Cloudy sunset

behr655

We had heavy cloud cover yesterday evening here in S. Jersey. It made for an interesting sky though.
Here is a shot taken from my kayak while on the Cooper River. I like the way the hole in the clouds let out a few beacons of light.



Don't forget to turn around while shooting sunsets.



Check out some of my sunset shots taken over the Cooper and Delaware rivers over the past couple of months. http://behr655.smugmug.com/gallery/756237

Bear

SnapHappy

These are really nice shots. How they got this far without a reply to this thread is beyond me (we must have some lazy grinners).
The sky in No.2 is great.
The water lines look bowed, especially in No.2, out of interest does anyone know why this is so?

gluwater

You took your camera with you in your kayak!:eek1 :yikes

I don't think I have that kind of courage. But it looks like it was worth it. You get a vantage point most others will never get going out on the water like that.

Nick

behr655

gluwater wrote:

You took your camera with you in your kayak!:eek1 :yikes

I don't think I have that kind of courage. But it looks like it was worth it. You get a vantage point most others will never get going out on the water like that.

Nick

It can be a little nerve wracking:uhoh . I carry the camera in a dry bag and don't take it out until opportunity calls. This particular river is very wide with no obstacles unless you go near the bank. I will paddle around a bit with it around my neck. In fact you have to to get the shot framed as you are always moving. When I paddle the rivers of the Pine Barrens I usually take my old Minolta however I just had my FZ20 out on the Oswego this weekend. On rivers like that it is only out while getting the shot. The Oswego, like most rivers in the Pines, is narrow with many twists and turns and sunken logs and such.

Bear

behr655

SnapHappy wrote:

These are really nice shots. How they got this far without a reply to this thread is beyond me (we must have some lazy grinners).
The sky in No.2 is great.
The water lines look bowed, especially in No.2, out of interest does anyone know why this is so?

Thanks for the comments. I had been shooting away at the sunset which was a bit un-spectacular when something told me I should turn around. You can see the result.
As far as the curved shore line goes, I'm not sure but would imagine it has to do with the shape of the lens and the fact that there is a distinct line between the water and the shore. At shot of mountains with a more broken foreground would probable not show such a curve although it is probably there. Maybe someone who knows what they're talking about could explain better.

Bear

gluwater

Exif says 6mm. What lens did you have on? With Ultra wide angle lenses you get this type of distortion and CS2 has a Lens correction filter under distort to correct this. I know this has a technical term but I can't for the life of me remember it.

Nick