As I mentioned when I posted body art #1, Jason and I had gone down to St. Annes to photograph the pier at sunset. As you have already seen though, we ended up shooting a variety of portraits first, but as the evening wore on we got our sunsets too.
I'll be posting four of these over the coming weeks: shot between 6.34pm and 8.09pm on the 11th of this month. All of them feature the old pier at St. Annes, and all are shot from much the same angle, but the sky changed so quickly and dramatically that all four are worth posting.
In terms of the post-production, and as you can see from the original, I didn't do a great deal to this one other than to bump up the contrast (using a Curve) and the saturation (using a masked curve and the Hue/Saturation tool).
comment byNicola at 06:08 AM (GMT) on 29 April, 2010
This is so... so... WOW.
comment by Chris at 07:12 AM (GMT) on 29 April, 2010
Fantastic sunset image! Can't wait for the next three. Will you be posting these in chronological order?
comment bydjn1 at 07:21 AM (GMT) on 29 April, 2010
Nicola: thanks.
Chris: yes, I'll be posting them in the order they were taken, but I have a different set of images that I want to post next week so it will be the week after before I post two others from the sequence. I'll probably post the last one the week after that.
comment byClaus Petersen at 07:50 AM (GMT) on 29 April, 2010
The silhouette in this one is amazing, this is a very crisp shot.
This is a great location , and the image itself is technically brilliant.
comment bySonny Parlin at 11:32 AM (GMT) on 29 April, 2010
Stunning.
comment byCarlos Garcia at 12:09 PM (GMT) on 29 April, 2010
Can you tell I'm excited! Yes...YOU CAN! I feel like I'm home again and I've never been there! Striking image! Love what you did to enhance the richness of the colors. Beautiful!
comment byAlbert at 01:37 PM (GMT) on 29 April, 2010
One of the best shots I've seen ever!!!
comment byKomang Tony at 02:54 PM (GMT) on 29 April, 2010
wow nice moments, nice tone colors, nice shot.. and cool photo
comment bymooch at 04:06 PM (GMT) on 29 April, 2010
I really do like this Dave. the colours are fantastic and the mackerel sky really adds to the composition. Wonderful vibrancy, amazing that you not only captured the deep hue of the sun but the rich blue of the sky as well.
As I mentioned when I posted body art #1, Jason and I had gone down to St. Annes to photograph the pier at sunset. As you have already seen though, we ended up shooting a variety of portraits first, but as the evening wore on we got our sunsets too.
I'll be posting four of these over the coming weeks: shot between 6.34pm and 8.09pm on the 11th of this month. All of them feature the old pier at St. Annes, and all are shot from much the same angle, but the sky changed so quickly and dramatically that all four are worth posting.
In terms of the post-production, and as you can see from the original, I didn't do a great deal to this one other than to bump up the contrast (using a Curve) and the saturation (using a masked curve and the Hue/Saturation tool).
Jason's first shot of this scene is here:
http://www.escapism-online.com/blog-entry.php?pid=264
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Canon 5D Mark II
EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
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This is so... so... WOW.
Fantastic sunset image! Can't wait for the next three. Will you be posting these in chronological order?
Nicola: thanks.
Chris: yes, I'll be posting them in the order they were taken, but I have a different set of images that I want to post next week so it will be the week after before I post two others from the sequence. I'll probably post the last one the week after that.
The silhouette in this one is amazing, this is a very crisp shot.
This is a great location , and the image itself is technically brilliant.
Stunning.
Can you tell I'm excited! Yes...YOU CAN! I feel like I'm home again and I've never been there! Striking image! Love what you did to enhance the richness of the colors. Beautiful!
One of the best shots I've seen ever!!!
wow nice moments, nice tone colors, nice shot.. and cool photo
I really do like this Dave. the colours are fantastic and the mackerel sky really adds to the composition. Wonderful vibrancy, amazing that you not only captured the deep hue of the sun but the rich blue of the sky as well.
Remarkable picture
Very expressive sky
Absolutely great
Too rich of a blue for Kodachrome. Too much contrast for Velvia. So, how did you shove get that Ektachrome 100 Pro in your 5D?
This really is such a striking image! Definitely the most amazing clouds I have ever seen :)
One of the most stunning images I have seen...EVER!
I like the details and the sunset. Stunning picture
Thanks everyone :)
Such a strong and imposing sky, great shot
Beatiful shot!