A Ruby Sunset

Are the middle rocks in this composition distracting? In an effort

to continually improve my photography I welcome any comments. Thank

You.

Hi Derrald. I think the middle rocks work just fine. The way the water flows around them is soft and pleasant in contrast to the jagged rocks behind. Great shot. Cheers, -Mathew Cook-

Beautiful colors in this photo. The middle rocks add interest to the foreground and the soft water is very nice. I might have tried moving just 1 or 2 steps to the right so the edge of the middle rocks was not so lined up with the background rocks. It is very nice as is!

Derrald, is the reddish cast due to the real colors or the Singh-Ray filters? I have come to the conclusion that using any Singh-Ray ND filter with more than 3 stops of gradation adds significant amounts of reddish/magenta color cast. I have no idea why it is so. I was under the impression that Singh-Ray filters have the highest optical quality and no color cast whatsoever.

 

Anyways, this is a nice capture with gentle water lapping the rocks. The reddish sky gives it a more aggressive look to this otherwise soothing and calm image.

 

Regards,

Ashutosh

Ashutosh, I have been wondering the same thing. Whenever I utilize my 3-stop or 4-stop grad with the 3-stop ND it always gives a reddish cast. I like it so it's not really an issue. I believe it may have something to do with the way the light comes through 6 stops of filters, that maybe the red part of the spectrum makes it through better. Either way, I have noticed it as well.