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Contest Finalist in Dear Trees Photo Contest
People's Choice in Beauteful Tree Photo Challenge
Winner in TREE-LINED SUNRISE/SET SILHOUETTE Photo Challenge
Winner in Best silhouette Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Sunsets in colour Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Unusual Trees in Colour Photo Challenge
Winner in Evening Sillohette Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Trees Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Silhouettes Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Fields Trees Sunsets Photo Challenge
People's Choice in One Tree Photo Challenge
Winner in The natural scarecrow Photo Challenge
People's Choice in One singular tree Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Trees alone or groves Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Sunset chaser Photo Challenge
Winner in Sunset Silhouettes Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Weathered Trees Photo Challenge
Winner in Unique sunsets Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Golden hour of each day Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Silhouettes Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Twisted Treeline Photo Challenge
Winner in Amazing sunrises and sunsets Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Sunrise Silhouette Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Tree Of Ages - How Old Is Your tree Photo Challenge
People's Choice in Show your most colorful landscape Photo Challenge
Winner in Lone Tree Photo Challenge
Winner in Silhouettes at Sunset Photo Challenge
Winner in Forest and trees Photo Challenge
Peer Award
Superb Composition
Absolute Masterpiece
Top Choice
Outstanding Creativity
Magnificent Capture
All Star
Superior Skill
Genius
Virtuoso
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AnneDphotography
March 31, 2017
gorgeous golden light and awesome silhouette !!!!!! congrats on your award as well !!
Pamelabole
April 02, 2017
Gorgeous!!!! Love the silhouettes against that golden orange sky!! Congrats on your People's Choice Award!!!! : )
Bazz
May 09, 2017
Congratulations Eelco on winning People's Choice in "Tree Of Ages - How Old Is Your Tree Photo Challenge for May, 2017. Well deserved.
JayneBug
September 23, 2019
Outstanding light and silhouette. Love the feel to this image. Congratulations on your award.
shellymaan
June 20, 2020
I've been amiss I do appologise for not thanking you for entering my challenge. I actually forgot I had them.......old age I think!
Pamelabole
October 18, 2021
Beautiful...wonderful light and silhouette!! Congrats on your challenge award!!
JayneBug
September 08, 2023
A gorgeous capture of this golden moment. Congratulations on your award win with this beauty!
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Location
This summer we went to the Alentejo in Portugal, a wonderful provence with lots of nature and night skies filled with stars... When the sun sets, you see constantly changing colors, I waited until the sun was allmost gone for this beautiful copper color.Time
It was in the early evening, about nine o'clock when my wife and I went for a stroll into the red hills covered with cork oak trees.Lighting
When the sun sets she spreads her wonderful golden light, this special moment is called; "the Golden hour" When shooting landscapes, this short period of time is the best for taking warm colorful photos with a fairy tale like glow.Equipment
I only have a Lumix DMC TZ100, all my photo's are taken with this little miracle of a camera... It shows that you don't need an expensive camera with a lot of equipment to take interesting photo's., The best thing of this camera is that it is very easy to take with you, because it practically fits in your backpocket. I like to see what comes along to photograph spontaniously and don't like to carry a lot with me...Inspiration
The Alentejo is a beautiful Portugese provence with lots of nature, wave like hills, old cork oak trees and dry red sand. It's very hot in summer and by then the vegetation has all dried up giving this region a wonderful and typical authenticity. I wanted to capture this dry and hot landscape in a single detail...Editing
I did some post-processing in Lightroom, I cropped and stretched the photo a little bit and played with light and shadow, that's all.In my camera bag
I don't have any equipment in my bag (yet) I am a beginning photographer and I am learning to use a camera, to look for the good light, composition and point of view. One day when I know how to use and set the camera well enough, I will start to think about a bag filled with technical things instead of the need to understand how it works first...Feedback
If you want to take a photo like this one you have to wait for the "Golden hour" when the sun sets and be amazed about the beautiful warm colors the low sun creates... Make sure the light comes from the right direction, depending on what you want to achieve. If you want to take a silhouette it's better to shoot into the direction of the sun but if you want to take a photo of a landscape with warm soft fairy tale like colors, it's better not to shoot into the sun but choose a position with the sun in your back or sideways. You have to plan carefully where you want to take your photo from as the sun sets, because you don't have much time. Colors and light change quickly at this time of day! If you are at the wrong side of the hill... tomorrow is allways another chance! And most of all, take more shots with slightly different settings so you can choose the best one once you get home and open your laptop, the magic of today's world begins... I allways crop it later into the size and composition I like best. Crop the photo in different ways, so you can choose the best one the next day when you can have a fresh look at them!