Afterglow

Taken after the sun had gone down for the day out in the islands of

the Georgian Bay.

 

Thanks for any comment/suggestions.

such a beautiful array of blue tones and great proportion of water to sky. a wonderful image.

Such beauty in simplicity... Mike

 

Mary;

 

Thanks, this was a 30 sec. exposure and the upper sky and water were nearly black. I was pleased with how well the blue tones managed to come through.

 

Mike;

 

Thanks, these barren rock islands do inspire a minimalist composition.

 

 

 

Lovely work. I've got an exact duplicate in my port. I love the strip of orange light against the indigo blue.

It looks brilliant..wonderful job!

It is a "shouting" silence !! also the next one, but this is a magic timing,

The different tones of blue on the upper part vs, the gray/blue on the lower part lighted by the warm strip, (and the rocks)...... No words... needed here, as it speaks for itself!

For my taste it is a really good job!,perhaps a clasic seascape when the day it's touching the night,but I love this style,this color degrade and the contrast, certainly the compo is stunning.I can breathe the silence...Best regards

Simple but beautiful. Good job.

Absolutely fantastic. The perfect image of the northern summer sunset fading into the inky blackness of night.

 

I love the openness of space here. I can see many another photographer being tempted into a tighter crop. Thank goodness you weren't.♦

This is incredible! Truly an image that defines open space and solitude. The bands of color are amazingly harmonious and balanced. I completely agree with Ian; thank God that you didn't crop this one jot. I could look at this on the wall for a long, long time. Very artistic! Cheers! Chris

fascinating balance - is it just me or does the horizon line drift up and down based on where you look?

Smooth beauty. Love this image. Take care

I like the picture and the colors are great. I also like how the colors transition from light to dark but I have to say that for my tastes anyway..I would crop a significant amount from the top and or bottom. You could do so and still retain enough of the inky blackness to convey the feeling of wide open emptiness. Very nice image either way. Fred

Jeff; I can well image this is an oft photographed scene. I will have to take a look for your version. If we'd been there at the same time I would have poured you a cup and we could have studied the silence together.

 

Kieth;

 

Thanks vary much for your enthusiastic response.

 

Pnina;

 

Thanks so much. I thought of you while I was working on this one, as I have tried in our correspondences to convey to you how magical this place out in the islands is to me. I felt as if, in this image, I got closer than I had before to capturing some of that magic. The silence out there is a screaming silence. A cricket sounds as loud as a streetcar in such silence.

 

Mario;

 

Thanks, yes it is a classic sort of image. For me it is not my usual style but some beuaties are universal. Your expression that you can breath the silence is very touching and more than a bit poetic.

 

Ricardo;

 

Thanks, sometimes simple is all that is needed.

 

Ian;

 

Thanks for the feedback. It has been a while since I tried my hand at landscape. Seeing the great work you brought back from your road trip has inspired me to try to capture some of the spirit of my own neighborhood.

 

I am glad you mentioned the openness of space. The bay is a vast landscape. I was trying to convey that sense of openness while still coming up with a meaningful composition.

 

Chris;

 

Thanks for dropping by and offering your well informed opinion. As I mentioned to Ian landscape is not my usual turf so I highly appreciate seeing talented landscape photographers dropping by.

 

John;

 

No it is not just you :-)

 

I had a helluva time trying to figure out if the horizon was level. I think that all those tight bands of colour, broken up by the islands scattered throughout the horizon, does cause your eye to trip up and loose track of what is level.

 

Frank;

 

Thanks for taking the time to look at my photo and thanks for the honest and constructive comment. I do respectfully disagree regarding the crop. To my eye loosing a significant amount of the top would bring the horizon too close to the center. This leave the impression that the photographer could not make a decision and so just split the difference. As stands, and again only my opinion, the balance is fine the way it presently is. The light falling off ( I did not use vignetting, nor crop this photo ) seems even and well balanced, coming down to a similar density in both the upper and lower corners.

 

Part of what makes photography and P.Net interesting is the diversity of opinions. I am appreciative that you took the time to share your vision.

 

Such a wonderful photo.  The colors and tones are so rich.   Very well done.

Nice!