Just after sunset photo (photography topic, any subject)

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Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 11857 Location: UK

It's about time we had a photography topic, I know there are a number of members on here who are pretty handy with a camera, feel free to add your own photos to this topic, photos can be on any subject, but please use thumbnail images where possible to save the browsers of members with a slower connection, if not using thumbnails, make sure your images are no bigger that 600 pixels width, cheers.

We had a lovely weekend weather wise, with some fantastic sunsets, but I didn't have my camera with me on those occasions, the next day (Monday), it was nice again, so I went over to Bulverhythe to take some photos, it's in between St Leonards On Sea and Bexhill, but the sun decided to change position and was out at sea that day, instead of over the hills inland as it was the previous 2 days, plus there was a lot of cloud around and I didn't get the shot I wanted, I ended up with this one instead, the sun had just gone down, the image looks a bit dark on this ancient desktop, but it looks fine on my newer laptop, I like the tones/colours anyway.

All that has been done to the image was to crop it a bit, as 2 people walked in to shot on the left and to take out a bit of the sky, shot taken with Kodak Easyshare Z1285 camera:

Some more of my photos here:

www.z1285.info

Just some general information, directly below the steps where I was standing when I took the photo, lies the wreck of the Amsterdam, it can still be seen at very low tides, I'll try and get some shots of that another time when the tide is out a bit further

The wreck is staying where it is, there was some talk about trying to remove it from the sands a long time ago, but they didn't in the end, although they did recover a lot of the cargo, including a large amount of silver bullion, the rest of the cargo is still beneath the sand, it is the best preserved example of a wreck of that boat type from that period, this is a link to an item about the Amsterdam wreck:

http://www.shipwreck-heritage.org.uk/maritime-shore/amsterdam/index.html

There are also the remains of a prehistoric forest on the beach near the wreck, I have not seen that yet, need a lower tide.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 20 Jun 2008 Posts: 4

Great idea, Scam Patroller! I love your picture; it is so peaceful yet melancholy.
I seem to take a lot of nature pictures; mostly flowers and the like. My neighbour is a landscaper by profession and has a beautiful back yard. One afternoon, I decided to take a bunch of pictures of his backyard. Here is one of those pics:

This is a japonica. I have not edited it at all, except for some minor cropping. It is one of my best pics ever!

eta: extra detail

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:17 pm

Lovely colours SP, similar to this:

Taken early this year from Waterloo Bridge, just about dusk.
Canon EOS 400D with EFS 18-55mm lens. (Tripod and shutter switch used).

Edit:
Seeing as you started a "Just after sunset" thread, I took this study of a tote bookmaker at the now defunct Walthamstow dog racing track last spring at an evening meet:

(Same camera, EFS 55-250mm lens, freehand)

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:00 pm

Everywhere I go, I take too way many pictures, so choosing a couple is well nigh impossible.

Boatofucket doesn't let me do thumbnails, so I'll keep the size down.

To keep on topic, we have a view from our house which lets us see every sunset, weather permitting. I refuse to edit or photoshop pictures, it seems like cheating to me. This sunset I picked just for the colour. I dare say I could make them all like this if I used a filter. Canon EOS350D, 70-300mm IS lens.

I took this on holiday in France last year. The world and his wife were walking up and down the beach before sunset. The light and the carefree people make this one of my favourites. EOS350D again, EFS 17-85mm IS lens.

Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 11857 Location: UK

You can post photos on any subject, not just sunset related Wink

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:35 pm

I know, but if I stick to sunsets I only have to choose from a few hundred, not a few thousand.

Here's one I actually printed out and stuck on my wall, Robin Hood's Bay in Yorkshire. Nowhere near sunset. Smile

@ Mugatu, re your London shot, I like those low natural light pix, how long was the exposure?

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:09 pm

On the beach at Ayr, 2005.

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:45 pm

Love the pics and thank you SP. Wink

These are flowers in my yard.

Ladies Slippers, also called Naked Ladies because there is no foliage when in bloom. Very Happy

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/5387/1000710yl1.jpg

Lunar Hibiscus

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/5669/6248989021120bgqw8.jpg

Roses, they are so heavy that they fell over.

