and some wonderful light. I like the way you composed it, including a lot of the nice clouds. I agree with Jake's observation that you could probably increase the brightness slightly, but otherwise don't see anything to critique.

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Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on March 19, 2011 at 2:40 PM

It looks like justice is being served. The sky is Wonderful and comp is pleasing. I would like to see it a bit brighter, too.

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Comment posted by Andrius Pašukonis on March 19, 2011 at 5:45 PM

Thanks for all the nice words. Here's a slightly brighter version. I'm afraid that I'm loosing some of that glow from the sky. Should I only brighten the FG?

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on March 19, 2011 at 6:06 PM

Beautiful scene, Andrius. I think you captured it well. Brighter version is better.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on March 19, 2011 at 6:22 PM

Very nice, Andrius. A wonderful landscape and a fantastic sky. I like the 3D look in the sky that the lower clouds give this. I think the colors look great too.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Jason Kim on March 19, 2011 at 7:52 PM

That sky is killer, it has a 3D quality to it that is really outstanding.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 19, 2011 at 8:00 PM

Lovely scene, with lots of depth and beautiful colors in the clouds. I'm jealous because I didn't get any sunsets close to this wonderful during my recent week on the North Island.

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Comment posted by Andrius Pašukonis on March 19, 2011 at 8:05 PM

Thanks for commenting.
Mark, that's why you've got to go to the South Island

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Comment posted by David Edwards on March 20, 2011 at 4:22 AM

Great shot, Andrius. Fabulous sky with some very nice sunset light. I like the sky in the original and would perhaps try a graduated blend into the fg with the brighter version. I think brightening the whole image has sucked a bit of the mood out with it imho.

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Comment posted by Rick Lundh on March 20, 2011 at 11:50 AM

Way to make use of that sunset! Cant do this print justice online...but I bet it would be grand in person and super big. Can you eak out some more detail in the foreround shrubs?

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on March 20, 2011 at 2:01 PM

Incredible depth to the sky. Killer

aF

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