Cottesloe Beach Sunset - Perth, WA

[SimonBl]

Hi all,

The sky looked promising yesterday afternoon, so I decided to head down to what must be one of the most photographed restaurants on Perth's coastline, the Indian Teahouse on Cottesloe Beach. Well, the sky didn't play ball as I'd hoped, but I did take over 100 photos, playing with exposure, f-stops etc. Here's one that I like and 'developed' from RAW, using the CS2 RAW converter:

http://www.pbase.com/image/49073987.jpg

Finally, for the last 2 or 3 minutes, the sky played ball:

http://www.pbase.com/simonb/image/49073988.jpg

Comments and contructive critisism welcome!

Simon....

[Desertraptor]

Two very nice shots there. I wish I had ocean view to shoot sunsets :)

[sparker1]

Yes, both shots are very nice. The sunset effect is very unusual, and having the sailing ship there is a plus. Good work.

[SimonBl]

Two very nice shots there. I wish I had ocean view to shoot sunsets :)

Thanks Desertraptor! You are certainly a long way from the ocean... :D

Haven't you got some nice settling ponds you could take photo's of? ;)

Simon....

[SimonBl]

Yes, both shots are very nice. The sunset effect is very unusual, and having the sailing ship there is a plus. Good work.

Thanks Stan. I couldn't believe my luck when I looked through the viewfinder and saw the sailboat there. Talk about lucky. I have 13 shots in all of the sunset, so will need to check out the others.

Simon....

[SimonBl]

I'm having colour space issues, once I sort this out the red colour will improve, but here's another I just did that had a bit more real estate (literally) to the left. There's an island off the Perth coast called Rottest, it's about a 45 fast ferry ride from the coast (19km from Fremantle, which is a fair way further south from where I took this).

There's a wind turbine on the island and, amazingly (to me), you can see it in this cropped image, it's at the far left and is the tallest object you can see here:

http://www.pbase.com/simonb/image/49076282.jpg

PS: I have reuploaded a proper colour space image to Pbase, but something keeps caching it. Here's a direct link to the larger version:

http://www.pbase.com/simonb/image/49076282/original.jpg

Simon....

[Pinknee]

I can't tell you anything about PS but I can tell you that I love the sunset shot with the sailboat.

Dani

[malla1962]

I realy like the second one.:D

[SimonBl]

I can't tell you anything about PS but I can tell you that I love the sunset shot with the sailboat.

Thanks Dani, I think I've worked out the PS thing. Which one do you prefer?

Simon....

[SimonBl]

I realy like the second one.:D

Thanks, it seems evenly balanced at the moment. I think they each convery a different mood though. I have made a 3200x1200 version of the second to put on my dual-screen setup at the office this morning. Should look stunning.

Simon....

[skade]

Oh I just love that beach.. That first shot is excellent.. love it! The sunset is magic! Very nice... and so close to home! :)

[Desertraptor]

Haven't you got some nice settling ponds you could take photo's of?

Yes I do but the fence would not look too good or those floaters.



Kidding guys no floaters..

[myth337]

the seagull shot is kind of peaceful... but that sunset has got to be the most awesomest coolest sunset shot I've seen in a long time!!!

.. Lee

[SimonBl]

Oh I just love that beach.. That first shot is excellent.. love it! The sunset is magic! Very nice... and so close to home! :)

Thanks, IIRC you live a darn sight closer to the beach than I do - so you have no excuse!

I'm going to get that one printed on metallic paper at the new lab I've found, they seem very helpful.

Cheers,

Simon...

[SimonBl]

Kidding guys no floaters..

Thanks goodness, they may be the type that glow in the dark! :D

Simon....

[SimonBl]

the seagull shot is kind of peaceful... but that sunset has got to be the most awesomest coolest sunset shot I've seen in a long time!!!

Thanks Lee, appreciate it.

Simon....

[Stevie@JC]

Stuning shots mate espically the framing how did you do that ive been lookin to know and i like the way you have the EXIF data on it also. Have you any tips on how to do it

[SimonBl]

Stuning shots mate espically the framing how did you do that ive been lookin to know and i like the way you have the EXIF data on it also. Have you any tips on how to do it
Thanks Stevie, just so everyone else knows (I replied to Stevie by PM), the framing is courtesy of a wonderful framing script written by a POTN member, Mike.

Check out http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=75175 for details.

Simon....

[Stevie@JC]

Yes Simon pmed me the details on the above thanks Simon

[jgjulio]

Both very nice shots. I love the second one!

[PeaPicker]

Great shots. The sunset is increadible!
Jon

[mkitson]

Ho Hum! Just posted a sunset shot from my holiday in France and then opened this and wished I hadn't bothered. Brittany can't compete with Perth for sunsets like that, nice job!

[SimonBl]

Ho Hum! Just posted a sunset shot from my holiday in France and then opened this and wished I hadn't bothered. Brittany can't compete with Perth for sunsets like that, nice job!

Please don't stop being bothered on my account! :o If we all stopped posting because we thought someone elses photo was better than ours, this would be a lonely forum. If (and it's subjective) mine is better than yours, take it as a challenge (even if you have to come to Perth!).

Cheers and thanks,

Simon....

[SimonBl]

Somone on another forum (my old stomping ground pre-Canon) suggested something like this:

http://www.pbase.com/simonb/image/49199707.jpg

Wouldn't stand up to printing at a reasonable size, but I think it's cool.

Cheers,

Simon....

[SimonBl]

PS: Finally managed to work out (doh!) how to save the image with an sRGB profile instead of the aRGB one in PS CS2: Edit > Convert to Profile. Have replaced the image on Pbase, it should show more accurate colours now.

Simon....