Linda From Maine wrote:
I would never have thought about the "problem" if you hadn't brought it up, Chuck :)
I think it's a beautifully composed - and exposed - image that expresses serenity. Your lucky inclusion of the kayaker adds a sense of scale and solitude.
Thanks so much, Linda. It was awfully lucky. I originally only intended the lake-scape with the sunset just to see what it would look like in "sunset" mode.
Nightski wrote:
Gorgeous colors Chuck. It is a beautiful scene. I wish you had been down on that dock, though, using the dock as a leading line out to the lake, and by the time you had gotten down there the kayaker may have been further out. That would have made it perfect. :-)
Thanks, Sandra. I was up on a relations' sun deck. That dock below belongs to a neighbor. I kinda like the high angle, though. If I'd been down on the lake it would have changed everything.
Photog8 wrote:
I like all the elements...still lake, setting sun, and kayak. The wake of the kayak adds enough movement to be interesting. Very nice shot. ;-)
Thank you, Photog8!
Country's Mama wrote:
You nailed the exposure on the sunset and the composition of the shorelines. The reflection in the water is wonderful. I also like how you have used the trees as a frame for your image. I agree it would have been a better shot a few seconds earlier, but this one is still very good.
As for Nightski's dock I had to really search in order to find it at all. That would have been a whole different photo and would have told an entirely different story., beautiful, but not necessarily better in my opinion. This view from on high gives you a larger view of the lake and larger canvas for your reflection and sunset then being lower would have.
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Thanks, Mama! I had to go look for the dock as well (it belongs to a neighbor), but as I mentioned above I was up on a sundeck, and I think the higher angle works pretty well, too. I usually always look for natural "frames" in landscapes. It's how I was trained, in that it gives greater depth to the scene sometimes.
LLucas wrote:
I agree. This is very nice. The wake of the kayak is my favorite piece of this photo. The framing and saturation are very pleasant. The yellow part of the photo is a tad bit bright for me, but that's probably how mother nature intended it. I really love the blue/purple reflections on the rippled water.
Thanks so much, LLucas!
R.G. wrote:
I tried desaturating just a touch and it looks more real to my eye, but maybe you're comfortable with a hi-sat look......
Thanks, R.G. I admit I do like pretty saturated color. I went back to see if I had the SOOC original, and I still do, so here it is below, so you can see what I started with. It's pretty rich in color to begin with, probably a function of the "sunset" scene mode which is (I think) intended to "pop" a sunset more than a straight exposure.