landscape and nature Glorious evening

It was the first sunny day in Toronto after Hurricane Sandra. Bright

beauty of the fall was gone with the wind...But the setting sun

brought it back: tender, calm, soothing and... glorious. I hope I was

able to show it to you. Thank you for your comments.

tamara

this is just simply grand!  would have been so easy to overcook the colors.  a bit like a monet.  really beautiful image,  always enjoy your creativity.  stay well!

roger

Tamara, I recognize the mood of your experience. Beautiful colours. Best regards, Marco

Monet is the thought that came to my mind as well.  It's a beautiful, vibrant yet serene composition.

Something simple turned into something special. Very elegant and pleasing. Congratulations.

DG

Roger, thank you very much for your nice comment - you know how much it means for me to have it from you! Monet - I was thinking about when I was processing it. Warm regards, Tamara. How are you?

Marco, Stephen, Daniel! Thank you for your flattering comments. I am glad you see the picture the way I did! Warm regards, Tamara

Looks like morning to me Tamara! Anyway, it is nice looking spectacle without a central point!

 

Best regards

 

PDE

It is really beautiful Tamara, I am sorry I missed this one! It has been quite warm this week as well!!! Lovely - almost like a painting.

Pierre, Gail! Thank you for your visit! It is evening, Pierre. About an hour before sunset. It was hard not to be enchanted by the beautiful colours in the middle of this Sandra devastation, that took away the beauty of the fall we had. My best regards, Tamara

wonderful pale colours. the shadows hold up nicely. best, j

Hi Tamara,

An outstanding display if Nature's beauty.

Well done !

Best Regards, Mike

You all ready get  lots of nice comments, so, I don't need to add my. But I like to help you too. You have to increase the yellow saturation to give more life to the image and a little sharpening not hurting either.(smart sharpening). Next time, if you shooting landscape like this, you have to use f/16, and focus on the first 1/3 distant, and this way you going to have a sharp image all over.

Cheers.

Thank you, Bela! You know I am greatfull for all the tips I can get! Is helpful, really. As for that evening - I had no trypod, the sun was almost down,,,, Still I didn't know about F 16. I will try, thank you. I have no experience at all with landscapes! Warm regards, Tamara

he's right about where to focus, but f/16 is way too much.  your picture won't be as sharp as it should be because of diffraction blur.  never go beyond f/8 unless you need the extra depth of field, which you did not for this shot.

 

it doesn't take long to take one at f/4, one at f/5.6, etc.  the safest way is to focus on the closest bit you want sharp, and let hyperfocal distance take care of the rest.  best, jamie

Wow! This is gorgeous! I really like the soft effect. I don't want to see it any sharper than what it is. I can appreciate Bela's comments regarding processing, but really for me at least, the beauty of this shot lays within the exquisite softness and natural colours.

Wise words from Jamie I too would not recommend an aperture smaller than f8. For this particular scene its likely you would have got away with f5.6 or even wider. I do use small apertures from time to time, but most often it is to achieve a slow shutter speed, for water scenes.

 

Very well done Tamara!

Warm Regards

 

Alf

This is beautiful, there is a lovely softness which gives the picture a special mood and it is sharp. The tree branches are crisp and clear in the background and by using f7.1 and focusing at that tree line it has let the foreground blur softly to give the romantic feel. 

A really nice image Tamara.

All my best,  Bill

Hi Jamie.  You right if you using a cheep lens. With the average consumer lens, it is thru, the f11 is just enough. I get used to, using high quality lenses like 16-35/2.8 & 24-70/2.8  and the f16 never given my a sharpness problem, no diffraction issues. The "never use more then f8" is totally wrong. Any lens you can go safely to f11. F8 is not enough for reasonable DF in landscape subject, specially when you have lots of foreground area in the composition, like in this case. A landscape image with a blurred foreground is a no-no.

The softness issue is a different question. You still has to create a sharp image, then in editing you can create a nice soft image, but you has to have a good and sharp (negative)  image first.

I stand corrected otherwise.

Cheers.

 

Soft effect. Of course, you need a mach bigger canvass to see the effect.

Such lovely soft colors and lighting. I like this one just the way it is. FS