Sunset at Karamea

[ddigit]

Our club organised a weekend at Karamea on the West Coast of the South Island NZ. The first night we were rewarded with this brilliant sunset in the Karamea river estuary. This is a famous "whitebait" fishing area. I concentrated on the stones in the foreground. The tree trunk on the right is a bit soft. What do any of you think ??

Trevor

[Archangel]

Re: Sunset at Karamea

Our club organised a weekend at Karamea on the West Coast of the South Island NZ. The first night we were rewarded with this brilliant sunset in the Karamea river estuary. This is a famous "whitebait" fishing area. I concentrated on the stones in the foreground. The tree trunk on the right is a bit soft. What do any of you think ??

Trevor

Hi Trevor,


I think that it is a very nice photo. The colors are nice, but most of all, I like that you took the photo by positioning the camera low in the ground. such positioning gives a different and unusual dimension to the photo.
I also think, that a slight saturation and sharpness boost will make the photo more punchy and bring out more detail that suits perfectly photos like that.
But anyway, no matter what, I personally like very much this photo.


Regards

George

[Stephen]

Re: Sunset at Karamea

I love this picture Trev, my kinda image However I do agree about the tree, maybe another stop of aperture would have sorted it, though frankly I may have tried another shot with this nearer the camera to give a different foreground interest. Do like the large pebbles though,and the lovley colours, just needs that extra DOF to make it a stunner.

Sorry Trev. I hadn't noticed you had put the picture here and were not really asking for any critique Better than just putting 'Nice picture' though innit

[Tinka]

Re: Sunset at Karamea

Our club organised a weekend at Karamea on the West Coast of the South Island NZ. The first night we were rewarded with this brilliant sunset in the Karamea river estuary. This is a famous "whitebait" fishing area. I concentrated on the stones in the foreground. The tree trunk on the right is a bit soft. What do any of you think ??

Trevor

Hi ddigit,
A stunning land/seascape, beautiful light and clever viewpoint, to me it does not matter that the log is soft, the forground stones are sharp and draw you into the image, as you said you concentrated on the large stones, The stones draw you into the log area, the water brings you back across the image, the spit of sand takes you back to the right and to the lovely sky. the evening lighting and color is soft and very relaxing,almost dreamy, a lovely image as is, a bit more saturation and punch would be nice to give you a choice of two versions, but keep this version. easily done with post processing. A very nice image.

[yoshi]

Re: Sunset at Karamea

I concentrated on the stones in the foreground. ... What do any of you think ??

Hi Trevor, may I ask why you concentrated on the stones in the foreground?
just consider this a simple question to appreciate/understand more about the picture,please.
yoshi

[ddigit]

Re: Sunset at Karamea

Hi Yoshi,
Looking back on several land/river/lake scapes that I have done one of my favourite viewpoints is to have the camera down low and use pebbles to lead into the photo. I feel the pebbles add interest and texture to what could just be a pretty shot. However - in saying that I have to be careful to use a small f stop to giver better depth of field - so - in most cases a small tripod is necessary. (I must admit I didnt use a tripod on this occasion)

Trevor

[ddigit]

Re: Sunset at Karamea

Hi,
Have to agree with your comments. By the way - the reason I have gone to a DSLR (Nikon D80) is that I wanted greater control over the DOF as my other digital cameras didnt have the small f stops.
I dont mind comments no matter what place I put the photos in. All I have received so far have been constructive and I have learned a fair bit about my photos and I guess about myself.

Regards
Trev

[yoshi]

Re: Sunset at Karamea

Hi Trevor, many thanks. I think I will look at the pic once more as you suggested by starting from the pebbles. - I think I started with the top right when i first watched the pic a few days ago.
Pebbles are often used as paving stones in a garden so it might be why you think pebbles are good for guiding viewers' eye to a certain direction.
sorry for my delayed response.
yoshi

[guymclaren]

Re: Sunset at Karamea

I find myself drawn back to the pebbles rather than leading away from them. I like the picture, the colours are great but I wonder what it would have looked like with the tree as the focal point.