Pictures From the Woods
Frozen Sunset V (A Winter's Walk)
Posted by Bill Ault (GBA, Canada) on 15 January 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
The park bench and the tree in silhouette caught my eye.
Marie LC from Voiron, France
You offer us a beautiful sucession of sunsets. Thank you Bill, I love !
15 Jan 2009 6:08am
@Marie LC: You're welcome Marie.
Scene by Sharon Photography from Kingston, Ontario, Canada
WOW - love the contrast of the beautiful yellow with the snow - great shot!
15 Jan 2009 11:13am
@Scene by Sharon Photography: Thanks and right in Kingston's "front yard" as well.
@zOOm: thanks zOOm
Eleftheria from Athens, Greece
5 stars from me, bravo! I hope to see it on the spotlight!
15 Jan 2009 4:20pm
@Eleftheria: Thanks Eleftheria this one seems to have struck a chord with many.
@alex centrella: thanks Alex - the simple ones are usually the best ones
DarkElf from Perth, Australia
really good composition! i see how the tree caught your attention - as it has mine as well - you placed well with the frame together with the bench... the frozen lake looks quite superb too!
16 Jan 2009 1:12am
@DarkElf: there are a few things I would have improved - probably should have shifted a bit to the right but I think I might have lost the effect of the sun on the ice so I probably should have been 15 minutes earlier to get the angles right... ahh well next time.
baobab from Cambridge, United States
very nice. I'm with you in a series of sun shots, but also wonder if the viewer will have the same sense of wonder I had at the original experience... the tree and bench add a sense of life and humanity against the backdrop of the eternal sky.
16 Jan 2009 6:22pm
@baobab: baobab - usually I'm pretty happy with my sunsets but these winter ones were a challenge and to me never did really capture the softness and depth of the clouds even in the next shot....
baobab from Cambridge, United States
Bill, what type of pp did you apply? I'm no expert, but have found through experimentation that selectivly adjusting levels (e.g. in this shot), exposure (here) or in extremes - when the sky is very dull - tweaking selective colour (here) can help. Vibrance is also a great tool for bringing out subtle hues without oversaturating the entire shot.
17 Jan 2009 9:48pm
Canon PowerShot S3 IS
1/100 second
F/8.0
7 mm