Sunset over Them, a photo from Potosi, South

Photographer's Note

Another one of those photos that manage to slip under my scanning radar...This one was taken on the second evening of our Salar tour outside the little village of San Jose...Me and my friend walked outside to see and capture the wild sunset when all of a sudden we saw in the distance a herd of Alpacas move on the hill in front of us...With little light as possible, we snapped what we could make of the last rays of sun...
PS - At first glance I was sure the picture is blurry (due to hand shake) but then when I took a closer look I saw that the fuzziness is actually the side effect of the breaking sunrays around the contour of the Alpaca's bodies..
PP: Crop, NeatImage, LCE and levels on the dark lower part of the frame

A note about the noise - This film with another 6 were damage while en route to Israel by airmail (squashed by an unknown heavy object). As a consequence, most pictures suffer from noise, some from pictures also suffer from inappropriate exposure, light rays and even worse. Some even did not make it to the lab at all...so, sorry for that

alejandroguzman, Miks, anew, nwoehnl, shirgold, KevRyan, devimeuxbe, ChrisJ, Mistral has marked this note useful

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andante (7092) 2006-02-20 19:29

Chen, excellent presentation!! The silo of the alpacas against the sunset looks like a movie scene... Usually when I scan images I set them for 300 dpi and after post-processing I save them a 72dpi for the web as a separate file. Maybe that can help you avoid the noise in the sky.

alejandroguzman (4684) 2006-02-20 19:33

CONGRATULATIONS Chen...
one of the best pictures u have... no doubts !!

hugs
alejandro

Geo (1245) 2006-02-20 20:19

It is too bad it is a bit fuzzy, but the composition is great and it is a wonderful view of these animals agains the sunset. NeatImage would clean the noise from the sky. I think I will try...

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Miks (1717) 2006-02-20 20:23

Great shot. i'm sorry that it had such a hard time coming into being. Being on the road is not easy on photographic equipment. The light is, of course, fantastic, and the compo is very good. I'm not so bothered about the lack of sharpness but the noise is a real shame. Tough luck! The panoramic format works very well for you but, to my eye, the framing (especially the white bars) is quite distracting.

Cheers,
Mikkel

anew (582) 2006-02-20 21:04

what bluriness...I don't see any bluriness. All I see is a perfect shot, alpacas and all. I also love the frame you added. Excellent job.

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2006-02-21 1:28

Hi Chen.

Maybe needs a little more definition but anyway, excellent colours and silhouettes!!!

Regards, Oscar

david (3992) 2006-02-21 3:08

this is a superb image. the silhouette of the hill is great. the sunset colours are great and make a very nice contrast against the sharp black. aside from a little fuzziness, this is a great shot ... well done!

leo61 (0) 2006-02-21 3:22

Hi Chen!
Great sunset shot with nice silhouettes,especially the alpacas.A good composition with nice colors.Well done,
regards,LEO

shangri-la (353) 2006-02-21 4:57

beautiful sunset! magic colors&atmosphere with alpagas... we forget blurry touch!
;-)

bantonbuju (51815) 2006-02-21 6:49

hi chen,
interesting image, i like the creative approach to the crop: the image looks wide this creating an impression that the whole scene was taking place in a vast area;
nice, really nice;
tc, j.

nwoehnl (122) 2006-02-21 10:21

Hi Chen. A lovely sunset scene from Chile, where the cinemascope format is well chosen to present the silhouetted details in front of the vivid colorful spectacle in the sky. The alpaca silhouettes make it special and charming.

shirgold (2485) 2006-02-21 11:41

Hi Chen,
What an amazing image.
These beautiful animals standing pround under the burning skies!
I really love the composition and the framing fits well
TFS - Shir

toni_al (15875) 2006-02-21 17:03

Hi Chen
Très belle prise avec ces silhouettes a contre jour. et superbes couleurs
Well done
@+ Toni

CliffW (2381) 2006-02-21 20:52

Wow, Chen. That's a good shot. The outlines of the herd is excellent. I like that they're at the base of a hill. So much more interesting than a level plane. Nice work.

evanrizo (462) 2006-02-22 8:11

Wooooww, konkratulations a wonderfull picture

KevRyan (22956) 2006-02-22 18:48

Beautifully evocative image Chen - this is such a nice capture of these animals in their environment - so sorry to hear about your films - I had a bad experience of two weeks of taking some 800 arty B&W photographs in a mountain environment a few years ago only to find the internal light meter had packed up - very few images were OK - so sad!!

take care kev

isabela_sor (47748) 2006-02-24 15:30

Another great view in the sunset,wonderful composition with dark silhouettes.Perfect picture and special light!TFS
Have a nice week-end
Isabela

quillo (11858) 2006-02-25 2:14

Hola Chen, a pesar le las dificultades técnicas a las que aludes en tu nota creo que tu foto tiene mucho mérito porque en definitiva has conseguido captar un momento hermoso y mostrarlo que es de lo que se trata.

Te doy la enhorabuena y te mando un saludo desde España. ................... Paco

devimeuxbe (58557) 2006-02-25 15:01

Hi Chen
Your galery from South America is great. I specially congratulate you for this one. The shadows are beautifull in front of this beautifull sky.
Very very well done
Nice work
Bertrnd

ChrisJ (172436) 2006-02-26 5:19

Hi Chen

I like the silhouettes of the lamas or arte they vicunas? Superb sharpness, color, & graphism. Congratulations!

Angshu (56760) 2006-02-28 6:30

Hi Chen
Thanks for sharing this great image. The silhouette of the Alpacas & the panoramic view form a great effect. It's a fab shot ... Cheers
Angshu

zeus (1462) 2006-03-06 18:06

Wow! you have so many good pictures that is even hard to choose one to comment...I don´t very often comment sunsets, but this one is really worthed...very well seen, great composition, amazing colors. Congrat! :)

Mistral (15416) 2006-03-15 16:26

Hi Chen,
excellent mood in your image with stunning colours. Your composition is very good too.
A smile
Luca

bartove (2866) 2006-04-27 16:12