Waiting for the Sunset

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Thank you if you would spend a little time to watch this photo and leave me a sincere comment or a critique to help me growing as a photographer.

Perfetti dettagli pur nelle difficili condizioni di luce. Ottimo lavoro! (7/7 a.)

Alberto, I like the atmosphere of the shot, a joyful moment frozen in time. Very well done technically, too. I'd be interested how you exposed and processed this. I rarely shoot directly into the sun (afraid of flare and underexposure of the rest of the scene mostly).

Hi Peter, thank you for your comment. I love taking pictures against the sun: in this case I spot metered the right blue part of the sky and opened by one stop... f/16 for maximum depth of field and for getting a star effect of the sun... Camera on a sturdy tripod... After getting my slides developed I was surprised by the good latitude I got in this shot, so with PS I was able to recover enought shadows details...

Questa me l'ero persa...ed e' un gran peccato perche' non riesco a votarla come vorrei! Bellissima davvero, tecnicamente fantastica, un'atmosfera quasi da film di fantascienza (...le persone sembrano quasi attendere l'arrivo di un qualcosa di soprannaturale...)....che dire? Bravissimo! Salutoni, Diego