Sunset in Pointe Aux Chênes, Louisiana: Pointe Aux Chênes in english means "Point to the Oaks"...

RedArrow Loc: Coastal Louisiana

Pointe Aux Chênes in english means "Point to the Oaks"

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Beautiful image John.

Don

Umnak Loc: Mount Vernon, Wa.

Well done John! Seen and shot many a sunset but this image is really a cut above!
More please?!
Rob

RedArrow Loc: Coastal Louisiana

PAR4DCR wrote:

Beautiful image John.

Don

Thanks Don

RedArrow Loc: Coastal Louisiana

Umnak wrote:

Well done John! Seen and shot many a sunset but this image is really a cut above!
More please?!
Rob

Thanks Rob, I had to order a 82mm ring to use my Lee filters on 24-70mm f2.8s and now 4 days rain in the forecast.

Umnak Loc: Mount Vernon, Wa.

RedArrow wrote:

Thanks Rob, I had to order a 82mm ring to use my Lee filters and now 4 days rain in the forecast.

Congrats on the new accessories! Those skies will part and you'll be ready! This is coming from a guy who's lived most of his life in the PNW(Western Washington), we are no strangers to rain! I only mention this because I had acquired a new prime lens(24mm) last month and 6 days of gray, cloudy and rainy days followed...... Looking forward to more of these great sunset images!
Rob

RedArrow Loc: Coastal Louisiana

Umnak wrote:

Congrats on the new accessories! Those skies will part and you'll be ready! This is coming from a guy who's lived most of his life in the PNW(Western Washington), we are no strangers to rain! I only mention this because I had acquired a new prime lens(24mm) last month and 6 days of gray, cloudy and rainy days followed...... Looking forward to more of these great sunset images!
Rob

Rain will come a go and I will be ready when it goes.

NickGee Loc: Pacific Northwest

RedArrow wrote:

Pointe Aux Chênes in english means "Point to the Oaks"

Nice shot. I have a question about technique. I see the sun is still above the horizon and yet there are abundant stars in a dark sky. Is this a composite, then? Or did you employ some other technique? I'm interested, thanks.

RedArrow Loc: Coastal Louisiana

NickGee wrote:

Nice shot. I have a question about technique. I see the sun is still above the horizon and yet there are abundant stars in a dark sky. Is this a composite, then? Or did you employ some other technique? I'm interested, thanks.

Thanks Nick, This was 11 mins after sunset and what you see is a very distant cloud still getting direct sunlight. It is a simple process and using a tripod take all sunset pictures after the stars come out take a stars picture. You process the sunset to your liking. I open the sunset and stars as layers in PS CC then put the stars layer on top of the sunset then add a mast to stars. In Layers you change Normal to lighten and only lightest part of the stars layer shows through to the sunset layer. You use a black brush on the mast to remove unwanted stars on the sunset. There are million ways to do this in PS CC but I find this one works. I use LR, PS and Pro Panel really puts a nice to finishing touch to my images.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Wonderful shot, John!

RedArrow Loc: Coastal Louisiana

UTMike wrote:

Wonderful shot, John!

Thanks Mike

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Beautifully done. Great image.

RedArrow Loc: Coastal Louisiana

kpmac wrote:

Beautifully done. Great image.

Thanks kpmac

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

RedArrow wrote:

Pointe Aux Chênes in english means "Point to the Oaks"

Nice shot John