Sunset Grass

This was taken about an hours drive east of Perry, Florida.. on the

panhandle. The Gulf of Mexico is just beyond the grass and tree line.

Pleasant composition, very nice color. How did you preserve the rich green color of the grass when shooting into the sunset? Was this a particularly long exposure?

I used a Singh-Ray Galen Rowell ND Grad 2Stop Soft filter to preserve detail in the forground. Exposure time was 1/8 sec.

Thanks for the comments.

Fantastic colors,congrats!!!

Very nice Dave! Great color and comp.

great exposure control

Fantastic colors and technically very well done.

fantstic this shot!!!Good point of view!!!

Wonderful!

Amazing light!

You did great keeping the detail in the foreground. Not an easy thing to do. The rich yellow and green contrast nicely and make this a pleasing image.

Very professional and wonderfully artistic photo. It has it all: color, detail, drama, great line and best of all light.

A tremendous sensitivity and feel for photographing natural things rings true in this photo, even especially with the civ hints in the background!

an amazing beautiful shot with great colours.

What are you doing in Florida, Dave? :-) Couldn't hack the Alaskan winter? LOL!! (I wouldn't be able to, myself!)

 

This is absolutely gorgeous. You seem to find wonderful shots wherever you go!!

fantastic exposure and light

One of best landscapes ever! Very good detail of the grass, which contrasts with the rest.

Very good shot!!

A simple picture, but with a perfect execution ! Bravo, I like it very much.

The colors are perfect.

Beautiful, brilliant colours and light

the composition is excellent

One of the few photographs that actually deserves that appellation. It is absolutely gorgeous from top to bottom, front to back.

An ominous and unusual colour palette Dave; very nice indeed. I wonder if some additional burning-in or colour adjustment is worth experimenting with in the lower quarter of the image - to me the light there looks a bit unnaturally white as if a fill flash was used.

I like the soft effect (in many of your photos). In this one I especially like the way the grass in the left corner fans out and points in the direction of the water. The water takes it from there joining bottom and top.

Fabulous colors! Nice composition and DoF. Sharp, but soft...

It always annoys me when I'm blown away by an image, and then someone points out something I didn't notice, and that would be the light in the foreground. Well, whether it's fill flash, or fairy lights, it's still a beautiful shot. And the grass definitely looks greener on your side.