Hamnøy

Lofoten Islands, Norway. Taken at dusk, 8 sec at f/11. Thanks for

your comments.

Beautiful colours and composition. Congrats.

Amazing photo. I personally prefer the centered horizon because you really capture the character of the clouds, mountains, and the water.

-Charlie

I love the cool blue tones that convey the cold and glimpses of warmer lights conveying the promise of a more hospitable environment indoors. Nicely detailed long exposure and captivating scenery.

Sincere Compliments

Alf

Excellent dramatic scenery, beautiful mix of natural light and artificial lighting. I suggest to crop about 15% from the right side and a bit from top and bottom. This would give a more balanced picture and increase the impact of the essential parts of the village and the mountains. Karl

Beautiful work with very nice lighting, Alain!

 

The majesty of the landscape is nicer to look at in the enlarged version. Beautiful landscape!

Beautiful image.  I love the cold colors and the mood, one can almost feel the cold air.  Great capture - michel

Wonderful color and light. Love the blue tone conveying the chill. Regards.

A photograph at dusk that still looks like dusk -- nicely done with a perfect exposure.  It appears to be very quiet, very cold, and very peaceful.

Thanks a lot to all of you for your nice comments!

Karl: I hesitated quite a long time during post-processing to cut the right part of the image. I agree that the image would really be better balanced. The problem is that I didn't feel like croping the top and the bottom and at the same time wanted to keep the 3x2 format, so I didn't crop the right part. Your comment makes me wonder if I took the right decision... I'll make some crop tests tomorrow and maybe repost the image. Thanks a lot for the input!

Awesome composition, I like the contrast of light and color. Congratulations.

Alain, I'm looking at the crop suggestion provided by Karl, and I think you have plenty of room to make a small crop on top (especially) and bottom.  I hope you'll do a comparison for yourself (and perhaps post it for feedback).

Above is a new cropped version. It will be visible in a few hours I guess.

Below is the original version.

Thanks for your suggestions!

First version

For me it makes a huge difference. Karl

Same here.  It seems to me that the right side has two elements that really dictate where the edge ought to go.  One is the second small peak to the right of the main peak, and the other is the long, dark building directly below that small peak.  These both seem like natural dividing lines, and you want to leave just enough room so that they don't feel crowded.  Your placement works very well, and you even have a bit of wiggle room if you like.  To my eye, you still have room on top if you'd rather have more water and less sky.  I think you could move the frame down, perhaps removing up to 50% of the sky that currently shows, and I don't think the peak would look crowded.  It just depends on what you want to emphasize.  Your new crop really puts the viewer's eyes on the village, and there are no relatively empty spaces.  Nicely done.

Lovely play with colors in this one, I like the mood in this shoot. great work.

Best regards Tore

Love the blue tone of photo with sprinkled yellow lights. Well done!

Best wishes... Sandeep

I agree...love the blue tones, Alain.  It just adds to the feeling of how cold it probably was.  The lights add the perfect amount of warmth to this cold dramatic scene.  Love the mountains and reflections too.  Beautiful!!!

One of the best photo shooted to the Blue Hour ! Excellent  !

Congratulations !

Very beautiful image with wonderful light! I love the contrast of the warm light and the cold blue tones. Lovely work! Thank you for sharing. :)