Ardnamurchan - Inflatable Sunset
Melting onto Muck, with Rum and Eigg witnesses, rose gold shimmering all around, the sun blazed its finale to a day that started grey. Sea water, an inflatable kayak and a camera are potentially very unhappy seabed fellows but when sunset promises a spectacular ending, risks have to be taken. No ND Grad, wide open with a fast shutter would have Joe Cornish tutting but lying back to minimise the roll from the swell left little option.
[Someone commented that initially they thought the picture might be AI. Twiddling the sliders can be all too tempting to add that bit “more” ( saturation, vibrance, drama etc etc) and most photographers have indulged that temptation from time to time, myself included. Black and white has no rules, for me, because the world is colour so anything monochrome can be anything you choose for creative confection. With colour, being honest and as accurate as memory allows about the scene seen seems more necessary, or, at least, require disclosure when things are turned up to 11 for effect. This picture is as accurate as my memory, basic software and technical skills allow. The strong blazing sun has probably been toned down to stop white out but the enveloping effect of rose gold glow reflects the feeling in the moment.]
Ardnamurchan - Inflatable Sunset
Melting onto Muck, with Rum and Eigg witnesses, rose gold shimmering all around, the sun blazed its finale to a day that started grey. Sea water, an inflatable kayak and a camera are potentially very unhappy seabed fellows but when sunset promises a spectacular ending, risks have to be taken. No ND Grad, wide open with a fast shutter would have Joe Cornish tutting but lying back to minimise the roll from the swell left little option.
[Someone commented that initially they thought the picture might be AI. Twiddling the sliders can be all too tempting to add that bit “more” ( saturation, vibrance, drama etc etc) and most photographers have indulged that temptation from time to time, myself included. Black and white has no rules, for me, because the world is colour so anything monochrome can be anything you choose for creative confection. With colour, being honest and as accurate as memory allows about the scene seen seems more necessary, or, at least, require disclosure when things are turned up to 11 for effect. This picture is as accurate as my memory, basic software and technical skills allow. The strong blazing sun has probably been toned down to stop white out but the enveloping effect of rose gold glow reflects the feeling in the moment.]