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Lovely Winter Sunsets are on the way

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Lovely Winter Sunsets are on the way

Postby Slider on Thu May 04, 2006 9:28 pm

Grabbed this on the way home. Sunset colours are getting better and better. Just need a few clouds to add some more interest :D

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Postby Alpha_7 on Thu May 04, 2006 11:20 pm

Nicely Exposed! Beautiful, I say bring on the winter sunsets!

Some clouds, a sailboat or a dolphin/whale breaching would make this Outstanding, as is its brilliant.
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Postby wmaburnett on Fri May 05, 2006 9:16 am

great image i love the motion blurr of the water! unless the water was just so calm, but anyways great image!
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Postby Oneputt on Fri May 05, 2006 9:30 am

Nice one Mark :D Now I am back walking in the mornings I can tell you that the sunrises are fairly spectacular as well :wink:
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Postby stubbsy on Fri May 05, 2006 9:57 am

Mark

I'll be honest and say this one doesn't do a lot for me. While it's well framed and the colours are nice they lack real punch and, more importantly, there isn't enough in the image to grab my attention & hold it. Would have been stronger with more in the foreground I think. Sorry :cry:
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Postby Jonas on Fri May 05, 2006 10:45 am

What's the reason for the spectacular sunsets this time of year? Anyone?
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Postby Oneputt on Fri May 05, 2006 10:50 am

Jonas part of the reason is the clear skys. No heat haze clouds etc.
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Postby avkomp on Fri May 05, 2006 10:59 am

I am with stubbsy on this one.

nice sky and all but doesnt do anything for me either.

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Postby CraigVTR on Fri May 05, 2006 12:34 pm

Lovely image Mark. I saw the best sunrise i have ever seen last Sunday. Unfortunately I was on the bike going to work, it was very distracting fora about 30 minutes whilst travelling accross the top of the range.
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Postby Big Red on Fri May 05, 2006 8:04 pm

very nice colours ... love the nice clear atmosphere at this time of the year.
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Postby Slider on Fri May 05, 2006 9:16 pm

Thanks for the feedback folks, both for and against.

Initially I wasn't going to post this but I kept coming back to the colours and the clear sky. The blurred unusal look of the water also drew me back to it so up it went.

Interesting to see the differing opinions. Personally I would have liked something else in frame (none of the birds or boats wanted to cooperate) but I still like it for it's simplicity.

It's only a short detour to go home that way so I will be keeping a close eye on the sky :D
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Postby DionM on Fri May 05, 2006 9:29 pm

I like it. Simple.

I see it as a good image for the use in magazine spreads, with some text against the bottom 1/4 of it on the left or something like that.

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Postby Finch on Sat May 06, 2006 7:30 pm

Mark,

A scene of sheer tranquility.

Not a world-beater of a shot but I like the simplicity of it.

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