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/4884/9172293421120bgmf1.jpg

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:30 pm

Ohh...lovely...a photography thread Smile

Will post some of my pictures then:

Waterfall in Partschins, south tyrol:

A vineyard in south tyrol:

View over Meran during the blue hour, south tyrol:

A more than 2000 year old tree in Ultental, south tyrol:

A bird of prey at a show in tyrol castle, south tyrol:

What would a picture thread be without a cat??

That much from my holiday pictures in (well you might have guessed it) south tyrol.

Here are two pictures I have posted before here:

The Austrian Hofburg, Vienna:

The Austrian parliamental buildiing:

And here is one picture of a building in my hometown:

Well that´s it for now Smile

Always on the hunt for new pictures though Wink

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:57 pm

Sunrise, from fishing boat in the SF bay, had to play with the colors a little...

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 6:01 pm

Same morning, and hitting the wake from this ship was a ton of fun...

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:24 pm

Sunset at Zia, Kos, Greece 2007

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:25 pm

Just after sunset from my lounge window

Sunset over Bexhill

Hastings pier

Turkey sunset

Waterfall in Wales

Hastings fishing boat

Daisy

Eastbourne fishing boat

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:54 pm

Eamonn: If I can be constructive, what camera / lens are you using? Particularly for the waterfall shot? I get the feeling you were kind of in the middle... settings wise.

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:05 pm

Different cameras but for the waterfall an Olympus e-500 with a 14-45mm lense. I set the shutter speed slow to try and get the blurred effect

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:06 pm

@eammon-

I really dig the Hastings pier shot. Great work. Wink

Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:45 pm

Thanks Eamonn, I did wonder! Smile

Trophy Videos · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 11:55 pm

Sunsets on West Coast of Florida April 2007

http://www.4shared.com/file/65434286/b4c0f097/image004.html

http://www.4shared.com/file/65434248/ffcd929c/image005.html

A few Florida friends of mine

http://www.4shared.com/file/65434256/16e8eda/image001.html

http://www.4shared.com/file/65434266/2a43dd19/image002.html

http://www.4shared.com/file/65434277/445fdcce/image003.html

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:08 am

This temple on Oahu has some amazing carpentry work, and a bad ass setting.

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:41 am

Awesome photos! Very Happy

I wanted to show my antique doll. One of my eater friends says it reminds him of Chucky. Sad

I never have seen the movie and glad, because I would probably get rid of her. Shocked

She didn't have any clothes when I got her. I searched in antiques malls for her a dress and didn't find. I ended up buying her a new dress and now I need to find out how to age it. Confused

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm155/eater_photos/48588623912_0_BG.jpg

Edit: think my pic may have been too big. Smile

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:36 am

Yes, I know--pathetic--but animals are pretty much all I photograph...

Baiting Guru Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 2922

Photo related-i keep umming and arrhhing about getting a Lomo Camera of some sort. Does anyone have any experience with them, i did a photography class at school-but that was just an excuse to go drink beer and smoke fags in the woods. Other than that i have no experience whatsoever.

I like the lomo for it's lo-tech kitschy kinda feel and would probably go with whichever one takes 35mm as it appears to be easier to get hold of and get developed as opposed to 120 or 110.

Any thoughts, idea's, other camera brands in a similar vein (and price range) to check etc

Oh as for pics-not mine, but i like 'em
http://www.picturenoise.com/holgapage.html
http://www.picturenoise.com/lomopage.html

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

From my recent holiday

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:52 pm

As Basil Fawlty once said '''What did you expect to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House?"

With the shadow of Sydney Harbour Bridge on it...

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:18 am

@Dorothy: join the club. I have at least hundreds of dog and squirrel photos and that's only the stuff I've bothered to keep. And not counting all the other animals out there.

Here are few doggies...

Some squirrels (I swear, they are evil! Evil, I'm telling you!)

And, just to be considered normal, few shots of the local countryside...

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