The Golden Hour

[stubbsy]

Three shots taken from Blues Point on Saturday in that magic golden hour before sunset. For a large version click the pic. All three shots were taken with the 24-120 VR.

24mm, 1/2 sec, F9


120mm, 1/2.5 sec , F9


24mm, 1/1.6 sec, F9


And yes, these were the "real" colours at the time.

[Geoff]

Peter, I like no. 3 the best. Well done. I haven't been out 'shooting' for ages damn it!

[krpolak]

I can imagine that those colours are real. Sometimes it is amazing to see East side of Sunset

I like the second shot. Maybe I would crop slightly from the left , so building will form kind of solid island.

Regards,

K.Polak

[radar]

Hi Peter,

looks like the colours were pretty special in Sydney as well. I wasn't ready in Redhead , so I missed them.

#3 is the best for me. Not sure if it's only me, but the second one doesn't quite look as sharp as it could be.

It would have been a great time, especially with the nice colours. BTW, thanks for the lift to the mini-meet on Saturday.

cheers,

Radar

[Potatis]

Those clouds are amazing, Peter. Ah, that's what I missed. Just after I set my camera up, they went away. It's all my fault.

Great photos!

[stubbsy]

Thanks one and all for your comments.

Geoff - I like #3, too. Probably because the colours are a bit different to the usual version of that shot.

Krystian - You're right. That would be a better crop

Andre - All three could be a little sharper. It was VERY windy. Glad I had a sturdy tripod.

Doug - I guess you can't capture everything. You got Luna Park, & I got this. I reckon we both got good value from nature's display.

[Oneputt]

Stubbsy I also like no 3 the best I am glad that you pointed out that the colours were actual, they look almost surreal. Nice captures.

[sheepie]

love that bridge shot Peter - but it's not in the middle! Perhaps a slight crop on the right, or slightly less crop on the left, would make me happy

Great colours, and showing off the abilities of VR very well

[stubbsy]

Oneputt - The colours were so surreal I felt it important to head off the PP questions upfront

Leon - crop of #3 could be better. Re: your VR comment. These were all taken using a tripod so the VR was off as per Nikon's recommendations so VR wasn't an issue. This is just me pointing my camera at nature's handiwork and waiting

[sheepie]

...These were all taken using a tripod so the VR was off as per Nikon's recommendations so VR wasn't an issue. This is just me pointing my camera at nature's handiwork and waiting

And here I was praising the vr and all the time it was your fantastic tripod skills!!!

[wendellt]

The third one is an obvious choice but i think the 2nd one has more interest because like an iceberg there is a hint thaty there is something more, tiht crops give the subject prominence and allow for imagination to fill in what isn't in frame.
I know it's really hard to get 1:1 exposure of what you really saw especially pink skies, if your images show the way it was, great job
mine are always biased either dark or lighter than the scene really was, last week there have been a few wild skies in sydney.

[stubbsy]

The third one is an obvious choice but i think the 2nd one has more interest because like an iceberg there is a hint thaty there is something more, tiht crops give the subject prominence and allow for imagination to fill in what isn't in frame<snip>

Thanks Wendell. I intentionally cropped this image for just such an effect. Glad it worked. I'm a big fan of tight crops when the subject is sufficiently dramatic