The violin Player

Was at a school concert, the set up was quite cluttered, so decided to work on close-ups and silhouttes.....

going Home

Taken just after my last sunset photo, a couple of minutes after the sun dipped below the horizon.It was taken at a low pov, hence that distracting stairway handrail. People are going home after an afternoon on the park. I took their silhouttes as a chance.PP done are levels only.

ND Grad filter produced a gradient blue, since half of it is dark, half is light (just for info). Our cameras record all the colour data on the picture if it is well exposed. But sometimes the in-camera processing is not quite as vibrant compared to external softwares available. Simple levels will bring out hidden colours.

Then sharpening applied.

Goodness Gracious!

This was the grand ball of fire that so kindly lit my last 2 sunset shots. I really wish I had a better shot of this, but I was in a car, and moving fast. So I'm not particularly fond of the composition or how washed out the silhouttes are, but I just had to post this.. look how big that thing is!

Freedom

This was st the sunset point in Mount Abu in Rajasthan. The mother sold lemaonade while the son helped her and the daughter sold popcorn to the tourists and honeymooners collected at the sunset point. Almost as soon as the sun went down the show came to an end and the corwd walked out as though it were watching a movie which just ened. Even as I walked back witht he crowd I looked abck to have a final glimpse of this family of entrepreneurs and this is what i saw, the children were celebrating in glee as it was the end of day for them and the daughter was jumpong around even as the son hugged his mother asking her to pack up and leave quickly. Since the sky was brightly lit up I managed to get them in silhouttes and later added the sepia tone.

My Fake Sunset

Supergran loves sunsets and silhouttes. Late this afternoon, when Supergran was sitting having her cuppa tea after dinner, she glanced up at the window of the living room. There she saw a lovely rosy glow. "Ooooh" said Supergran "a wonderful sunset. Must hurry and get my camera before it sets..It is just at the rooftop level and the sky is darkening already".
She hurriedly toddles into the computer room fpr the camera, and rushes back as fast as her old legs will carry her. "Quickly" she thinks," no time to lift the blinds, poke the camera lens between and snap quickly". Click..click..there, got it!. better check the LCD screen... "Arghhhh...there's a reflection", the light is on, and reflectingt into the darkening exterior - Never mind, take a few more shots, closer to the window, and shield the lens from the reflecting light. OK quickly now...can't be more than a minute left". Supergran peers through the viewfinder..."What's that!!!" she screams, it's a red rectangle blinking in the view finder and the camera doesn't turn on - oh no! it's the @@#$&! battery warning signal. Keep trying - wait a second, try again...No dammit, no good"
Supergran was about to give up,, but no...off to the office again to quickly search for some re-charged batteries. Quickly, quickly...CRASH!! "What's that?" - one of the batteries had dropped from her fumbling fingers and is rolling on the floor trying to hide under the filing cabinet. In a flash Supergran bends down to pick it up. Getting up again took a lot longer...but she made it. Back to the front window....how is the sun...Ok still there... Never mind the window. Go out of the front door no time for coat, it's only -6 degrees, and you won't freeze if you are quick. Opening the door she stepped out onto the icy porch...darn it, couldn't see the sun from here...back inside, quickly, quickly she has surely missed it by now.
Supergran hurries to the front window once again...this time she pauses slightly to pull up the blind. Once up, and camera powered on. Click..click.. several more shots at the glowing sun and it's reflection on the icy snow. Satisfied, she retreats a few paces, relaxes and takes in the beautiful sights of nature happening in front of her. Suddenly her razor sharp brain is thinking..... "Hmmmm..really strange, I have had enough time to do all those things and the sun has still not set" "It doesn't even seem to have changed it's position at all"
The sky is, by now, quite dark and as Supergran peers at the scene, she realizes that the lovely 'sun' that she was so avidly photographing was, in fact, a STREET LIGHT! Well there is SOME excuse for this mistake as this particular street light has a mind of it's own, and most of the winter it does not light up with the other street lights, it only works when it feels like it, and tonight was one of those nights....Supergran is considering changing her name to Stupidgran!

Evening in purple

I tried a lot of silhouttes landscapes last winter, at evening lighting.. this was one of the.
The purple effect was got when shooting, changing white balance to fluorescent light.

Some levels and sharpening adjustments with PS-CS.

All critiques are welcome.

Sorry for not being here so often...

Elements

Smooth water,sun rising silently,and the shadowy silhouttes of old sailboats on a cold clear autumn morning at the hythe quay in Maldon....in this image I have tried to capture the moment of sublime peace I find in the utter quiet stillness offered by this place at this time of day and season. The sails and sparspoint the way to the great beyond. Look.....and enjoy the silence.