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Welsh Sunset

by Geoffrey Baker

Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted January 23, 201196 views6 comments
Taken at Ogmore near Porthcawl, S. Wales on Friday evening in the good company of Paul Rosser.

I usually wait until the Sun has dropped below the horizon before taking photos but this one was taken just before it set behind a narrow band of cloud.

It was only my second outing with my newly acquired camera equipment, the first outing was in foggy, wet weather over Christmas so I desperately needed to get some practice in.

The D3 is totally different to my old Sony A350 and the lens I now use doesn't accept filters so I have to blend images, but it's not that difficult, I never liked using filters anyway, they used to steam up on both sides in the cold weather, degrading the images and they would darken the cliffs, treetops etc too so I felt I wasn't in complete control like I am now.

2 images blended in Photomatix 3

Nikon D3
Nikon 14-24
1/3 + 1/10th sec
f16
ISO 100
Manual metering
Manual focus
14mm
Tripod

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Simon Litten on January 24, 2011 at 6:59 AM
A beautiful composition. Top work :toast:


Simon
Registered on June 22, 2006, 24 Posts, 275 Comments
Comment posted by Paul Rosser on January 24, 2011 at 11:41 AM
Lovely FG Geoff, I particularly like the cool blue tones to this one mate! Nice to see the D3 getting a lookin :biggrin:
Regards,
Paul Rosser. :wavey:
Registered on October 25, 2009, 61 Posts, 188 Comments
Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on January 24, 2011 at 2:03 PM
This is georgous Geoffery. I love the comp and think you really nailed the shutter speed for the perfect water effect.
Registered on March 24, 2010, 73 Posts, 1268 Comments
Comment posted by Ian Haskell on January 24, 2011 at 7:12 PM
Nice composition and detail, although feel it could be a touch darker in the sky as the whites are coming through above the sun (although as with a similar shot of mine recently this could just be image compression). Nice to see yourself and Paul posting some landscapes...

Ian
Registered on October 30, 2008, 24 Posts, 673 Comments
Comment posted by Andy Astbury on January 25, 2011 at 4:25 AM
I did tell you it was worth the money didn't I Geoff - a really versatile camera body.

All you've got to do now is work out your hyperfocals for the 14-24 - have fun! :eek: :frown: :jump:

Image looks really nice - though I too would want a bit more saturation and tonality in the sky.

Now if you started using Lightroom then you could use all the grad filters before you made the tiff!!
Registered on January 11, 2007, 28 Posts, 257 Comments
Comment posted by Kim Connolly on January 25, 2011 at 7:16 AM
A really lovely composition, the colours on the water are beautiful. :toast:
Registered on June 18, 2008, 14 Posts, 226 Comments