Twelve Apostles in Fading Light

I've gone back and forth on the use of color filters for

landscapes...any comments on this?

Rajesh

This could be a little better if you take the photo a little later....the sun will be more soothing in that case.

I have a red graduated filter, that I've only used a couple of times. Sometimes I think colored filters can add to a shot, but to me it seems like often they are too obvious and distract somewhat. This is a very nice scene. Personally, I think I would prefer it without the colored filter. Maybe with a graduated ND filter to bring out some details in the sky, but the colored filter looks a bit too strong to me.

Beautiful color and nice capture!

The ligth is beautiful.

There is such potential in this scene for natural beauty without the artificiality of filters that I'd prefer real colors. I agree with above comments that this will best be captured when the sun is lower and perhaps with a graduated ND filter to balance the sky with the waves.

I agree with Derek. The filter is obvious. A graduated gray would have been the better choice in my humble opinion. The "sun part" and the reflections in the sea seem overexposed. I like the composition very much except the left bottom corner.

Rajesh: I was at the same place last Feb, hv a few similar pics without the colored filter.

http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=237994

Did you take any pics of the two apostles on the other side?, I would be curious to see how they came out.

Mine won me a few awards

Cheers!

 

Whoa, filter or not, definitely eye-catching. The only major gripe I have with this is the relatively large overexposed area.