Gradual Silence

The colors, tones, mood, light, composition.. it all works for me. Nicely done.

Did you set white balance on auto or cool it down a little?

Delightful view!! Congrats.

OMAR

Many Thanks for your interest and positive feedback. I agree there is an atmosphere of a cold still night about the image and indeed I do have similar shots that were actually taken in winter, this one mid summer though.

Kind Regards

Alf

ZSOLT

Sincere thanks for your invaluable feedback. Yes you are right there is a thin strip along the bottom that I forgot to crop when processing so there is nothing wrong with your browser. But by the time I noticed there were already a lot of comments, so I didn't bother correcting it.

Best Regards

Alf

JAMIE

Thank you for your interest and  positive feedback, much appreciated. It is interesting to note just how sensitive the sensor of the camera is to light, the next shot looked totally different in terms of light.

Best Regards

Alf

STEVE

Many thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your feedback. The white balance setting in the camera was set to AUTO but I do believe I tweaked it very slightly in photoshop towards a cooler tone. Interesting to note though  that every shot I took varied considerabley in terms of tone, light and exposure length as the light faded rapidly.

Cheers Steve

Alf

ALBERTO

Many thanks for your interest and kind words, much appreciated!

Best Regards

Alf

Great composition and colors, beautiful art work. Best regards, Linh Dinh

Many thanks for your interest and supportive comments, much appreciated!

Best Regards

Alf

A very beautiful scene indeed, Alf -- it reminds me a bit of your Glo-Stix, (& although both are very beautiful images, I might actually prefer the more pronounced tranquility of the above photo..)  A perfect title too -- The silent mood comes through particularly well when opened up to a large format (although one notices that little 'oubli' at the bottom more clearly too :-)  Are those wind turbines at the far distance on the horizon..?

I can relate to Donna's comment re: walking in the ocean & have the floor gradually dropping...  

(btw, I like Michel suggestion for a crop as well, although I like it very much already as is..!)

Best regards to you, Marjolein

Many thanks for your interest and invaluable feedback. The image you refer to "Glow Stix" wastaken in the same location albeit on different occasions and at different times of the year. In fact "Council of the Dwarves" & "Stick 'n Stones" & "The Wishing Stone" all share the same location on the shores of Llandulas, North Wales. Although there is a common theme of sea, water and those uprights, the variety of composition, colour and atmosphere is almost infinite, which is why I suppose I keep going back there. Ahhh yes the "oubli"  (cough)  tip number 347 in my tutorial "Check before uploading" (busy eating my words)    :- )

Yes they are indeed wind turbines, there are dozens of them positioned out at sea off the North Wales Coast, some people don't like them, personally I think they add a surreal presence to the landscape, and can be quite beautiful in thier own right.

I hadn't quite thought of the image in terms of Donna's description, but I do like her analogy too. And I agree Michels crop has great merit.

Good to hear from you Marjolein!

Best Regards

Alf

Love the mood, one of your best.  Best Regards,

When compared to your other similar post, 'Glo-Stix', this one proves that it pays to revisit a location that you've already had one success with.  Different atmospherics, tide levels, or simply a slight change in viewpoint will give you a totally different image.  Cliche?  Well show me something on this earth that has not been photgraphed to death already.  A recent statistic claims that 10% of all photographs ever taken were taken last year.  Ponder that!  Always a treat to view your latest.  Best, LM.

WANGHAN

Many Thanks for your interest and positive feedback, much appreciated!

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Alf

LEN

Always a pleasure to hear from you. I do tend to re - visit favourite locations, partially because of accessibility and time, but sometimes to try and catch the place just right, as you described, times, tides, light etc. You are quite right of course, being original is a difficult task to fulfill. But I get great pleasure from photographing some of the things that have been covered before, and trying to do it better, just to get it better than the last time I tried it and if successful I'm happy.  Thats quite a scary statistic Len, but I can believe it, after all everyone seems to have a phone with in built camera, and take photo's of anything and everything and for no apparent reason other than they can.

Thanks for stopping by Len.

Best Regards

Alf

I'm so sorry for missing this one Alf, as it sure is a beautiful compositon. Love the POV. The title certainly conjures all kinds of thoughts, and interpretations. There are days when I've almost felt that the 'noise' in life would slowly disperse just as the poles of the dock slowly disappear into the water.

And then I easily can traslate the 'feel' as the slow winding down of the day, to a blissful and gradual peace and contentment. This is one of those very special images that can touch one in many different ways on any different day.

A lovely additon to your portfolio Alf, all the best and please forgive my tardiness.

Warmest regards, Gail

Nothing at all to be sorry for, you are so productive with your wonderful creations and so active on this site, I'm in awe of how you can fit it all in. I manage to grab a couple of hours each night before bed, and still can't keep up with you! : - )

I'm really glad you "connected" with this one, your interpretations are very close to mine. The image for me was represented as follows : - the foreground stones being the busy, crowded part of the day, and the sound of the surf the chatter and gossip, then gradually diminishing with the poles to a soft swish, and finally the"gradual silence"

Always good to hear from you Gail and thank you sincerely for your interest and positive feedback.

Warmest Regards

Alf

Cruising your images Alf and came across this one which I love. 

The composition is excellent but it is the color that makes this photo for me.

The blue tones mixed with just a touch of complementary orange in the sky make for wonderful color. The black silhouetted pilings make the blue all the more vibrant and the grey rock in the foreground with the white highlights are complete the scene not only compositionally but also from standpoint of color for me. 

A scenic sunset where the blue tones convey tranquility.

There isn't really anything here that I would change per se and offering any suggestions would be more like grabbing at straws than something constructive.

I'm really glad you like this one. It is another of my favourite locations, the same coast as the lighthouse, but some 20 miles further on. If I remember rightly I used a ND 8 graduated filter on this photo, which gives the balance of light and allows the foreground stones to be seen as more than just silhouettes.

There is one mistake I made shortly before uploading , I made a layer in photoshop to make some adjustments, and then forgot to crop the lower edge of the photo as intended leaving what look like a ........well a layer I suppose.  I haven't rectified the mistake online, as I tend to leave every mistake for all to see and to remind me not to make it again.

Thanks for stopping by and supplying your thoughtful and very positive feedback Joe!

Best Regards

Alf