Maine Sunrise

redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
edited October 6, 2011 in Landscapes
I am on my annual visit to mid-coast Maine. Looking forward to my various meetups with you Maine DGrinners. :D

Here are a couple of shots from this morning's sunrise (9/28/11) on the Sheepscot River. As always, C&C appreciated.

Thanks, Lauren

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Lauren Blackwell
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  • SamSam Registered Users Posts: 7,419 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2011
    Nice! I think I like #3 the bestest...............:D

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  • R.JayR.Jay Registered Users Posts: 974 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2011
    15524779-Ti.gif The cropping and composition is perfect.

    Cheers, Richard.
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2011
    Thanks, Sam and Richard. I appreciate your comments and vote for #3--I like it best too.
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  • denisegoldbergdenisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,341 moderator
    edited September 28, 2011
    # 3 is awesome but I really like the first shot too. I feel like I can walk right down that dock, makes me feel like I am there.

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  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2011
    That last one truly is gorgeous! You caught the perfect time of day for that and the crop works great, too.

    Yay for Dgrin meetups :D
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  • Doug SolisDoug Solis Registered Users Posts: 1,190 Major grins
    edited September 28, 2011
    Yep, # three is bestest for me too. Nice series.
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited September 29, 2011
    Thanks, everyone! Schmoo, I agree about DGrin meetups--fun, fun! :D

    Lauren
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  • hawkeye978hawkeye978 Registered Users Posts: 1,218 Major grins
    edited September 29, 2011
    I agree with the others. Great light but I have a hard time choosing between #1 and #3.
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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited September 29, 2011
    Thanks, Tom. I am happy with #1 because it was on my "bucket list" of photographs to make. Big weather change today--cloudy and rainy, no visible sunrise today.

    Cheers,
    Lauren
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  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited September 29, 2011
    I'm torn too. #3 is brilliant but I really like #1 - an ethereal quality to it.

    Hopefully we'll find some more great shots when you get up here next week! Can't wait!
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  • JoserJoser Registered Users Posts: 178 Major grins
    edited September 29, 2011
    Number 3 is top.
    I like number 3. #2 is good but needs cropping and better composition.
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  • WirenWiren Registered Users Posts: 741 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2011
    all good, but i'll agree, #3 rocks, love that shot!
    Lee Wiren
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2011
    Thanks to everyone!
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
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  • kathiemtkathiemt Registered Users Posts: 226 Major grins
    edited September 30, 2011
    Yep, #3 does it for me too, although I do like the others as well.
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  • ThwackThwack Registered Users Posts: 487 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2011
    #3 rocks (in part because it's cropped like a pano which I personally prefer for sunrises and sunsets). Recropping #2 closer to a pano (crop off roughly the top third of the current shot) improves it noticeably.

    Looks like you had a spectacular sunrise - thank you for sharing it!
  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2011
    Thanks, Thwack. Here is a cropped shot of the sailboat similar to #2. This one was shot the day before the original posts. This shot is pretty much SOOC except for the crop and a tiny exposure tweak. The colors were spectacular indeed.

    What are your thoughts on this version?

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  • jaharris1001jaharris1001 Registered Users Posts: 171 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2011
    very nice set there !! lovely colors !! I also like the wide angle of the third shot, it has a nice compositional element there with the Pier leading in from the right corner
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  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited October 1, 2011
    The pano is perfect, Lauren! Looks like you had a good morning all the way around. thumb.gif
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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2011
    Wonderful set of images, Lauren. clap.gifclap I'm anxiously awaiting pictures from this trip.

    Tom
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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2011
    Thanks all. Hope to get more shots to post for you.
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
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  • SnowgirlSnowgirl Registered Users Posts: 2,155 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2011
    redleash wrote: »
    Thanks all. Hope to get more shots to post for you.

    Which you will, if the torrential rains ever stop! Bring a life jacket when you come up rolleyes1.gif
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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2011
    Life jacket at the ready--
    "But ask the animals, and they will teach you." (Job 12:7)

    Lauren Blackwell
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  • ThwackThwack Registered Users Posts: 487 Major grins
    edited October 4, 2011
    redleash wrote: »
    Thanks, Thwack. Here is a cropped shot of the sailboat similar to #2. This one was shot the day before the original posts. This shot is pretty much SOOC except for the crop and a tiny exposure tweak. The colors were spectacular indeed.

    What are your thoughts on this version?

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    Interesting, but the boat is too centered for me and becomes the focal point rather than a simple silhouetted shape.

    Slicing off the top of your original #2 shot works better for me…but it's FAR more important to ask, what do you think of that shot.
  • spacefuzzspacefuzz Registered Users Posts: 102 Major grins
    edited October 6, 2011
    #3 is great!
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