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p.1 #1 · A reluctant sunset

I went out to the Cannon Beach area on Sunday looking for a nice sunset and came very close to being completely skunked because of the cloud cover that crept in as the evening approached. Where I once held out hopes for some star shots along the coast I got a world of gray instead. In the last possible moments of any chance of seeing evening colors at all the sun gave an interesting appearance with an almighty 2 minutes left before the sun was due to head below the horizon:

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Canon 5D Mk II
date: 5/31/09 8:55PM
ISO 100
Shutter speed 10s
Aperture f/29
Lens Canon 100-400mm f/4-5.6 @ 210mm

Hardly the light show I was hoping for but better than no show at all.

Thanks for looking and any C&C always welcome.

Alan

Jun 03, 2009 at 02:46 AM

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p.1 #2 · A reluctant sunset

you actually got very nice light with lots of character. just my opinion but as an alternate comp, i'd probably crop some off the bottom if this was mine (maybe right about to where the slightly diagonal line on the water is out of the frame), clone out some dust spots and you're golden. i really like the gulls standing on the rocks!

Jun 03, 2009 at 02:56 AM

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p.1 #3 · A reluctant sunset

Binh - thanks - your call on the crop was a good one. I had already hacked out a huge chunk of foreground for the first version because I was hoping for reflections in the water that was lapping around my feet (didn't happen) but that obviously wasn't enough. I also fixed the dust bunnies I missed the first time.

thnx gobs.

Alan

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Jun 03, 2009 at 03:13 AM

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p.1 #4 · A reluctant sunset

Alan

Sometimes that's all you need is a couple of minutes and you sure showed that here in this image really like your comp here and the clouds running across the sun real add nicely. I would say you came away with a real nice keeper good job.

Ray Still

Jun 03, 2009 at 03:22 AM

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p.1 #5 · A reluctant sunset

Hey Alan,

Good work on sticking around and getting this. My thought was that you should crop more off the top...

Just above the ridge on the right. Then it will be a pano crop at that point with what you took from the bottom, but I think it really strengthens the shot.

Jim

Jun 03, 2009 at 06:25 AM

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p.1 #6 · A reluctant sunset

It was well worth it. I love the quiet calm mood in this image. The crop is ace.
Ute

Jun 03, 2009 at 06:28 AM

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p.1 #7 · A reluctant sunset

Excellent capture Alan, and Binh's idea has helped lift it. It pays to use the longer lenses for landscape.

Jun 03, 2009 at 07:14 AM

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p.1 #8 · A reluctant sunset

Hello Alan,

A fine pay-off for staying until the last. I like both - do you have a version panned slightly right to allow the hill to rise into the corner and close the gap on the left

In any event, good work.

hugh

Jun 03, 2009 at 10:37 AM

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p.1 #9 · A reluctant sunset

Thanks for the great suggestions folks - and thank heavens for 21MP where I can crop out so much and still have enough pixels left for the shot

I took the crop advice from Jim which also matches hugh's thought about the hill on the right.

Jun 03, 2009 at 12:12 PM

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p.1 #10 · A reluctant sunset

Very nice........I do like that cropped version!

Jun 03, 2009 at 12:17 PM

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p.1 #11 · A reluctant sunset

Hi Al,

You really got a good one here. All the versions have their merit, but IMHO I like the first uncropped version the best. It keeps the horizon from being right in the middle of the shot. In addition, the foreground is not completely bland, it has some interesting "layers" in it, so I do not believe it hurts the image to have so much foreground.

Mike

Jun 03, 2009 at 07:01 PM

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p.1 #12 · A reluctant sunset

Hi Alan,

Really like the soft tones. Very peaceful looking.

JBR

Jun 03, 2009 at 08:45 PM

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p.1 #13 · A reluctant sunset

Very nice, not to change the subject, but you are posting machine. I recall mere weeks ago you being in the mid hundreds on posts. I've seen most of the shots you have posted, all great!

Jun 03, 2009 at 09:02 PM

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p.1 #14 · A reluctant sunset

Beautiful image Alan, the soft water gives the appearance of being on a mountain peak above the clouds watching the sun set.

Mike

Jun 03, 2009 at 09:08 PM

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p.1 #15 · A reluctant sunset

Better and better with each crop Alan. What a fantastic reward for some extra perserverence. In my case, I'd probably have seen it in my rearview mirror as I pulled away in my truck. A very nice shot to add to ones portfolio. Well done.

Jun 03, 2009 at 09:52 PM

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p.1 #16 · A reluctant sunset

Impressive......what started as a very nice image has turned into a GREAT one!

The more pano crop really allows what color is there on the warm side to truly stand out and 'make' the image. 'Simple.....and simply wonderful.

Jun 04, 2009 at 12:04 AM

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p.1 #17 · A reluctant sunset

It's a great shot, the layers of the clouds in the sun help make it a success.
Good things come to those who wait.

Jun 04, 2009 at 12:46 AM

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p.1 #18 · A reluctant sunset

Hi Alan,

Very different and appealing approach to that part of the Oregon Coast. Rich colors and tones within a well balanced composition.

Bob

Jun 04, 2009 at 01:02 AM

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p.1 #19 · A reluctant sunset

This has been a really fun post for me because it points out benefits of posting shots on here and asking for feedback and suggestions. To be honest every time I looked at this shot in the RAW I kept wishing it had looked like something else I was hoping to see when I drove over to the coast. I really didn't spot the framing job that others prodded me into trying when I first put this shot up.

This end result pano type shot is as much a group effort from the forum participants as it is my own work and I do like the way the last version worked.

Alan

Jun 04, 2009 at 01:43 AM

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p.1 #20 · A reluctant sunset

I like the crop. Not a bad lemon

Yeah I stay away from the beacj when Portland gets hot. Marine layer always comes in then. Uless of course you want foggy harbor shots which are cool too.

Jun 04, 2009 at 06:24 AM

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p.1 #21 · A reluctant sunset

Very special.
Well taken Alan
Thanks for sharing
Tim

Jun 04, 2009 at 08:21 AM

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p.1 #22 · A reluctant sunset

Beautiful work!.. The crop takes it by a hair.

Jun 04, 2009 at 10:32 AM

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p.1 #23 · A reluctant sunset

Hi, Alan. Wow, the last revision really makes this awesome. It is certainly not the every day type of composition you see from that locale. Terrific job on this.

Cheers,
Ed

Jun 04, 2009 at 12:48 PM

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p.1 #24 · A reluctant sunset

Hi Alan,

The corrective crop does give the already fine composition better balance.

Bob

Jun 04, 2009 at 02:00 PM

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p.1 #25 · A reluctant sunset

Great shot, Alan! The final crop is wonderful, and the larger size lets us see the row of spectators, too

Wonderful moody sunset. Nicely done!

Barry

Jun 06, 2009 at 04:27 AM


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