I wanted to go up to Longmont to shoot the sunflowers tonight, but I couldn't get myself to do the 2 hour brutal traffic drive. Instead I dropped into Roxborough for sunset shoot. Got some pretty good light out of a small section of the stormy clouds. C&C always appreciated.
Posted by Jim Bennett on August 17, 2010 at 1:04 AM
Very nice, Koveh! Roxborough is my favorite spot and I really like the lighting and composition on this one from Lyons overlook. I can understand about not wanting to drive up to the sunflowers, but there were already three of us up there catching the beautiful sunset over the sunflowers and the partial rainbow in the clouds behind us at the same time!
Jim Bennett
Highlands Ranch
Posted by D J Kuklinski on August 17, 2010 at 1:14 AM
Nice capture! My only nit is that it isn't bigger!
Posted by Chris Rice on August 17, 2010 at 1:02 PM
Pretty shot Koveh. The pinks were quite spectacular last night over the plains, from my view at Red Rocks ("glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity"). You did a nice job keeping the greens and yellows vibrant.
So it begs the question...why do you suppose some sunsets are more orange versus more pink-ish? Stan can you be of assistance????
Posted by Jesse Speer on August 17, 2010 at 1:24 PM
Thanks all! Jim, I heard it was quite the party over at the sunflowers last night. Jared was telling me he ran into a number of folks up there. Hopefully you guys got some great shots!
Great meeting you as well Michael. Always fun running into local NPN members out on the field!!
Posted by Jim Bennett on August 19, 2010 at 12:22 AM
Koveh,
I went out tonight and shot a nine frame, 180 degree pano from Lyons Overlook at sunset, hoping to get nice color in the clouds. No luck with the sky tonight. However, I did use 5-shot shutter bracketing at 100 ISO on my Olympus this time for HDR processing and had absolutely no noise problem. (45 files for the one panorama.) As someone else confirmed, the Olympus ISO bracketing function that I was using is nearly worthless.
I'm thinking of driving up to the sunflowers again Thursday morning and trying again for sunrise, instead of sunset.
Jim Bennett
Highlands Ranch
Olympus E-3
Posted by Doug Koepsel on August 20, 2010 at 11:21 PM
Nice color to the rocks and sky. The bright green to darker trees in contrast to the rock&sky really add. Beautiful.
I wonder if the various sunset colors are due to different particulate sizes in the westward skies scattering different wavelengths, hence leaving different colors to reflect off the clouds.
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Highlands Ranch
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So it begs the question...why do you suppose some sunsets are more orange versus more pink-ish? Stan can you be of assistance????
It was good to meet you (and Jared) up at the sunflower field the other morning - even though we got skunked on the sunrise!
I went out tonight and shot a nine frame, 180 degree pano from Lyons Overlook at sunset, hoping to get nice color in the clouds. No luck with the sky tonight. However, I did use 5-shot shutter bracketing at 100 ISO on my Olympus this time for HDR processing and had absolutely no noise problem. (45 files for the one panorama.) As someone else confirmed, the Olympus ISO bracketing function that I was using is nearly worthless.
I'm thinking of driving up to the sunflowers again Thursday morning and trying again for sunrise, instead of sunset.
Jim Bennett
Highlands Ranch
Olympus E-3
I wonder if the various sunset colors are due to different particulate sizes in the westward skies scattering different wavelengths, hence leaving different colors to reflect off the clouds.