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Sunset Clouds


Sunset Clouds
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Copyright: Renier Figuracion (kiwi_explorer) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2076 W: 92 N: 2809] (12153)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-12-30
Categories: Nature
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Mostly Sky, Skyscapes II [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-01-02 15:55
Viewed: 892
Points: 114
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Clouds in my opinion are one of the most underated subjects. Most of the time we just tend to regard them as background objects or something to fill an empty space. Over the Christmas holiday, I was observing the cloud patterns around Lake Ohau area and found it most interesting ... very dynamic and an ever changing scene. I took this shot with one thing in mind and that is to show you that clouds by itself is an interesting subject too. This shot was taken during sunset but facing East while I was cooking the BBQ. I've also included in the Workshop the sunrise version on the same spot I took this photo.

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Superbe ambiance ! :)

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  • crckt Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1401 W: 68 N: 1313] (6807)
  • [2008-01-02 16:04]

Hi Renier,
WOW! Wonderful cloud formations, you are right that they can be a subject by themselves. Your WS shows that the sunsets can be sometimes more spectacular than sunrises.
Well done,
Shaeri

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  • daddo Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1668 W: 29 N: 1718] (7830)
  • [2008-01-02 17:32]

Hi Renier. I personally find the sky an ever changing canvas, full of shapes, patterns, sometimes exuberant colours and fluctuating moods. You have chosen a sky with lovely colours and fascinating cloud formations. A happy 2008 to you. Regards. Klaudio.

Hello Renier,
Very well captured of the cloud formation!
good low pov with great depth, the layers of different colouration on clouds just awesome and beautiful captured and composed
sincerely wishing you and family
THE BEST OF EVERYTHIN TO COME IN 2008!!
WISHING YOU WELL
Tony

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  • gunbud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 4302 W: 4 N: 3775] (17350)
  • [2008-01-02 18:54]

Hi Renier,
Beautiful intricate cloud patterns to gather the wonderful complimentary gold and blue colors. I must say I have never taken a picture of a sunset from my yard while BBQ during the Christmas holidays. Tonights temp will be around -5F.
Regards, Tom

Hi Renier. Yes indeed a worthy subject, especially captured with such wonderful light. The warm colours have bought out the blue of the sky also. Good WS also. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

Hi Renier,
what a great sky. The colours and the unusual clouds together create some natural art (even art stands for artificial). Good light management and a nice line of trees as the ground silhouette. These UFO like clouds on the border of colours are are the right position.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

Hi Renier
Amazing sky with lovely colours. Excellent perspective, details and depth. Great sunrise composition.

Best wishes for 2008!

Aires

hi Renier
this sky is beautiful
very attractive colours
regards
jo

Renier,
Superb sky !
Warm tones are very pleasant, and you caught great dynamics in these clouds !
Beautiful,
Regards,
JB.

Hello Renier
An explosion of colorful clouds well captured giving a dynamic impact to the scene! I definitely do prefer the main post which looks more spectacular than the one in WS.
I wish you all the best and a very good year!
Marilyn

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  • vincz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2998 W: 85 N: 5050] (17516)
  • [2008-01-03 2:29]

Incredible sky with o amzing shapes and colours in the clouds. Great catch! I wish you a happy new year!

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  • azaf1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1484 W: 119 N: 1971] (9163)
  • [2008-01-03 3:22]

Hi Renie
This is just my favorite theme, with the endless skies and the open view.
Happy 2008
Argiris

Hi Renier
belle composition de ce ciel ennuager et coloré par le soleil, belle réalisation, BONNE ANNÉE
Amicalement
Jean-Pierre

Hi Renier,
This is really a spectacular sky, one we all might wish in a fantastic landscape. Your low horizon is excellent choosen, the small line of trees was just enough to show this wonderful cloud formation in a beautiful colour toning...well done, looks impressive.
Regards, Henk

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  • delic Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1356 W: 63 N: 1754] (6080)
  • [2008-01-03 9:08]

Hello Renier,
Interesting combination of shapes and colors. Very pretty and unusual. Your composition is superb, leaving a narrow strip of land in the foreground. One suggestion would be to completely darken the bottom so that the roofs, antennas, etc. would not be identifiable. Best wishes for 2008!
Hakan

Hi Renier. I was toggling between this shot and the WS just to see how beautifully the clouds had been handled and honoured at different points of time. Very well composed. Regards.
Partha

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  • japiey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1828 W: 334 N: 2575] (9313)
  • [2008-01-03 11:31]

Namasthe Renier,

Fantastic shot..
Drama of nature..
Yes, sunsets drives dreams too...

jean paul

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  • stego Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3572 W: 599 N: 4710] (14370)
  • [2008-01-03 11:52]

Hi Renier,
I agree with you about the clouds being a much underrated subjects, although sometimes they are a very convenient one, as we can get great photos just stopping the car for a while or going to the window.
Seeing beautiful skies isn't so rare when there are clouds and some sun, but I had never seen a compo made by nature like this one. Well, nature surely did help, but the merit is also yours, that took profit of the conditions to produce this amazing photo.
The sunrise is also interesting, but it lacks much of the visual punch of the main pots.
Regards, José.

