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Onion Bay

by Alessandro Carboni

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 11, 2010192 views15 comments
Sunset. The sun was shining just behind the cliffs on the right.
Sometimes this place during the sunset is really awesome, and in winter, to stay alone here in front of her majesty Mother Nature is all that I can ask..
Nikon d2x - sigma 12/24 - bl.exp.
aLe :wavey:

Comments

15 comments
Comment posted by Richard Wong on October 11, 2010 at 5:03 PM
I like the horizontal crop. This is very pretty.
Registered on February 2, 2006, 79 Posts, 2629 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 11, 2010 at 5:16 PM
The large version is really sweet, and packed with detail. I notice a halo along the ridgeline, but that's easily fixed.
Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments
Comment posted by Alessandro Carboni on October 11, 2010 at 5:22 PM
Thanks.
Yes Bill, I noticed too, but in my opinion is the sun that was shining just behind the ridgeline.
Thanks again!!
aLe
Registered on January 21, 2010, 20 Posts, 98 Comments
Comment posted by Ian Cameron on October 11, 2010 at 5:54 PM
Gorgeous scene Ale. It looks like there is just a touch too much shadow detail, but not seriously so. The colour balancing and mix of lighting looks superb as does the overall level of saturation depicted. One thing that I find slightly more obtrusive is the level of sharpening applied it seems just a little heavy and has caused both this and the large image to look just a little too scrunchy sharp. I would suggest backing it off a touch. Excellent composition though with beautiful light.
Registered on August 6, 2004, 1125 Posts, 3318 Comments
Comment posted by Wick Smith on October 11, 2010 at 6:05 PM
Killer shot! The greens in the foreground along with the gold/orange of the sunset are superb. The blend is very well done as well. It looks quite natural to my eye. I like a sharpened photo & respectfully disagree with Ian's assessment IMHO. I'm sure some others may disagree. Great shot!
Registered on June 12, 2009, 91 Posts, 379 Comments
Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on October 11, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Beautiful scene, Alessandro. I like the sparse forest like feel mixed with the rocky coastline. The details look a bit oversharpened and crunchy to me (especially noticeable along areas like the ridge in the upper right, and around the top of the island).
Registered on December 19, 2008, 306 Posts, 4840 Comments
Comment posted by Adam Gibbs on October 11, 2010 at 8:04 PM
Lovely scene Alessandro. Looks like a great location to hang out.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 168 Posts, 870 Comments
Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 11, 2010 at 8:45 PM
Nice light and blending. There is a lot to look at and enjoy It looks like tough light, but you handled it well. Edges feel a bit crispy here, but that getting nit-picky.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments
Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on October 11, 2010 at 10:42 PM
Man, this is just nice!

Chris
Registered on March 13, 2007, 500 Posts, 8365 Comments
Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on October 12, 2010 at 12:50 AM
Slick processing Alessandro. You did an admirable job with the spacing of the elements within the scene. The beautiful tree on the right hand side anchors the compsition well. Great job on the blend, although you have some sharpening artifacts along on the edges of the cliffs. Wonderful work.

Michael :wavey:
Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments
Comment posted by Mario Pappalardo on October 12, 2010 at 2:35 AM
Very nice shot Allessandro, beautiful colours and good composition.
Registered on October 14, 2009, 18 Posts, 61 Comments
Comment posted by Alessandro Carboni on October 12, 2010 at 3:13 AM
Thanks all.
I will reduce the sharpening. I have done something wrong in preparing for the web .. maybe my eyes very tired, yesterday night .. :wavey:
Registered on January 21, 2010, 20 Posts, 98 Comments
Comment posted by Paolo De Faveri on October 12, 2010 at 6:45 AM
You mean Cala Cipolla, right? :smile:
What a wonderful place Alessandro, you're indeed very lucky for living so close to such a paradise. I love everything about this picture, from the displacement of the trees, the beautifully shaped reef, the calm sea up to the gorgeous colours of sunset.
The strong web-sharpening is really the only nit to be mentioned, but this of course doesn't affect by any mean the original, full size image.

Fantastic work, I do need to visit Sardinia again very soon, maybe already this winter :wink:

:wavey:
Paolo
Registered on August 29, 2007, 318 Posts, 1651 Comments
Comment posted by Alessandro Carboni on October 12, 2010 at 7:05 AM
Thank you very much indeed Paolo and yes it mean "Cala Cipolla" :smile: about 40 minutes by car from my house!
I strongly recommend to visit Sardinia in winter for a Landscapes Photographer for a lot of reasons but especially for the weather, the sky is so interesting, as the sea, and second reason there isn't tourists (people and cars) all along the coast and beaches..
Don't forget to send me an email. I will be very happy to show you some special places!
aLe
Registered on January 21, 2010, 20 Posts, 98 Comments
Comment posted by John Williams on October 13, 2010 at 12:49 PM
Comp and color come together perfectly Alessandro. I hope to visit such a beautiful part of the world some day.
Registered on September 6, 2007, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments