Painted Sunset Photo

Photographer’s Note

I recently saw a painting from the 1800's of rapeseed and poppies that was painted on the other side of the island where i live (in Limerstone near Chale), this inspired me to go out and find a new poppy field, and it just so happened the exact field that inspired the painting had poppies and rapeseed in it! I decided to try and use HDR to capture the full range of colours and tones.
It worked in a way but the sky looks a little odd to me!

I used an ND8 Graduated filter

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burraburra (843) 2009-06-20 3:39

Hello Jamie,
Wonderful shot. Superb colours.
God splattered his paint brush again :)
Nice achivement in what you set out to do.
I love the final burst of sun on the hill.
I love the mountain and the divided fields.
Of course beautiful colour of flowers in the FG.
Bravo.
Kind regard,
Graham.

Jeppo (11862) 2009-06-20 4:31

IMO the HDR worked well here.
I also like the perspective and the warm orange sky, that's not odd for me!
well done
silvio

sabermonajati (549) 2009-06-20 5:13

hi jamie
colours of flowers, mountain,sun are very nice.
amazing frame.
regard

baclama (4579) 2009-06-20 5:21

hi,
very nice light with great colors...HDR (and the maker!) makes miracles!!!
wonderful
TFS
vero

deud (1841) 2009-06-20 5:47

une image tres reussie!
bonne prise de cette scene!
j'aime la composition, les couleurs et la netette!

tres bien! merci.

thor68 (5537) 2009-06-20 11:59

yeah, this is fantastic, amazing sunset colors, excellently composed with so many beautiful red and
yellow flowers in the foreground and a wonderful mountain-slope in the background. and it does not
really look like an HDR-processed image - the sky is perfect - i wonder how the normal exposure would have looked like. superb job & best wishes, thor.

yquem46 (7842) 2009-06-20 12:34

not a complicated shot but quite pleasant sunset with this palette of colors at the various levels from top to bottom
well done Jamie
Patrick

jwmunro (6571) 2009-06-20 14:33

Hello Jamie -

I liked your harbor sunset, but this one is over the top with the brightly colored flowers in the FG, the beautiful Dale in the middle distance, and the last vestiges of the sun in the BG. The rays off of the sun make this kind of magical. Well done!

Thank you for sharing.

John

Signal-Womb (11691) 2009-06-21 6:16

Hi Jamie, Always a treat to visit your gallery as you know something special will jump off the screen. A beautiful palette of colour here flooded with this wonderful light. You did a marvelous job with light management here. Best regards Steve.

azizbilgili (1714) 2009-06-24 10:29