Highveld Sunset

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 30, 2011216 views4 comments

I have not found time in recent weeks to either go out to shoot some landscapes or dig some from the archives - so this past weekend's break to the South African Highveld Escarpment was a welcome one. Even though the main goal was R&R with old friends and the weather was shoddy, I managed to sneak in some photography.

This area contains all 3 major types of rock formations.

This is a brief moment of breakthrough sunshine in otherwise dreary conditions at sunset. All critique welcome...

Techs:
Nikon D3s with Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8 @ 14mm
f22 @ ISO-200
Manual blend of 4 exposures

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Paul Gasior on October 30, 2011 at 6:35 PM

Nice picture.
I like the orange spots on the rocks nice light and good comp.

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on October 30, 2011 at 7:18 PM

Morkel, I like the rocks covered in lichens amidst the green grass. The sunset is nice as well, though I don't think the upper portion of the sky adds much to the image. Possibly cropping out the non-sunset clouds may make this more interesting in my opinion.

Registered on October 29, 2011, 92 Posts, 1035 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on October 30, 2011 at 9:23 PM

Love the way the rock lines and sky lines work together. Well composed.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on October 31, 2011 at 3:15 PM

Thanks very much for the kind comments, folks...

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