Like in a dream

You might want to hit "LARGE"

It was about two in the morning, and after a bumpy ride in the costalwaters of Northern Norway, we eventually moored the Imram in Bjornsund, a smallfisherman island-village. The clouds opened, and a magic light floodedthe classical red houses.

Did I make justice to the scene? Your comments and criticisms are mostwelcome!

I agree, large is better. The top part of the sky is less interesting than the band above the horizon, a panorama format may be worth trying. Apart from that it is a beautifully coloured and lit, calm, scene.

Martin.

Given the usual massacre with ratings, I came to appreciate that the pleasure of the light here must be extremely subjective. The reds, white, and the calm sea were such a change compared to several hours of bad weather, like the one in this shot, taken a couple of hours earlier...

I like the clearness of composition!

 

(Which massacre? :-))

Martin, I have been toying with the idea of a panorama. I think that my resistence to that must be mainly subjective in appreciating I saw the sky after having been shaken around by bad weather for all the day. I will have to re-consider that. Actually I've something shot with the 50(x1.5)mm, which gives more relevance to the centre. Will be posted a day or the other.

 

Daily, indeed I were after something simple. Even though, compositionally, I am not so happy with that red bright buoy to the left. As for the massacre, that's the usual string of 2's and 3's which appear as soon as something is posted, although some are gone by now... maybe they all dislike that red/pinkish buoy!

Salvatore, I vote for the pano too. To me, the real strength of the image is in the bottom half. The upper half message could be said in half the space. I do love that look of sunlight hitting the houses, and I also understand your appreciation of the calm after a battering at sea.

Thanks, Jeff. I think I'll have to upload the 50mm(x1.5 crop factor) version.

I must be feeling contrary nowadays. Seems to me the shot's all about the light. I like the big sky because it explains the light on the houses, and it provides a sense of scale and emptiness. It makes me think that this is a settlement in a remote area, and I enjoy that atmosphere. I also like how the full sky finishes off a series of lightening tones as the eye moves up the image. It's a comforting feeling given the dark waters in the bottom left corner, and the sense from the thick low clouds on the left that the weather's been making its presence felt.

 

And as for the ratings - if they ever were a valid indicator of an image's worth, they haven't been for a while.

 

Best, Jeremy

I tend to agree with Jeremy. The lower part that contains the water, houses and lower clouds is "heavy" in scale. The climbing airy clouds are a counterballance to the lower part, and so the composition has an equilibrium.The atmospher of lighted houses, its form, and airy clouds are conveying the feeling of a remot area somewhere in the univers. ( being in Norway, it fits reality in certain places....)Pnina

Beautiful composition,light and colors.

Sal, I love panoramas too and the lower half will look just great in a crisp clean pano.

Hello Salvatore

 

Your title expresses this scene perfectly, and perfect is a word that may be used to describe the image itself!

 

Fond regards, Nick.