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Inspirational Sunset

Captured December 2013, the sun sets in Carlsbad, California and the waves made a perfect V, the clouds shades of beautiful pastels....
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Captured December 2013, the sun sets in Carlsbad, California and the waves made a perfect V, the clouds shades of beautiful pastels.
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Dec, 2014

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Nature provides the most breath taking beauty all around us. Flowers are top on that list. This is a red velvet rose, taken at Magee Park, Carlsbad, C

On negative tide days, the tidepools show us amazing sea life.

The skies were turning all sorts of colors, and made this almost blue sunset. Oceanside Pier in the distance made this a spectacular scene.

Children often go to the tidepools at Carlsbad, and this was a perfect golden sunset, with this child walking through the tidepools. Loved the silhoue

Crystal PIer in Pacific Beach, San Diego, CA. The gray reflections of the posts, the wavy sand patterns made this one of my favorites!

As sun sets in Carlsbad, CA, the purple hues reflect the bluff, palm trees, giving it an almost island like appearance.

Scripps Pier, La Jolla, CA Pathways, doorways, all lead us to where we need to be

At the base of the Oceanside Pier, in Oceanside, California, the setting sun is a soft pink and the reflections of the night, turned the water into th

At the base of Oceanside Pier in Oceanside, California, the beautiful, bright orange sun sets, and the reflections through the pillars is a beautiful

Pacific Beach Pier, in San Diego, California, captured through the pillars with the sun filtering through.

Oceanside Harbor, Oceanside, California. As the sun set over the harbor, the amber reflections of the boats in the harbor illuminated the night scene.

Beautiful Scripps Pier, La Jolla, CA_ wave 1, like a doorway to another world..paths we all walk

The sunset was such a vivid orange, no clouds in sight, and this solo sail boat, sails down, just sitting there off shore. It reminded me of a an old

He was so funny, he ran right up to me, stopped, posed, then ran away!

Took this selfie all the way to a completely 'painted' mode.

Brilliant red sunset with seagull flying into the sun at the Carlsbad Tidepools. Surfers and paddlers enjoying a sunset moment.

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Behind The Lens

Location

This was taken on the beach of Carlsbad, California.

Time

It was sunset in December of 2013.

Lighting

The lighting is natural, no filters, no apps, nothing else. Sunsets are spectacular on their own!

Equipment

I shoot with an MSLR camera since DSLR's are too heavy for me to hold now. My Sony NEX-6 is a great camera and for this sunset I used the 16-50 mm lens.

Inspiration

I call this 'Inspirational Sunset' because I was drawn to the sunset that night, though I was in the middle of a home project. At first it was a 'typical' sunset in California, then, as I was starting to leave, the clouds and the colors just changed to this amazing orange and purple fusion. I got out of my car and ran to the shoreline and realized that the angle of the clouds coming in and the way the waves were flowing on to the shoreline were in a 'V' formation. The sea foam added a sort of lace effect! Later I found out that this night a good friend's mother passed away. This is her 'passing sunset' - June Drago - 'Inspirational Sunset'.

Editing

I love two different software programs, Adobe Photoshop, and Photoscape. They do similar applications, however, there are some subtle differences. Typically I like to leave my photos natural, however, there are times I take out a blemish or two, and sometimes I love to change them completely for art effect, inverting the image, changing the colors, making a fantasy photo, etc.

In my camera bag

My camera bag always has my two lenses 16-50 mm f/3.4-5.6 Optical SteadyShot (OSS) zoom lens and 55-210 mm f/4.5-6.3 OSS, a 3.8x zoom lens, clean clothes, spare discs, unipod, large tripod, and mini tripod.

Feedback

Southern California has some of the most spectacular sunsets around. I like to get different angles, lay on the sand, climb a lifeguard tower (carefully), climb up a hill, and sit or crouch in crevices in a cliff or mountain side. This shot was captured by laying on the sand as the waves came up on to the shoreline.

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