Sunset by Summit Inn Hotel (2)

This is a nice photo. Great composition and exposure.

Great choice on the filtering of this image, I think it tied the sunset's color with the dark approach of night very well. Did you shoot this several times during the sunset? I'd like to see one with a little more sky around the top and righthand sides of the tree, maybe have the tree a little more straightened top to bottom.

I think you did a wonderful job with selecting on when/where to take this image!

I didn't use a filter on the picture. Spot-metered and took on "Program". It came out pretty much that way on Elitechrome and with my slide scanner software set at "Neutral" colour balance, no Photoshop work. I would say it looks a little darker than I remembered it...

Well I was implying the hoya Skylight (1B) filter that you mentioned in Equipment. I wasn't implying filters used digitally.

The skylight (1A, or 1B) filter I used is a standard filter I have attached to all my lenses as a protection against accidental contact, dust, etc. Its clear glass and does not really change the colour of the scene being taken. Its something like a UV filter too, which does help if the scene has a lot of UV (makes the picture less bluish).

 

Anyway, thanks!

From the area near the Summit Inn Hotel at Pennsylvania off Route 40.

It was difficult choosing between maintaining the size of the tree and

the size of the sun. Should I have taken it with the sun slightly

higher up?

Everything wirks well in thiss. Bill Magee