Dark Days

Comments welcome.

Excellent Photograph

Beutifull image with great colors!

i like the light at the end of the tunnel

 

Dave

Excellent image! looks deep!

Beautiful shot, Mike!

Wonderfull nature scene...

Wonderful photograph, the composition between the rocks and the sky is perfect!

 

Andrew

woooow

very beautiful...congrats.

Fantastico atardecer gran composicion. Saludos

Mike, the Velvia was on your side on this! Shadows in the corners a bit dark but because of the brooding clouds and Velvia has punched the color up bit has made all work out.

 

Seeing more and more Seascapes from the Mtn Man ;-)

Thanks to all who commented. Paul, Velvia did work OK on this morning; it was actually raining and very overcast but when the sun rose the colour was subtle enough so as not to be rendered with the out of range colour that Velvia can produce. I have a version which is not so dark around the edges but I think this works because of the matching dark areas around the edges of the frame - as you say. I have some more shots from this morning (which I thought was going to be a right off) and will post them soon.

 

Yeah I know, Mtn man goes to coast occassionally, water is such good subject matter, especially the ocean. Thanks again.

Real nice image Mike. Colors are fantastic. - Sean

Mike, another keeper. You never stop to amaze me.

beautiful colors and image...i have the 43mm lens, how do you effectively use the gnd with the rangefinder?

Wow....Mike...this is just so beautiful....excellent tones....water is amazingly blue, regards, Rajeev.

David the 43mm is a real gem of a lens, maybe the best piece of glass I own although the 80mm is just as good. I use a Cokin P-series holder and a very rough method for positioning the grad filter. I look at the filter from the front and assess where the graduation ends. If the shot requires only a bit of ND at the top then I'll slide it down just a bit. You can tell fairly easily where the half way point is. This works well enough for nearly all situations where the graduation is not too hard.

Mike, thanks for the info...i recenly picked up a GND for my Canon. The Cokin P with adapters fits the Mamiya 43mm as you said. I'll be taking my family to Cape Cod soon and will try your recommendation...Thanks again! David

Very, very nice! Good composition, color, and technique. Particularly like the light at the end of the "tunnel" and the foam :-)

Good line and exposure Mike , the composition is excellent ~ GT

This is probably my favorite of the three, because of the tremendous leading line carrying us out to that golden spotlight in the distance. The symmetry between sky and sea is also impressive -- I especially like the reflections in the foreground pool and the balance between the highlights top right and bottom right. The sky as a whole is fascinating. This is surely among your finest recent work.

Mike,beautiful shot, wonderfull nature!

 

Regards

 

Leonid Padrul

 

Magnifica calidad,,,luz perfecta, bello encuadre, gran nitiez, excelente composicion, saludos cordiales Mike.

As most have mentioned, and I'd agree, the composition is the strong point of this image. Thanks for taking the time to comment, as I mentioned on one of the other posts, it wasn't that difficult to take a good shot on this particular morning at this particular place but I'm happy with the results. A few more still to scan and process from the same morning...