Seaport Village at Sunset Enhanced
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KarmansKreations
September 18, 2011
Love the capture, the edits give it such a glow. Nicely Done. Congratulations on your feature.
emmanuel_ocampo
September 18, 2011
Congrats on your feature! Maganda (Beautiful) invites you exhibit this beautiful photo in the gallery. The URL address is http://www.viewbug.com/photo-communities/maganda-beautiful
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candyman735@hotmail.com
September 18, 2011
Wow, so beautiful! Incredible shot, I love the reflection in the water and the colors in this. Well-deserved feature!
DWPhotography
September 18, 2011
Beautiful shot. Love the composition, color, and lighting. Congrats on your feature. well deserved :)
OrionBR21
September 18, 2011
Congratulations on your feature, this is one incredibly striking shot!! :)
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Wayne_Sr
September 18, 2011
Wow, This is absolutely beautiful! Congratulations on your feature photo!
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dStarman
September 23, 2011
Nice image and beautifully processed, do you use Photomatix? If so, hit me back with a message, I've got a link to a trove of presets, makes life easier.
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devosphotography
January 21, 2012
Excellent picture,very nice
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CraigWest
March 10, 2012
Beautiful job. Congrats on the feature. Would make a lovely addition to "The magic of night lighting" group.
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Location
This photo was taken in Seaport Village in San Diego, CA several years ago while I was there attending a business seminar.Time
I've always been a sucker for a good sunset and San Diego has some of the best ones I've seen. Having been stationed there for 4 years when I was in the navy, I knew where I wanted to be. This shot was taken just after the sun went below the horizon (which is when some of the best colors appear). It's always a crapshoot as to whether the clouds, sun and clear sky will come together to make a spectacular sunset or just a mediocre one. I got lucky on this shot.Lighting
Like what Forrest Gump's mom told him "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get". The same holds true for sunsets and sun rises. If you're lucky enough to be able to go back to the same place several different mornings or evenings then count yourself lucky. Unfortunately for me, I usually only get to go to a place once and it's the luck of the draw as to what I get. Sometimes I wind up with good shots like this one and other times I come away empty handed.Equipment
For this shot I used a Nikon D300S camera, 24 - 70 mm f2.8 lens, Giottos tripod and ball head.Inspiration
I liked the shape of the restaurant and how it sits over the water and the fact that the sun sets right behind it didn't hurt either.Editing
This was in my early days of learning photography and at that time I was very interested in HDR processing. This was a 3 frame HDR image and long exposure (hence the semi-silky water). I believe I used Photomatix software to process the 3 images into a single HDR image and used the painterly preset and tweakd the sliders to get the effect. These days I use only Lightroom and Photoshop and have mostly abandoned the HDR processing in favor of more realistic looking images.In my camera bag
I have upgraded my camera to a Nikon D810, still have the 24-70 mm f2.8 as my main lens. I have a 70 - 300 f5.6 and most recently a Tamron 10 - 24 mm wide angel (cropped sensor unfortunatley). This gives me a pretty wide range from 10 mm all the way to 300 mm. I have a gorilla pod and now a Platypod Ultra which is awesome.Feedback
Be patient, see the image you want in your mind's eye before you shoot and try and get your camera settings to create that image the first time. It usually never happens that way but we can always try. Work the scene. Meaning don't just set your tripod up in the first place you see and take all your shots from that one position. Too many times I see photographers get to a great spot, sit their tripods up and spend the whole sunrise or sun set in one spot and never move. Try different angles, up high, down low, move to the left, move to the right, try to put something in the foreground that leads the viewers eye to the main subject. Don't forget the rule of thirds and never put the subject dead center or the horizon line dead center.
