Volcanic Sunset

[climberhunt]

April 19, 2010 at 9:35 pm

That cloud of ash seems to be giving us some very ususal sunsets at the moment.
Rgds,
Dave.

[miki g]

April 19, 2010 at 9:41 pm

Hi Dave.
I’m really impressed with this shot & wouldn’t change a thing. Need I say more? :D :D Well done

[DaveMurdoch]

April 19, 2010 at 9:43 pm

one word! Stunning…

[flynny]

April 19, 2010 at 11:59 pm

Lovely shot,
I might be tempted to tone down the suns reflection a tad,
and maybe a little work on the horizon.

[shutterbug]

April 20, 2010 at 7:27 am

Would agree with Flynny, lovely mood to the shot but tone it down a tad it might
get rid of the “ring” around the sun, lovely composition!

[b318isp]

April 20, 2010 at 12:27 pm

Great shot, I love the rocks in the foreground.

[Luimneach]

April 20, 2010 at 2:08 pm

A cracker!!

Did it require much Post Production or were you using filters when shooting?

[shphoto]

April 20, 2010 at 2:52 pm

I think this is stunning!

[climberhunt]

April 20, 2010 at 4:03 pm

Thanks all for the positive comments.
I did a bit of work on the horizon already, but stopped short of straightening it, as it was a very wide angle shot. Would ye suggest making it perfectly straight? I suppose it’d be less distracting then. I’m not sure what’s typically done on shots like these.
Also, I’ll do a bit of work on the sun, and it’s reflection in the water a bit and see how it looks.

I was using a 1000x 10-stop filter, and there’s very little done to the colours. I was very excited at what I was seeing on the back of the camera that evening. If i did slide up the saturation even a little, it looked overdone, so I left it as it was.

Thanks all,
Dave.

[Madra Rua]

April 20, 2010 at 4:21 pm

Beautiful composition, nice lead in, lovely tones. almost poetic

[phillip]

April 20, 2010 at 7:08 pm

fantastic shot, well done

[DougL]

April 20, 2010 at 8:04 pm

This is a really excellent shot! I love the composition, and the rocks and waves are really stunning.

I do think the sun and its reflection are distracting. I don’t know what to tell you to try to fix it as I don’t really have any experience with sunset shots. Also, I would definitely fix the barrel distortion causing the horizon to curve. I think you can do that with the distort filter in Photoshop. Also, the upper-right corner seems to have some really noticeable viginetting. I’m not sure if that was intentional, or a lens artifact, but I would correct it. These are all minor quibbles though…sorry, I’m a perfectionist!

-Doug

[Seaview]

April 21, 2010 at 7:51 am

Stunning shot Dave, well captured.

Dave.

[streetshooter]

April 21, 2010 at 8:54 am

Love the sunset – not crazy about the water :(

[Thomas Gee]

April 22, 2010 at 10:53 pm

Yea the horizon is a bit iffy but the rocks and the water are just spot on

I am a sucker for water in a shot.

Where are these rocks?