Rippled Sunset

Very nice patterns and lighting. You've handled the sun on view really well.

Bill, Even without a name I would have guessed this was yours. It is a beautiful scene and the larger version is just wonderful. The patterns in the sand look great and I agree that you handled light really well. I have a pretty new monitor as well and the brightness looks perfect here. My contrast is set at 50%, brightness at 40% and wb at 6500K.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

I have a good calibrated monitor and the brightness works well here for me.  I can see detail in the clouds close to the sun.  That is appealing.

Brightness looks fine. Excellent work not blowing out the sun looking into it with a single exposure.
Pleasing pastel colors.

Thank Nick & Kah Kit. 

Nick,  I'm still searching for the proper brightness - this is set at 120, but I haven't seen a print yet from this brightness level.  I've processed this image three times now (one with factory settings - came calibrated for color but they had the brightness higher than I wanted. Process once at a setting of 100, and this one at 120).  I still not satisfied with the processing here, and I will try again later, perhaps tonight to come up with a satisfactory image.

Bruightness looks spot on to me! I love the cheery feeling of this photo, as well as those sweet sand patterns. You rendered the sun very nice as well. This is great!

This is a very pleasing image. I can see it blown up big and hanging on a wall. Well seen and photographed. 

Looks real good to my eye, Bill. Nice pattern leading out to the sun. Works nicely for me.

Bill, I like this a lot. The detail is wonderful. Your image does not look too bright to me. The contrast also looks good. I think you handled this really well, and the composition is excellent.

Here are the calibrated values on my NEC for reference:
Black Body: 6506 K
Black Level Luminance: 0.55 cd/m²  Luminance: 110 cd/m²
Contrast Ratio: 200:1
Gama: 2.2
Delta E: 0.28

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Nicely balanced light Bill and I just love the subtle color.  The foreground pattern and reflected light really make this  fantastic image for me.

Bill,

The quality of light here is just exquisite. Your processing is also immaculate here.  This is a quiet and beautiful image.

What I must comment on though is my reaction and what this image portrays to me.  And that is the physical atmosphere as if I were standing there.  For this time of year we have a lot of winter images, snow, etc. and of course one can attribute the feeling of cold.  Here, I feel warmth; not as in warm/cool color temperature, but the kind of warmth one feels towards the end of hot day at the beach; quiet, perhaps a bit humid... just that feeling like I'm right there, or at least makes me recall those times at the beach.

this one is much more than a pretty sunset.

Lon

edit: btw, the brightness is perfect for me and my monitor.

Amazing light. I don't know how you shot this into the sun without blowing your whites out but it works out beautifully. There's a gentleness to this image, both the light and the sand ripples. Nice work.