B & W sunset?
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haempe
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No, without filter.
To accentuate clouds always yellow to red.
But if there is proportionately less blue anyway in the late evening, the effect is less significant.
pggunn
gregor
Semilog,
That's quite beautiful. I love the way the apparent size of the pebble in the foreground and the sun on the horizon are about the same, and the depth of field is perfect - sharply focused on the pebble and sand, then melting away into a misty sunset. There's something serene and zen like about this photograph.
That's quite beautiful. I love the way the apparent size of the pebble in the foreground and the sun on the horizon are about the same, and the depth of field is perfect - sharply focused on the pebble and sand, then melting away into a misty sunset. There's something serene and zen like about this photograph.
ColSebastianMoran
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It's a fine point, but the change in color arises because the blue light is more likely to be scattered, the red more likely to go straight on. At sunrise/sunset, the sun's light goes through a lot more atmosphere, so the scattering is more pronounced.
Why is blue light more likely to scatter? That's more complicated. One could Google "Raleigh scattering" for details. It's a big difference, violet light is 9x more likely to scatter from atmospheric molecules than red.
semilog
curmudgeonly optimist
Thank you, Gregor. The light was pretty remarkable that evening, with hazy clouds that made the picture possible.
Bingley
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Ocean Beach, December 26, 2011 by bingley0522, on Flickr
Ocean Beach, December 26, 2011 by bingley0522, on Flickr
Roninman
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Ken Smith
Why yes Ma'am - it folds
Very nice photo. I see European skies about 1944. The Mighty 8th making trails.
HLing
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wow, it's great to see so many beautiful B & W sunsets, and thoughts to ponder...Thanks guys! Please keep them coming!
Here's the B & W Polaroid (Polaroid automatic 250) shot from that day.
I gather that B & W sunsets are still beautiful, but that for the photographer, there is in his/her memory the color version, which becomes a "you had to be there" type of unsharable experience...
Here's the B & W Polaroid (Polaroid automatic 250) shot from that day.
I gather that B & W sunsets are still beautiful, but that for the photographer, there is in his/her memory the color version, which becomes a "you had to be there" type of unsharable experience...
lawnpotter
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H Ling, your picture looks like it came from the 1950s
oftheherd
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All nice shots. I've enjoyed looking at them.
It seems almost sacrilege to say so, but for a spectacular "save" of a b/w one might want to consider the almost lost art of using photographic oils, such as Marshals. I wouldn't recommend it for every sunset or sunrise, since as the posters above have shown b/w photos have a quality of their own.
But skilfully done oils have as well. Just choose well. It's not for every b/w, some b/w are just too nice on their own, and oils will almost never be as good as a well done color print.
It seems almost sacrilege to say so, but for a spectacular "save" of a b/w one might want to consider the almost lost art of using photographic oils, such as Marshals. I wouldn't recommend it for every sunset or sunrise, since as the posters above have shown b/w photos have a quality of their own.
But skilfully done oils have as well. Just choose well. It's not for every b/w, some b/w are just too nice on their own, and oils will almost never be as good as a well done color print.
foto guy
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Absolutely stunning!
Sparrow
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I'm cheating here, as I don't do sunsets, this is actually a sunrise ...
MickH
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Dawn is a nicer time to be out and about.
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