Sunset Colors - II

Sunset of September in Lancaster, PA
Even though there are plenty of sunset photos on the website, each sunset has it's own charm and colors... I never get tired of watching sunsets.

yet another sunset?

Today we had a great sunset, with interesting clouds, but the photos of it just look like yet another sunset, so I decided to see what photoshop could do to it. I slightly increased contrast, reduced brightness, then used unsharp mask in a way that I'm sure wasn't intended, pushing it away from realism. I then used NeatImage to smooth out the noise. End product - abstract sunset?

Sunset Master at work

Jeppe is a TE and TL (Jep) friend. He is one of the TE photographers whom I respect the most for his sunset shots. His landscape shots of his country are also spectacular. Before I flew to Copenhagen, I emailed him and I was very glad he was available to meet up with me despite our tour's tight itinerary. We met up in Frederikshavn and he reserved me a front seat in his car (where he drove some kilometers along with his family) to treat me out for dinner at the northernmost part of Denmark, Skagen.

We waited for the sunset which came at around 10 pm. It was awesome to see Jeppe at work. I did learn a lot from him. He drove me back to my hotel at around 11 pm. It was a short meeting but a priceless one. To Jeppe and his family, thank you so much.

P.S. I learned from Jeppe that that day was the only sunset experienced by Denmark for quite sometime. We were indeed lucky.

BTW, I also posted another shot of Jeppe at work in TE today. AND, please look at the workshop for a close-up shot of the master at work.

Sunset #14784

Taken about 50 metres back from my last sunset at the same time. I was trying out my new lens at the wide setting.

My favourite feature in this photo is the cloud formation.

I made a few adjustment layers for the ground and sky in this one, to try to get the balance right. To finish I did a gradient fill layer and set it to overlay mode, then masked off the ground, just to get the deeper blue colour from the sky.

Here in NZ the sunlight is very strong right until sunset. I've seen sunsets in other parts of the world where you can look straight at the sun without blinding yourself. Not here! I guess it's because we are relatively pollution-free, being so far from anywhere.

This poses something of a challenge for photography. The trick is to underexpose then "rescue" it in photoshop.

Mono Sunset

Mono Lake Sunset. This is one time I learned that for a sunset, don't leave right after the sunset - wait! The colors just kept changing and getting better and better as I waited. I had originally started to pack up and leave, then ended up running back for more photos. Scanned with a minolta film scanner, then sharpened in PS

UNDER THE SUNSET SKY

Under the Sunset Sky
by Brian Pothast

"x x x
Sitting under the sunset sky
I find comfort and I sigh
Knowing all is well by you
Having peace in all I do
Watching my troubles fall away
Not wanting then back any day

Sitting under the sunset sky
When you’re sad I want to cry
Feeling you’re sorrow, hurt and pain
When it’s done, all for gain
Drawing away from the past
What’s done is done and shouldn’t last
x x x"

-picture taken in viewing deck of Al Khan lagoon. I intentionally cropped out the sun because it was too high and there were a lot of clouds covering it..

Sunset in Teluk Bayur part # 2

This photo underwent HPP. The original one was taken during sunset in Teluk Bayur, but I was a bit dissapointed as the sunset did not come as expectation. I then made a heavy processed in my digital lab to get the atmosphere of sunset, as experiment. What do you think of the result ? Was it good or bad ?