Sundown Berg

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 19, 2013152 views13 comments

The sun's rays, breaking through the clouds, add some drama to the sunset scene.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on July 19, 2013 at 11:27 PM

The layers work well here Stan though I might crop the upper potion of the sky to 1:1 or 7X6. Just a personal preference.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on July 20, 2013 at 3:06 AM

The warmth surrounding the berg is really an amazing contrast. Great shot.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on July 20, 2013 at 7:40 AM

A wonderful shot Stan, you did a nice job with the exposure. Some specs posted would be nice and I agree with Eva about the cropping as the thin top band of darker and lighter clouds don't add significantly to make the image any more dramatic. The colors are killer!

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Comment posted by Stan Wojtaszek on July 20, 2013 at 8:06 AM

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Appreciate them, for sure.
I was somewhat concerned over the bit of really dark cloud, top left.
Started cropping, as suggested, and found I could almost crop half the frame. (Surprise !!)

Where I was standing, there wasn't enough room for me and a tripod. With the wind blowing I had to reduce the focal length to a point where I could hand hold and still get something reasonably sharp. Have a bit more equipment, now, so a different position, and a longer focal length, might be possible. Now, I'm not saying I'd have seen it that way, even if I had the equipment, lol.

Olympus E-30
50-200 mm lens @ 169 mm (full frame equivalent = 338 mm)
f:5.6
1/125 second
ISO 200
IS on

This was taken on the way to Bear Cove, on the Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland. I can't say this was actually Bear Cove but it was definitely part of White Bay.

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Comment posted by Nick Palmieri on July 20, 2013 at 8:18 AM

Really nice sky and color contrasts. I think if it were mine I might take off about 1/3 from the top. Nice job!

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on July 20, 2013 at 12:42 PM

Great moment Stan. I agree with others that upper sky may be a distraction to the sun rays and colorful clouds.

!:! crop suggestion.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on July 20, 2013 at 3:00 PM

Love the layers/colors here! I think ideally the top dark portion (in the second version, which is stronger) should be about equal to the area of the sea.

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Comment posted by Stan Wojtaszek on July 20, 2013 at 4:21 PM

Thank ya, kindly, Nick, Rick and Stan, for dropping by and the additional comments.
I sometimes think half the fun with photography is seeing how many more compositions were available, after the fact. :)

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 20, 2013 at 6:51 PM

The crop added a lot of impact to this image. Nice work

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Comment posted by Stan Wojtaszek on July 20, 2013 at 8:07 PM

Thank you very much, Nancy.

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on July 20, 2013 at 8:48 PM

Wonderful layers and colors in this Stan. The cropped image is very nice. Great image.