Lagniappe

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 11, 2012224 views7 comments

For those of you not from Cajun country, lagniappe means a little something extra that you didn't expect. I started out this morning well before sunrise with a certain image in mind for sunrise. As I was getting closer to my destination the crescent moon was getting closer to Venus and the horizon was getting the first glow of sunrise. I set up the camera and shot a couple of images and then went on to my destination (see the man in nature gallery). I like the way this turned out and I would like to get other opinions. I always appreciate the comments and critiques.

Canon 40D
Sigma 70-300
Settings on manual
Shutter 0.3
Aperture f18
ISO 800
70mm
Tripod and 2sec delay
Noise reduction sharpening in PSE9

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Peter Cross on December 12, 2012 at 1:11 AM

Excellent image, Richard. Great comp here with the moon and Venus to boot. Just love the color gradation in the sky. Love the simplicity of this. I was wondering about the clouds in the LRC and if they were a nit. Decided no, they were an important element in the image in keeping it from being a formula. Hope that is understandable. And if you draw a line from Venus thru the moon, you end up at the clouds. Have no idea if that has any meaning. Just an observation.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on December 12, 2012 at 12:06 PM

Beautiful sky and color gradient with the moon slice and Venus. I am finding the clouds pull me out of the image. My eyes keep drifting their way. Otherwise, quite excellent.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 12, 2012 at 3:13 PM

Richard,

Awesome! I love these moments and we of course have a hard time passing them up. I love everything about this from the color gradient (beautiful!) to the semi-narrow format and I even love the presence of the clouds intruding. And just enough land to ground the image.

Beautiful, no complaints what so ever.

Lon

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on December 12, 2012 at 5:44 PM

I really like the tonal and color gradient in the sky. And, the mood and Venus make great additional elements.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 12, 2012 at 9:43 PM

My favorite images are those I never planned or imagined. Careful, they're quite addictive.

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on December 12, 2012 at 10:52 PM

Beautiful gradient. I saw this same conjunction the other morning, but I was heading into work and running late because I kept looking up at the sky :). I like the simplicity of the foreground, and of course the conjunction is a big bonus. Also, I like how you captured just a bit of Earth shine in the dark moon.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on December 18, 2012 at 9:44 PM

Perfectly simple and totally meaningful. The moon and Venus are crisp and bright, the gradation of color from sunset to inky blue outer space is glorious, and all the elements are there.

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