Taken early April, just before the sun dropped below the horizon, at Sandbanks Provincial Park, on Lake Ontario.

Tripod: Manfrotto 055NAT Camera: EOS 5 Lens: Canon 100/2.8 macro Film: Royal Gold 25 Exposure: (est) 2 sec f32

-- James Horne (wjh@nortelnetworks.com), June 18, 1999

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I like the composition, but while the lighting isn't bad, it doesn't do anything for me though. Did you take any more shots as the sun went down? many times (although it may have been too cloudy on this day) the sky is at its most colorful 20-30 minutes after the sun sets. The shot is pretty good, I just see so much more potential there. The sad thing is that there is probably no film/paper combination with enough lattitude to live up to what I see though. In other words, what I don't like about the shot is a reflection of the limitations of the technology, not the concept or photographer.

-- Brad (bhutcheson@iname.com), June 18, 1999.

Yes, the photo is pretty good but doesn4t have impact ... maybe if you should use a fill-in flash ....

-- Charles Dias (deepblue97a@hotmail.com), June 18, 1999.

Just a quick follow up.

The scanned image doesn't do the real thing justice. I tried really hard to get the luminance right but when I lighten the image to closer to the print the colours get all messed up. The print has much less red in the grass which is lighter, and the sky is more pink and the clouds more purple. This was just the best compromise I could manage.

As for later, the sun on the grass is what gives the orange colour, it only lasted long enough for two frames, I will post the other one next week. I think the orange light on the grass is key to the image although it looks rather dark on my screen at work.

-- James Horne (wjh@nortelnetworks.com), June 18, 1999.

Like the content and composition. More impact if white sand was white. Use Grad ND filter?

-- Larry Korhnak (lvk@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu), June 18, 1999.