FocusMeus » sunsets

2012

Els — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:37:03 +0000

3rd of January: We had rain and storm all day, so I wasn’t quite expecting this sunset. Result: noticing too late to go outside to get a better view of it. (fallen for that too many times – see great sky, get bicycle out, race towards the river, and arrive too late, even though it’s only 3 minutes to get there)

This one was this morning, while it was very stormy, and the whole of my neighbourhood seemed to be covered under a huge thick dark cloud, while showing bits of blue sky further away. Until photos come with sound, you’ll just have to imagine the howling wind to get the full atmosphere ;-)

Christmas 2011

Els — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:36:31 +0000

These were taken on Christmas day, and 30th December.

Early December

Els — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:35:42 +0000

Oops, better late than never – these were taken about 4 weeks ago.

Saturday afternoon

Els — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:35:17 +0000

The photos below were taken yesterday afternoon, a little before sunset.
The last one of the four was very close to sunset, and was after I’d given up on getting a nice sunset over the river, came back down the stairs and back on the bicycle, and looked back. So naturally I stopped again :-)

Sunset and golden hour

Els — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:50:39 +0000

This time of year I often miss the golden hour because it happens during work hours. It also only lasts about 10 minutes here; a big (otherwise very useful, don’t get me wrong) dyke between the river and my house is blocking the light…

And is it me, or is the light really more golden in autumn than it is in summer? For the ten minutes I get to see it coming through my windows, it certainly seems to be.

Morning and evening

Els — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:46:38 +0000

Week 43: Pylons

Els — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:53:32 +0000

Sunset grass

Els — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 11:04:49 +0000

Colour profiles are doing my head in… At home I’m using Windows, but ‘on the road’ I only have my Macbook to edit my photos. The only program to easily view photos in, is iPhoto. Looks wonderful, great colours. Then I have to import photos into GIMP to edit them, and the first thing GIMP asks me, is whether I want to keep, or convert the colour profile. And it doesn’t matter which one I choose, invariably, the photo when opened in GIMP, shows different colours to the ones I just saw in iPhoto.
And then, no matter how hard I try with levels, curves, colour balance, hues and contrast, I can not get the photo to look the same as the ‘original’.

So, in short, for this photo, please imagine the top part of the sky slightly greener, the bottom part of the sky a little bit bluer (blue-er?), and the red glow on the grass darker and brighter, while the dark silhouettes of the leafy plants are all just dark, instead of having green/blue edges… ;-)

Taken Tuesday evening.

Monday evening

Els — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:14:05 +0000

Sea & gulls

Els — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:22:57 +0000

And this is the last in the “N73 series” I shot last week at the beach!

Picking up a reflection

Els — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:43:15 +0000

.. not really, he’s picking up a ball :-)
Another N73 shot.

Week 9: I see seashells

Els — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:01:45 +0000

“She sells seashells on the seashore.
The shells that she sells are seashells I’m sure.
So if she sells seashells on the seashore,
I’m sure that the shells are seashore shells.”

Photo taken on my old Nokia N73, as I didn’t want to bring my Nikon to the beach, for fear of sand! :-)

Day 358: Sunset

Els — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:59:24 +0000

Taken on March 16.

Day 266: Sunset 2

Els — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:59:36 +0000

Taken last Sunday.

More snow

Els — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:50:43 +0000

Impressions of a snowy Sunday.

Day 265: Sunset

Els — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:59:42 +0000

Taken yesterday.

Day 223: Fire

Els — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:33:14 +0000

This is still the same sunset, only closer.

Day 222: Clouds

Els — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:00:46 +0000

This is the view that fits exactly to the left of yesterday’s photo. I’d post another photo of the clouds to the right of the sunset, if only there wouldn’t have been a bunch of trees in the way.
This sunset was one of those times where I wish I had a proper camera with a good wide angle lens on it.

Day 221: Sunset in three

Els — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:59:55 +0000

Day 74: Ice cream sunset

Els — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:59:39 +0000

Today we went to Scheveningen to see the festivities around vlaggetjesdag (= flags day), which is an annual celebration of the first herrings being caught and brought in. Lots of things to see and do, but it was also quite hot weather and too busy with too many people, so we decided to go to the beach instead.

This photo is one of many I took on the beach, I’ll look through the rest tomorrow and probably upload some more. (and sneakily backdate them so they appear to have been uploaded on the same day they’re shot — yes I can do that ;-))