St. John Sunset

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 11, 2017137 views9 comments

Here's a shot I just finished processing from a trip to St. John, USVI in January. I appreciate any and all comments and critique!

4 exposures for dynamic range at f/16, ISO100
Processed with TK's masks, etc.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Skip Layman on March 11, 2017 at 2:09 PM

A really tough exposure whci you handled well. I would be tempted to try to brighten the darkest areas a little.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on March 11, 2017 at 2:38 PM

Craig,

Wonderful seaside landscape. I love the ghosting water around the rocks in the foreground and the sunset sky is beautiful and dynamic.

I was going to agree with Skip about lightenting the dark areas... but then I opened the larger view. (YET another example of how images are displayed differently between original and larger views.) :-(

I think the larger view works quite well and the light/exposure is appropriate for the scene and time of day.

Well done! No nits or suggestions

Lon

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 11, 2017 at 5:53 PM

Beautiful sky and nice scene from the land of warmth. No suggestions here, works nicely.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on March 11, 2017 at 6:19 PM

Craig, I think this works very nicely. You did a great job processing this one. The large version opens things up quite well. I love the ghostly water and the reflections.
--P

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Comment posted by scott lanz on March 12, 2017 at 11:46 AM

Excellent work, Craig. Impressive blend and other processing.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 12, 2017 at 2:16 PM

The blending looks good, Craig. You've held detail in the dark areas (best seen in the larger view) while getting some fine details in the sky. The long sweep of the shore provides a great sense of depth and being there.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on March 12, 2017 at 3:14 PM

Very nice, Craig. Love the sweep of the coastline and the exposure blends look very good. The large view brings out the detail in the shadow areas and lightens the overall presentation.

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Comment posted by John Williams on March 13, 2017 at 7:54 PM

Lovely sunset; it looks like you did a nice job with the blend. It opens nicely in the larger version. I love the sky here, and the graceful curve into the image is a wonderful lead. I always struggle with what to do with the spandrels of compositions like this in my own images, but the beach pebbles are a pretty good fill.

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Comment posted by Mariyan Georgiev on March 15, 2017 at 3:00 AM

Very nice composition. I really like the leading line which is formed from the coast and leading to the sun. Nice job!

Registered on March 8, 2017, 1 Posts, 2 Comments