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  • siolaw Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3908 W: 402 N: 6478] (22122)
  • [2008-01-03 12:01]

Hi Renier
You're right, clouds play a great role in nature's beauty... here another proof of it! Big dynamic sky, nicely tinged in these soft colors, the silhouetted treeline frames well the bottom part... Nice place to sit and eat BBQ!
Besr wishes for 2008!
Laurent

I love to see the sky with the clouds inside, it has different tones and colours everyday. You have a fantastic and dramatic clouds on this beautiful sunset. Well done Renier, i like it alot.

daniel

Hello Renier
Fantastic sky over Lake Ohau...
Great nature image
TFS
cheers,Braca
:)Later

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  • dip Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1848 W: 0 N: 911] (8837)
  • [2008-01-04 0:37]

Hi Renier,
well seen and composed,very interesting clouds formation,a impressive view!
well done!
Dimitris.

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  • Charo Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2409 W: 21 N: 4574] (17682)
  • [2008-01-04 0:37]

Hola Renier,
Un cielo precioso con esas bonitas nubes llenas de colores diversos y contrastes. Me gustan mucho las formas del cúmulo. Buen trabajo.
Feliz 2008!!!
Cordialmente
Charo

Hello Renier. Sunset Clouds. An ideal title for this photo. Skies and clouds fascinate again and again. Times the clouds are cheerfully and lovely, times dramatically grey in grey. In your photo the evening tendency is wonderful. A beautiful view at the end of the daily. Best regards, Wolfgang. Best regards, Wolfgang.

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  • Nicou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2122 W: 0 N: 5021] (24706)
  • [2008-01-04 1:31]

Hello,

Cpomme un tornade, superbe vciel tout en douceur avec un magnifique effet et de belles couleurs, superbe.

Bravo et amitiés

Nicou

Hello Renier!
Beautiful clouds! Wonderful colors!
Happy New Year 2008!
TFS, Best regards, Zorica

the conglomerations of sky colors and forms are wonderfully caught. i don't see smoke emanating from the BBQ grill tho.
nice POV with that gloomy mood around.
have the best of 2008 and beyond, Bai.
benedict

Hi Renier,
Fantastic atmosphere with beautiful colours and lights. The composition is very effective and spectacular, great sunset impression, Very well done!
Have a nice weekend
George

hi..
when its nature...its urs subject..as usual very good one..best wishes...subir

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  • Paolo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4708 W: 146 N: 9045] (39813)
  • [2008-01-04 14:42]

Hi Renier, wodnerful sky over the forest!
excellent light capture, quality and amazing tones.
thanks,ciao

Bonsoir, cher Renier,
Le baiser frappe comme la foudre, l'amour passe comme un orage, puis la vie, de nouveau, se calme comme le ciel, et recommence ainsi qu'avant. Se souvient-on d'un nuage ?
[Guy de Maupassant]
Merveilleux nuages, un rêve empli de beauté passe !
Que la Santé vous accompagne tout au long de 2008, que l'Amitié vous côtoie chaque jour, que l'Amour s'installe dans votre demeure et y reste, que la Joie se sème partout où vous passerez .. et surtout .... pensez à partager tout ça autour de vous.
Amitiés.
Philippe

amazing colour palette in the sky renier, beautiful indeed...

wishing you all the best in 2008...

korkut

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  • TopGeo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1974 W: 79 N: 2614] (11989)
  • [2008-01-05 0:31]

The sky with the chromatic difference of clouds became cause to create a composition interesting and simple, but with silhouettes under impressive, and I like for the roz and the blue colour I praise..
Georgios

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  • ChrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 8720 W: 917 N: 11589] (56203)
  • [2008-01-05 1:14]

Hi Renier

I like the layered cloud formations & subtle sunset colours. Good composition focussing on the 'big sky' with the silhouetted horizon line well placed, very low in the frame. Tfs!

Bonjour Renier
Très belle composition avec cette grande place laissée au cile aux couleurs superbes. La nature fait de belles choses et toi aussi par la même occasion.
Merci pour le partage et bonne journée.
Nicole

Hello Renier,
A very good capture of these pink tinged clouds that seem to go on forever. Fascinating subject clouds. Thanks for sharing this one.

