Goodnight Talacre

After taking a lot of sunset shots that I thought were okish, I took this

one, this was the last shot of the evening 10.23pm as I walked back to

the car. Your thoughts and comments are always appreciated. Thank

You.

A marvelous image. The foreground, the sky, the color tonality, the contrasr - wonderful. Best regards.

Excellent sweeping landscape Alf, the sky is magnificent....Regards

Excelentes: textura , color, composición y detalle. Una gran foto. Saludos

What a fantastic image. The colors are just fenomenal and the lighting is magical accentuating the great foreground texture.

Trully a great shot.

Alex

Superb capture! Composition, light and colors are just perfect! A master work!

Best regards Sadegh

Alf,

  Wow.....breathtaking image with wonderful colors & details. Take care, Patsy

A wondrous image.  Another fine example of why I find it hard to leave until "ALL" usable light is gone.  Thank you for sharing.

-Dave

Really beautiful work with impressive lighting, Alf!

Beautiful seascape. Excellent lights and foreground. Thanks for your visit. Regards.

At first glance I thought it was a herd of sheep but I guess it's terrain?  What are the white things in the foreground?  The lighting is superb!

Nice work Alf, i  really like the rich saturated hues in this shot.  The ripples provide a nice pattern leading the eye through the photo until it reaches the lone lighthouse, which is perfectly located in the center of the burning sky.   Your perspective is excellent but i wonder how it would look had the lighthouse been slightly more to the left. Regards - michel

Much has already been said and I am in concurrence with the fact that this is a superb image. That ripple pattern, the brilliant sky and the light house produces a synthesis that is very pleasing to the eye. I had no idea who or what was Talacre but now I know that it is in Flintshire on the North Wales coast. My web surfing also indicates that there have been numerous ghostly sightings associated with this lighthouse - one where a figure appears and is dressed in old fashioned lighthouse attire. Perhaps a digital alteration is called for including some mist and an apparition holding a lantern in a hunched position.

Now back to the image: I realize that this was the last shot of the 'day' and it is a very fine image indeed. I would have gone for a 2nd image without moving and would have gone portrait mode. Following Michel's advice, 'moving' the lighthouse slightly to the left in this 2nd one. I have read an article from a professional photographer where he always includes a vertical when working a scene simply because most magazine covers go with the portrait mode image.

Best regards and thanks for stopping by one of my recent images.

A wonderfully evocative image!

As in your previous image Alf, the great depth is IMHO the main characteristic also in this one.

But the well written texture of the f/g and the amazing rich sunset tones of the glorious sky are the credits of this impressive sunset.

My congrats for the precise exposure and the light treatment.

Good afternoon Alf, guess everything is said above including the nitty-gritties. Don't want to be repetitive,though. I like this one integrally, tried to enlarge to see if you might have overlooked the ghostly lighthouse keeper walking around the tower...or some strange figures on the beach... Compliments Alf, worthwhile to stay that long - and generally, the last shot is always the best. Good w-e.

What to say more? I like the pattern of the sand and of course the dramatic sky with these nice colors. Great DOF too. A very nice image. Regards, Jean-Marc  

Talacre lighthouse a great location beautifully captured, wonderful sunset and the texture and light on the sand is superb. A shot to be proud of.

Cheers.........John

SUMON

Many thanks for your visit and kind comments, much appreciated !

Regards

Alf

KEITH

Sincere thanks for looking in, I appreciate your kind comments.

Regards

Alf

GALLEGO

Thank you, your words of encouragement are really well recieved.

Regards

Alf

ALEX

It is encouraging and flattering to hear such great comments from someone with so much knowledge and experience, sincere thanks!

Regards

Alf

SADEGH

Sincere Thanks for your visit and kind words I truly appreciate them.

Kind Regards

Alf

PATSY

Always good ot hear from you! I hope you are keeping well. Many thanks for your feedback, much appreciated!

Kind Regards

Alf

DL ( Dave)

Many Thanks for your visit and kind comments, you have raised a vital point there, and I'm in total agreement. I think some of the very best light and colour is when the sun has actually dipped below the horizon and for some considerble time afterwards too.

Regards

Alf

RUUD

Thanks for stopping by Ruud, I appreciate your kind words!

Regards

Alf

ARTURO

Thank you for stopping by, your kind words are appreciated!

Regards

Alf

KATHY

 No sheep here, unless sean followed me : - )

The foreground is sand and the "white things" are sea shells. Thanks for looking in Kathy, much appreciated !

Regards

Alf

MICHEL

I always look forward to reading your feedback, as you always have some good idea's and positive ways of improvement. You have a good point about moving the lighthouse slightly to the left, and I did consider it when I was processing the image, I could have achieved this by cropping the image slightly, but after some consideration decided to leave it alone as I didn't want to lose any of the lfar eft hand side foreground detail. Sincere thanks for your thoughts and comments Michel, much appreciated!

Regards

Alf

TONY

 Sincere thanks for your visit and your valuable imput. Digital alterations with mist and ghostly figures are a great idea, but sadly I lack the knowledge required to produce such work.

I think your point about taking a portrait shot as well as a landscape one is a very valid one, and one that in all honesty, I haven't thought about consciously until now. However when I checked my file for that evening I was delighted to find I had done just that, I will post the portrait version at some point in the near future in order that a comparison can be made and hopefully you will be kind enough to let me know your thoughts when I do so.  It is definately a great tip worth keeping in mid for the future. Thanks again Tony!

Kind Regards

Alf

ADRIENNE

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

Kind Regards

Alf

KARALOS

Sincere thanks for your observations and encouraging feedback, it is always good and useful to know what aspects of an image are appealing and I do appreciate you letting me know your thoughts.

Kind Regards

Alf

EL

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate your thoughts and comments. I do believe I was the only strange looking ghostly figure on the beach that evening, but you have just given me an idea Hmmmm well I won't divulge what it is exactly but it involves me, my camera, a hooded cloak (if I can find one) and a scythe (or a bit of shaped cardboard that looks like a scythe) Oh and yes, I agree the last shot is quite often the best. Thanks again EL

Kind Regards

Alf

JEAN-MARC

Many thanks for looking in and for your kind comments, much appreciated

Regards

Alf

JOHN

Good to hear from you, and glad to see you posting more images, I really enjoyed the latest "Artist" ones

Talacre is favourite location of mine, I just wish someone would straighten that lighthouse though  : - )

Thanks for your comments and for stopping by John!

Kind Regards

Alf

WOW!! Amazing, beautiful, I love it.

Best regards.

Alberto

I like a lot the rhythm of the terrain and the way it is broken by the white whatever (garbage? even if yes, it plays an important role in the composition).

A really interesting sunset, quite hard to do as there are so many boring ones.

Best Regards, Tibi

ALBERTO

Many thanks, I am so pleased you like it, much appreciated!

Regards

Alf

TIBI

Sincere thanks for stopping by, I am pleased you like this one. The small white objects are small sea shells, I know what you mean though about sunsets, it's difficult to be interesting or original when the subjects been covered so many times, so your words are much appreciated!

Regards

Alf

Alf...  Much has been said, so I'll just say this is excellent and very well done... Mike

excellent,light,colors and texture here...congrats

Outstanding image Alf! Fabulous colors in that sky, superb DOF, and overall feeling of great depth thanks to those excellent ripples, and the marooned shells. Love this one Alf!

All the best,
Neil