Blue Sky @ Cape San Blas

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 7, 2011317 views23 comments

The title pretty much sums it up - a beautiful sunset at Cape San Blas, Florida - taken about 50-75 yards off the beach back in a palmetto scrub.

Please view the LARGER version for much better detail.

D2x w/ 18-35 @ 18mm
1/8 @ f/11 - MLU and mc-30 remote release
100 ISO
No filters
Tripod
Capture One 6, CS4, TK's actions

Your thoughts and comments are greatly appreciated. Thanks for looking.

Comments

23 comments

Comment posted by Tom Haxby on October 7, 2011 at 9:17 PM

Bill - This is just wonderful. The light is just perfect and the pines seem to be reaching to and almost touching the clouds.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 7, 2011 at 9:57 PM

Absolutely love the light and color in this, Bill! And your comp allows my eye to move up and down freely through the image. Super shot!

Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments

Comment posted by Russell Colletta on October 7, 2011 at 10:45 PM

Very nice Bill, you have put together some great elements very successfully. The tree silhouettes, the FG palms, and that very dramatic sky. It’s amazing that you got the sky and the FG exposure so well given there was no split ND filter. Very nice image indeed.

Registered on October 31, 2009, 114 Posts, 1008 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Pelton on October 7, 2011 at 11:16 PM

Beautiful image, Bill. Love the colors.

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Comment posted by Kane Engelbert on October 7, 2011 at 11:43 PM

I'm going to nipick, cuz otherwise this is perfect. There's a broken tree that pokes up directly in the middle of the image, directly into your light source; for me it distracts my eye fast. Lastly, your blend is perfectly balanced. Maybe darken the foreground a notch; a matter of personal prefrence.

Registered on June 14, 2009, 63 Posts, 291 Comments

Comment posted by Vlad Sadovsky on October 8, 2011 at 12:57 AM

Wonderful light ! The threes are rising up toward the cloudscapes with their crowns, i like the composition these lines create. Just wish this tree in the center was also crowned.

Registered on November 12, 2010, 48 Posts, 358 Comments

Comment posted by Andreas Resch on October 8, 2011 at 6:22 AM

Excellent shot, Bill. You did a great job on the exposure and the processing here.

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on October 8, 2011 at 7:36 AM

Bill, the sky lets me feel a kind of weightlessness, while the foreground elements anchore the composition aptly for me and lead me into the distance. Great work in my opinion, also regarding your processing.

Peter

Registered on November 10, 2010, 218 Posts, 2723 Comments

Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on October 8, 2011 at 8:50 AM

Hey Bill,

Superb comp. I find it hard to make beach shots work well and you seem to nail them every time. LIght is very evocative too.
Well done

Registered on February 5, 2009, 199 Posts, 2775 Comments

Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on October 8, 2011 at 9:01 AM

It is not so easy to pull off such shots well. The result can often look generic. Well, everything can look generic when not done with class. But not the case here. Done with your trademark elegance!

Registered on January 26, 2007, 360 Posts, 9876 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 8, 2011 at 9:11 AM

This is very nice, Bill. The colors are wonderful and I love the feel of this. Beautiful sky! Well done!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Matt Anderson on October 8, 2011 at 9:59 AM

Bill this is a classic Florida scene. Having made 20+ trips to Florida as a kid, this image really brings me back to my love and memories of this wonderful place. The elements work together fabulously and the graduated color changes creates amazing mood. Beautiful! Technically I still think that D2X sensor produces color and texture that is unique. (in a good way)

Registered on September 6, 2007, 346 Posts, 2696 Comments

Comment posted by Jeremy Cram on October 8, 2011 at 11:50 AM

Beautiful shot Bill! The gradiation is wonderful, natural, and the colors sing.

Registered on June 4, 2006, 204 Posts, 818 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 8, 2011 at 12:28 PM

Maybe it's my tired old eyes, but I see a bit more than blue in the sky.

I do love all of the little clouds and the colors in the sky. The trees and palmettos complement the sky nicely. Were this mine, I'd make a duplicate and crop about half of the palmettos and then stare at both for a long time to see if I liked one better.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on October 8, 2011 at 12:42 PM

Gorgeous light and color Bill. The warm highlights on the palmettos is delightful.

Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 8, 2011 at 12:49 PM

Excellent, Bill. I really like the balance of light and contrast here. At least on the laptop, it looks like you held all the light and textures in perfect check. Gorgeous scene.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on October 8, 2011 at 1:50 PM

wow

killer light

Registered on June 1, 2009, 372 Posts, 2282 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on October 8, 2011 at 2:24 PM

This one positively explodes with sunset lights and colors.

Registered on September 9, 2009, 294 Posts, 2006 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on October 8, 2011 at 4:25 PM

Exceptionally well composed with wonderful light.

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Comment posted by Yiming Hu on October 8, 2011 at 5:06 PM

Very sweet. Your exposure control was excellent.

Registered on April 28, 2011, 38 Posts, 733 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on October 8, 2011 at 6:35 PM

This one is nice from top to bottom. Great comp and I love the colors.
I might clone out the dead wood in the middle of the comp.