Sunset Fisherman Photo

Photographer’s Note

I was returning to our hotel in Shoal Bay from a day of shooting pictures and I saw this sunset, then I saw the guy fishing in the sunset, waiting until the very last minute to pack up and go home. I had to take this picture.

Shoal Bay is a small resort town on Port Stephens a couple of hours north of Sydney. It is a great place to go to relax, and to take pictures. It is next to Tomaree National Park where there is a great lookout, and some good wildlife waiting to have their pictures taken. And there’s obviously fishing.

There are also supposed to be a lot of dolphins up here, and depending on the season you can go out and watch whales.

The picture was left a little underexposed to keep the fisherman as a silhouette. I straightened it a little and cropped and adjusted a tiny bit for levels. The final jpeg was sharpened.

Wanda1, deblink, echeng, gunbud, wishlist, jusninasirun has marked this note useful

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USErin (445) 2006-11-08 21:17

The sillouhette is what attracted me to this photo, and the beautiful colors. I can tell that your minor editing has made a large impact.

jtclee77 (416) 2006-11-08 22:16

Nice shot, nice sillouhette of the fisherman at the corner. Gives a mood of that it is peaceful and calm evening.

Jon

Wanda1 (10233) 2006-11-08 22:45

Hi John,
A lovely sunset shot with great silhouette. Colours are wonderful, well composed and the shot has a nice atmosphere.
Regards
Wanda

deblink (2548) 2006-11-09 0:08

Hi John,
This is a relaxing scene with lovely colours. The silouette of the fisherman looks great and adds a lot of interest to the photo. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Debbie

mpb001 (4574) 2006-11-09 19:22

Super composition, color and sharpness, John. It looks like you were there just at the right time. Sometimes the best shots just happen!
Mike

mvdisco (10588) 2006-11-15 18:17

Bonsoir John,
Je découvre avec un grand plaisir ta galerie qui est magnifique en couleurs et d'une grande beautée à l'image de cette photo,la photo est claire (netteté) with great colors.Salutations Michel
Many Thanks for your comment on :November sunset.

fzwikel (32) 2006-11-28 19:21

Hi John,
Very nice pic, like the 1/3 rule observed on the horizon and the fact that the fisherman is offset and "contre-jour" with the disappearing sun behind the hills.
My kind of photo, thanks,
Franklin

zizzer77 (721) 2006-12-12 7:57

hi John
great composition, is a different sunset with fisherman.

tfs

echeng (86) 2006-12-24 3:17

This is a beautiful picture with excellent sillouhette which illustrates a peaceful and harmonic atmophere.

MeAT (1170) 2007-03-16 22:39

Very pittoresque. The contrasting colours are key in this picture I find. Silhouette is also well laid out.

MeAT :)

gunbud (25481) 2007-03-17 23:23

Hi John,
Not a finer time to be fishing, the view is stunning and the fishing is grand. Beautiful purple water as the golden sky lights up the distant hills.
Regards, Tom

wishlist (4133) 2007-07-24 2:02

Hi John,
I really like this kind of picture. The silhouette of the fisherman standing against the sea and that beautiful sunset is amazing..simple but very effective compo!! Great colours and details throughout and a good frame.
Very well done!!
Thanks
Igor

bigboroboy (1009) 2007-09-10 2:40

Nice shot, lovely colours and the guy is a perfect black silhouette. The boat in the background is a little distracting/messy but it is a very minor complaint. Nice work.

jusninasirun (8990) 2008-02-15 18:12

Hello John,

This is interesting composition. I would have opened up the sky because of the beauty during sunset. You have placed the subject in nice silhouette and yet superb sharpness and details cleverly on the left exposing the brilliance of the ripples in the surface. The horizon with a passing boat making this well balanced and very pleasant to see. Well framed and should be sent to the cover of the fishing mags.

Well done and have a wonderful weekend.

Regards,
Jusni