p.1 #1 · From a glimpse of a sunset to a sky on fire
Some of you may get tired of seeing this location from me, but too bad! These were taken last year at Abalone Cove in Rancho Palos Verdes. Two very different sunsets, but also two of my favorites.
The first shot was from an evening just begging me to walk away and head home. A promising sky throughout the day gave way to increasingly dense clouds. About half an hour before sunset, it began drizzling and there was no color whatsoever. A single opening in the clouds somehow remained and I held out hope that the colorful sky above might shine through this window. So I got the gear out and quickly realized my dang remote shutter was broken! Of course I didn't have a backup. Sooo close to giving up at this point. This, combined with an awful high tide, leaving only a few interesting foreground options and the anxiety of having only about 5 minutes of good color in the sky to shoot all made this quite a memorable visit to my usual spot. Somehow it all worked out and I was able to stay steady enough while pressing the shutter to get some sharp captures. I was happy with the result and always chuckle a bit when I look at this and remind myself of that outing. Composed of two exposures (one for the majority of the frame and one to control the highlights in the opening in the clouds).
The second shot was from one of my favorite evenings of shooting at Abalone Cove. Great tide conditions with a spectacular sunset. The number of foreground options this visit were overwhelming. Toward the end of the light show, I was able to find this rock that totally reminded me of a treasure chest. I didn't have a lot of room in front with some large rocks in the way, but I thought the extreme color throughout could make up for the super low placement of the rock of focus. This shot is also composed of two exposures (one for water/land and one for sky).
Hope you enjoy and as always, feel free to comment. Thanks for looking
p.1 #5 · From a glimpse of a sunset to a sky on fire
Hey Andrew,
#1 is feeling too unbalanced for me and doesn't quite work. Perhaps a crop to balance it out might help or a slightly different composition. I like the water movement in it, but everything in the shot in on the center to right side, so the left side seems not to flow with it.
Now #2, it has everything going for it and I really like that one.
p.1 #9 · From a glimpse of a sunset to a sky on fire
Love them both, but I'll talk about the first. Love the glimmering light on the foreground rocks, as well as the pink hues in the ocean directly below the colorful sky. The glimpse of mountains on the horizon on the left is also really nice. The composition flows well.
