Laguna Beach Sunset - Robert Mirani






Camera:   G2
Lens:   45mm
Film:   Fuji Velvia
Exposure:   1/60, f8
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Posted:   08-Sep-2002

Rating: 8.25 (4 ratings)

Comments

Wow!

As I said, WOW! Beautiful, glowing picture.

Drayton Cooper     09-Sep-2002 at 06:09

Excellent - how did you

determine the correct exposure?

Charez Golvala     09-Sep-2002 at 06:43

minute . . .

Robert...the small air bubbles--trailing back into the receeding surf catch my eye--as much as the fiery coloration.

Jerome Belthrop     09-Sep-2002 at 10:02

Color and the Pacific

Thanks guys...this is probably old hat to Richard, Linc, Robin and other west coasters...but when I travel west, one postcard I can't resist shooting is the Pacific Ocean sunsets. Velvia juiced up the magenta a bit here, but it *was* a dramatic sunset. Charez, I simply started with the "sunny 16" rule when the sun was higher in the sky, going from 1/90 at f16 or so and working my way toward opening up the aperture and lengthening the shutter speed as the sun receded on the horizon. A bit of manual bracketing as well on my part, though in this case the exposures weren't too dramatically different.

Robert Mirani     09-Sep-2002 at 16:45

I Agree...

... with the other comments here. More than just a common "sunset" shot. Nice use of composition, and of course excellent colors. But the relatively short shutter speed freezes the water in an interesting way, giving it a texture not always found in shots like this. The composition is interesting because of the interaction of similar shapes in the sky, on land, and in the water. Very nice!

Karl Winkler     11-Sep-2002 at 18:10

Karl and Linc

The compliments from West Coast "veterans" warm this tourist's heart. Though I rail against the obvious scene as much as any photo snob, I'm glad I'm not the only one who finds the colors and shapes of the special hour worth "wasting" film on, over and over and over and...

Robert Mirani     11-Sep-2002 at 20:49