Peaceful evening Photo

Photographer’s Note

An exceptionally calm evening on the usually windy Atlantic shore near Lunenburg. The mirror is not the ocean but a small freshwater lake close to the coast, in a place known as “The Ovens”. The Ovens are caves in the rocky coast which fill with water during high tide and emerge from the water at low tide. The waves hitting these caves produce bizarre deep sounds.
I had difficulties trying to correct the colors after scanning and the image still doesn’t reproduce the color richness of the negative.

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pem (264) 2004-05-18 12:01

Great shot, the water is like a mirror and the silhouette of the tres are good.. Nice job.

quegardens (1469) 2004-05-18 23:04

Very peaceful indeed Roland....all that is missing is a trout leaping out of the water for an evening fly :-)

CoolDan (2490) 2004-07-29 12:26

Jolies couleurs et belle réflexion Roland. Bien vu.

SoupDragon (652) 2004-11-08 22:42

Hi Roland,
I came about this picture whilst searching for pictures that used a Zenit. I liked this composition, and understand completely about the problems of scanning and getting true colour likeness. I've posted a workshop for this one, be interested to see if I've got close to the orignal beauty. Maybe not!

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cdmonson (2749) 2007-12-19 12:33

Hi Roland:

Funny, I have a very similar sunset shot from near that area, a lake near Green Bay (there are lakes all over in Nova Scotia of course). I agree that the colors are a bit weak, and the whole image seems slightly soft. But it is certainly an accurate representation of Nova Scotia.

Clark