Welsh Sunset

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 23, 2011120 views10 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

10 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on January 23, 2011 at 4:46 PM

Expertly done and composed. The 14-24 is a great lens, despite the bulging front. Good stuff here! The water looks like water, the density range in the rocks is great and the sunset is nicely subdued.

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Comment posted by Alex Mody on January 23, 2011 at 6:04 PM

Looks great! It's a very realistic looking HDR blend, and I find the subject matter captivating and dramatic.

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Comment posted by Paul Duval on January 23, 2011 at 6:06 PM

Geoffrey,

Real rugged coastline, excellent blend, very natural looking. The sunset is on the edge of being a hair to bright but it is more subdued in the larger version so maybe it's compression.

Paul

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on January 23, 2011 at 10:07 PM

Very nice natural looking image. I wouldn't have guessed a blend. I was going to gripe about it being a little soft, but the larger version doesn't have that issue. Nice!

Chris

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Comment posted by dean hebert on January 24, 2011 at 12:02 AM

Great rock formations, nice lighting.

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Comment posted by Paul Marcellini on January 24, 2011 at 10:03 AM

A very natural blend. Obviously a better sky would be nice but I like the comp and light-play on the water.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 24, 2011 at 11:22 AM

Excellent comp, interesting foreground rocks, nice water movement, and a natural looking sunset sky. Very well done!

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on January 24, 2011 at 11:42 AM

Great work Geoffrey, I especially like the texture of the rocks in the foreground as well as the overall natural colors.

Peter

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on January 24, 2011 at 12:55 PM

The blend looks very good and natural. I more interesting sky would have been better but i like it as is.Beautiful light on the water

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 25, 2011 at 12:21 PM

Great foreground rocks and water motion Geoffrey. Excellent blend. Only minor nit is the hot spot above the sun.

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