Hi Renier,
beautiful picture with this cloudy
sky and various colour contrasts.
Congratulations.
Best wishes for the 2008,
Costantino

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  • Gustaw Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2360 W: 708 N: 191] (19636)
  • [2008-01-05 4:36]

Hi, my friend!
It is very beautiful photo. I very like your composition. Very beautiful sky and cluds. Beautiful colours and good light. Well done.
Marek

Hi Reinier,
What a superb sunset.Excellent sky.Good colours and moment.TFS.
Cheers!

hAyAti

Hi Renier,
You've got my vote - I am a cloud and sky watcher and am also of the view that clouds are never just a fill in but are a feature is countless images. You demonstrate that perfectly here with this splendid display of clouds, awesome colors, and gorgeous contrasts. Way to go and all the best in 2008. TFS. Gerald

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  • Didi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 6325 W: 3314 N: 7757] (28752)
  • [2008-01-05 15:13]

Hi Renier
Looks like a fire in the country; nature is a great artist, but you where there in this decisive moment.
Best wishes for 2008.

Olá Renier

Uma beleza de imagem...um cenário único com cores que são um presente para os olhos. Linda, linda, parabéns!
Feliz 2008
GA
Vera

Hi Renier, superb sky with wonderful cloud, great light and colors, excellent composition, very well done, have a great week end, ciao Silvio

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  • danyy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 7318 W: 440 N: 10089] (51483)
  • [2008-01-06 15:39]

Bonjour Renier;
bravo pour ce ciel dont l'originalité rivalise avec la beauté.
La nature nous donne tellement d'occasion de photographier ses manifestations diverses.
Superbement cadrée.

Regards.
Daniel.

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  • JCG Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3220 W: 413 N: 4551] (16258)
  • [2008-01-07 10:38]

Hi Renier,

Nature can be dazzling, this photograph of it is the proof. Superb image of this transitory moment, the cloudy mass is really impressive and the colors are very pleasant. Privileged moment, thank you for sharing Rénier.

With all my friendships and I wish you thus that with all your family all my best wishes of happiness and prosperity for this new year,

Jean-Charles

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  • adores Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2685 W: 52 N: 3765] (12035)
  • [2008-01-07 17:56]

Hi Renier!
What a powerful sky! The clouds seem to smash the trees below. It's impressive because they seem to get bigger and bigger as they get closer.Fantastic colours also! Beautiful capture!

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  • Angshu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4944 W: 169 N: 7603] (24844)
  • [2008-01-09 1:31]

Hello Renier
Just the sky & the clouds, they're on fire & so much attractive. Like how low you kept the horizon with the trees in silhouette. The WS of sunrise is also excellent. Well done for both Renier.
Regards
Angshu

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  • Muse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2363 W: 199 N: 5547] (23502)
  • [2008-01-09 10:15]

Hello Renier,
Encore un tout beau ciel.
Une atmosphère assez féérique avec ces couleurs douces et une très belle lumière.
Best regards
Denise

This is an incredible sky, Renier ! What a contrast...
Splendid colours !
Bravo,
Cath.
(thank you for your advice, I'll need to learn how to use the tool you mentioned)

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  • coco Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4188 W: 145 N: 4934] (23322)
  • [2008-01-17 13:26]

Hi Renier.

Nice, very nice landscape where the wide view and the light are very good.

Well done and keep it on.

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  • Tue Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5188 W: 56 N: 7353] (23509)
  • [2008-01-19 6:19]

Hi Renier,
I really like your photo of such impressive cloud formations. The colours are beautiful. I like to see a little bit of blue next to the warmer tones on the clouds. The shapes are great too. Thanks for sharing!
Regards,
Lars

Hi Renier, A complete contrast from the Clouds On Fire photo, the sky is just as dramatic, however the storm clouds are colder & not as inviting, still great depth looking into the sky &, overall very well composed, kind regards Wilson.

Hello Renier! Amazing clouds. Fantastic colors of sky. Great effect. Marvelous composition. Good luck!

Hello Renier,
An interesting cloud formation, where the shapes and colours make a great display in the sky!
The silhouettes make a reference and create contrast...
Greetings,
Pablo -

:-) OK-

excellent colours and the clouds have deffinitely an interesting pattern. I've seen clouds in interesting ways quite often but have never had my camera with me. that's my future goal.
well done.

Hello Renier ,
très belle lumière les couleurs excellente , la nature es vraiment sublime , bon travail A+ JP

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