In Bed with the Enemy

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 9, 2011747 views30 comments

This is my first post on NPN, and I look forward to being part of this community. I have had lots of inspiration from here over the years.

Hopefully this doesn't breach the Hand of Man Rule -

The coast of Northern Spain where we live isn't over-populated in any way, but some of the nicest areas are quite close to small towns or villages, and some light pollution is common. Instead of avoiding this one, I decided to embrace it, the sea mist creating a great sunset-like glow for this night image.

Nikon D3x 14-24 @ 14mm - 3 images manually blended.

Comments

30 comments

Comment posted by INGOMA on June 9, 2011 at 7:28 AM

Great first post, Alister, and welcome to NPN. Your website looks great. I sure will return to visit it again.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on June 9, 2011 at 7:41 AM

Welcome to NPN Allister! Beautiful first post. I like the lead in that the seaweed covered rocks provide.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on June 9, 2011 at 7:55 AM

Ripper shot to open your account at NPN Alister. Welcome!

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on June 9, 2011 at 8:36 AM

Hey Alister - glad to have you aboard here at NPN and look forward to your participation. Gorgeous first post - the reflected color off the water and rocks looks great IMO. Well done.

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Comment posted by Koveh Tavakkol on June 9, 2011 at 9:37 AM

Welcome! This is a great first post. I really like the S curve leading your eye in and the light throughout.

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Comment posted by Taylor Reed on June 9, 2011 at 9:39 AM

Welcome Alister! Really like this one a lot, exposure looks great and the colors are superb.

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Comment posted by Art Escobado on June 9, 2011 at 10:09 AM

Sweet color contrasts. Welcome aboard - I can't wait to see what else you show us!!

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on June 9, 2011 at 11:01 AM

Really fine first post, Alister! Love the colors and the dreamy mood. Welcome aboard!

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Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on June 9, 2011 at 11:10 AM

Even the wet rocks are glowing from the red light. Love it!! I hope to see more from you.

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Comment posted by Hussain Nalwala on June 9, 2011 at 11:37 AM

Love your picture....... It is very soothing to the eye...

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Comment posted by Sean Bagshaw on June 9, 2011 at 12:29 PM

Great to see you on NPN Alister. Wonderful deep light and mood in this shot sir and nice work on manually blending for tonal balance. Very memorable. When I first viewed it I had the feeling that it was tipped slightly to the left but it was an optical illusion because now when I look at it everything looks properly aligned and level.

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Comment posted by Abdullah Alhuzimi on June 9, 2011 at 1:01 PM

very nice work. Well done!!

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Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on June 9, 2011 at 1:31 PM

Ha...you're own personal 'controllable' sunset. Great used of the elements and welcome to the party ;)

aF

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 9, 2011 at 2:36 PM

Welcome to NPN. I really like the composition and the way the color from the sky plays through the whole image. Look forward to seeing more of your work.

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on June 9, 2011 at 2:43 PM

Welcome to NPN Alister. It's hard to believe the glow is from light pollution. It looks so orange. I love the sky and your composition has nice juxtaposition too. Looking forward to seeing more. Solid work!

Michael

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on June 9, 2011 at 4:37 PM

Welcome to NPN. The vibrant sky colors, wet rock reflections with water leading you into the image all work for me. At first glance I thought the image might need a slight horizon correction but it may be the way the water rescinds from the coast and the rocks. A wonderful first post and I really enjoyed the images are your website, very creative and excellent work.

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Comment posted by John Williams on June 9, 2011 at 6:01 PM

Welcome! Looks like you made peace with the enemy quite well! Very nice colors in the glow. Is that a tree on top of the rock?

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Comment posted by Rodney Dugmore on June 9, 2011 at 6:43 PM

Welcome Alister.
Amazing glow that well seen and utilized.
Compositionally I find the s curve from foreground to bg works but is a little disconnected
there where it crosses between the rocks to the sea.
Magic stuff.

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Comment posted by Dennis Harding on June 9, 2011 at 7:11 PM

Great first post Alister. Beautiful light and colors. You will fit in very well at NPN. Welcome.

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Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on June 9, 2011 at 7:35 PM

Welcome Alister,
Nice opening work and thanks for sharing

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 9, 2011 at 9:04 PM

Lovely color and light. Nice comp. Well done, and welcome!

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on June 10, 2011 at 10:02 AM

amazing

love it

welcome to NPN bro

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Comment posted by mark cillo on June 10, 2011 at 10:40 AM

Well crafted image! I really like the unique light and colors

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on June 10, 2011 at 11:37 AM

Very nice first post ! welcome to NPN.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on June 10, 2011 at 6:01 PM

Beautiful. Really like the reflection and colors. Welcome to NPN Alister!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Kory Lidstrom on June 10, 2011 at 8:07 PM

Nice first post. Welcome to NPN.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on June 11, 2011 at 1:36 AM

From the thumb i assumed the title referred to Photoshop, never would have guessed the light pollution aspect. An interesting shot, eye-catching for sure. I kind of like the top 2/3 (colorful seascape) and bottom 2/3 (weird abstract) better than the whole, but its an odd combo and i suppose odd is ok here. Welcome to NPN, i look forward to more from you!

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on June 11, 2011 at 3:14 PM

Wow, talk about wild light!

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Comment posted by David Edwards on June 11, 2011 at 6:47 PM

Welcome Alister. Beautiful color with nice contrast throughout the image, and nice detail in the rock stack. Wonderful, soft lighting conditions... a lovely shot.

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Comment posted by Bruce Omori on June 13, 2011 at 8:08 AM

Beautiful capture, Alister!! Welcome to NPN!

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