Rain and Shine
Posted on: Mon, 07/21/2008 - 12:52am
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Rain and Shine
Those shots were both taken today. After some heavy showers this morning the wheather changed quite a bit during the afternoon. Sunset was beautiful but hard to capture.
Any comments will be appreciated.
Alpha 100
Beercan @ 210 mm (cropped)
F-number 8
Iso 100
1/20th (handheld)
Alpha 100
18-70 kitlens @ 18mm (heavy crop)
F-number 8
1/60th
Iso 100
Cheers from the Netherlands
AndréK
more at www.flickr.com/photos/andrek65
Well glad I saw them.
That second shot is marvelous!
nd talk about a total opposite pair of images.
The first shot is very intimate, and the shutter speed is perfect. Gives you a feel of the rain drops arcing and falling on your skin, and you can almost hear them dropping.
Thank you for sharing Andrek!
Carl
-AlphaMountWorld Chef
"Would you care for an hors d'oeuvre, Dr. Seward?"
being a huge fan of the Beercan...#1 is my favorite of the two posted...
Excellent composition; and I agree with Carl's assessment of the shutter speed. There is a soft, peaceful feel to this one...
Thanks for sharing!
Hapster
"That's why its called fishing...if it was easy they'd call it catching. What fun would that be?"
A100 / A700+Grip: Sony 18-70, Minolta: 20/2.8, 50/1.7, 35-70/4, 70-210/4(Beercan), 75-300/4.5-5.6(Big Beercan), Sigma: 50/2.8 Macro. HVL56, other assorted junk...
Somehow I missed them also until now, both are absolutely great. First one moody and soft, perfect colors to that day. Second one, like already said, Beercan got nice colors indeed, very nice crop also.
Sony α200 + Minolta 28mm F2.8 prime + Minolta 70-210mm F4 'Beercan' + Minolta 35-70mm F4 + 18-50mm Sigma EX F2.8 Macro + Sony 18-70mm kit lens
Love the simplicity and how you've done the first hard to describe completely why it's so neat.
Second is great too love sun coming out of clouds and the way you've positioned them and composed the shot
Eric
-AlphaMountWorld Chef
wow, these are very simple, but they're exceptionally composed and almost recreate the entire setting in your mind's eye. Awesome work, man.
--Kiran
Sony Alpha 200, 18-70mm kit lens, 50mm f/1.7, 70-210 f/4 beercan (as of 07/05, whooo!!!)
Thanks all for the nice comments.
I was quite pleased with the results myself but was not sure about the sunset. What I like most about is is the wide view which creates an overall impression.
Sunsets are not easy to capture (for me) I tried to fiddle around with the camera on aperture priority and the sunset program setting, but pictures taken with these settings always turn out too red/orange (imho). I have an example of the same location and the same time but with a different crop and the sunset program activated.
Alpha 100
Kit lens @ 70 mm
F number 8
Exposure compensation +0.3 Ev (in order to obtain a bit more of the green in the fornt)
ISO 100
1/160th shutter speed
What is it that makes this picture so different apart from the colours?
Is it also the zoom that all of a suddens shows too much detail (cranes, buildings)?
May be some of you have suggestions (apart from may be putting on an ND (grad) filter) that might improve my sunset and sunrise pictures.
Hope to leave on holidays to France (Alps) next week so I might be able to put some suggestions to the test there.
Thanks
André
Great sunsets. I love the composition and the colors.
GR.