Bali Sunset

Critiques [Translate]

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• John_F_Kennedy (9856)
• [2008-03-04 2:21]

Beautiful sunset with nice colours.
Best wishes,
Achim

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• Jens (4657)
• [2008-03-04 2:22]

Hi Richard
Great capture, beuatiful colors and a superb light. Excellent POV, shortly sayd - Well done.
Regards
Jens.

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• puffy (16615)
• [2008-03-04 2:25]

Hello Richard,

A beautiful scene, I haven't been to Bali, but always know that it is a beautiful place to visit.. You captured it so well, I love the dramatic skys, the details and sharpness of the silhouette, just wonderful! :D

Cheers,
Sweety

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• mungkey (45)
• [2008-03-04 2:31]

Beautiful! Simply beautiful.

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• Helkoryo (22130)
• [2008-03-04 2:32]

Hiya Richard

As you say.. the picture says it all. An awesome view makes us appreciate just how BIG the sky is. Lovely colours and a very pretty scene.

TFS regards helen

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• manujmehta (9764)
• [2008-03-04 2:36]

Hello Richard

One word
"Superb"

Manuj Mehta
India

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• Radarflyer (1115)
• [2008-03-04 2:44]

Hi Richard,
This is a lovely sunset, beautiful colours.
TFS
Jane

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• kozerog (718)
• [2008-03-04 2:52]

The sky and colours are amazing, Richard.

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• riverfriends (6698)
• [2008-03-04 3:03]

Hi Richard:
I dont think you have to say much...for this image speaks for itself:)
Both your exposures & composition are OUTSTANDING!!!!
David

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• Ramdan (5750)
• [2008-03-04 3:38]

Hi Richard,
Spectacular sunset with beautiful beach view. Breathtaking cloud formation in great warm color. Silhouettes a very nice as well, especially those people to give this shot more 'life'. Very nice, Richard.
Thank you for sharing,
Ramdan.

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• Derona (4260)
• [2008-03-04 4:10]

Hi Richard

This is a stunning sunset beautiful colours and light.

Regards Derek

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• ajitjoshi19 (166)
• [2008-03-04 5:24]

Hi Richard,
An amazing sunset picture. The effect of light on clouds is great.
TFS.
-Ajit

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• Dot (11570)
• [2008-03-04 6:05]

Hi Richard.
That is one awesome sunset that you captured.
The composition is perfect and the silhouettes really stand out against this gorgeous color.
Beautiful work
Dot

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• HeadlessGuy (2077)
• [2008-03-04 6:45]
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Hi Richard,

Beautiful photo, no doubt.
But, as you say yourself, its a cliched sunset photo. Nothing any of us haven't seen before here on TL.
This one has a very dramatic sky but not much else to make it interesting. That's the hard part with sunsets I think. I would almost say that a great sunset photo should be great even if it was shot in daylight without the sunset.
To make this shot truely great I would have liked to see some foreground of interest exposed to give it as much detail as the sky. That's obviously very difficult considering the difference in light but that's where one has to make a trade off or use the available techniques, like filters, exposure blending or, for the extremists, HDR, to deal with the dilemma.
Anyways, good sharpness and detail in the sky but to me it lacks detail in the forground and also something to make it interesting compared to the trillion of other sunsets here on TL. The composition is reasonable but I wouldn't call it outstanding. As for the colours I'm curious as to what your white balance setting was because to me the photo seems wee bit too orange.

I think you might have made a better photo had you kept your feed dry and only kept the silhouettes of the palm trees as foreground with the dramatic sky as a backdrop.

I'll give you 1 point because I think you can do better.

Cheers,
Jens

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• rewshearer (19052)
• [2008-03-04 10:18]

Haha! Like stealing candy from a baby ...

Must say though, the thumbnail did catch my eye and the deeper, purplish hues of this sunset struck me as being unusual.

And ... it wasn't Angkor Watt.

Rew

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• k-2 (3523)
• [2008-03-04 11:32]

The whispy textures are soft. The beach textures are rugged. Nice contrast. TFS. K2

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• tibig (7565)
• [2008-03-04 11:33]

Nice shot, dramatic and yes, a bit kitschy. But certainly at an excusable level.
Regards,
Tibi

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• Adri (9968)
• [2008-03-04 12:03]

Hello Richard,
Beautiful sunset, beautiful colours (I like that) and light and a beautiful island: the island of the gods....
Greetings from Holland,
Adri

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• RhythmThief (1733)
• [2008-03-04 16:47]

Lovely, great colours, a dramatic sky and plenty of foreground detail for a relatively low light shot.
Cheers, John.

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• Tomek (15929)
• [2008-03-04 19:32]

Hello Richard:)
Very moody and great composed, also colours are fantastic!!
Tom:)

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• wieyos (8828)
• [2008-03-04 21:12]

Awesome & breathtaking! a very wonderful colour of the skyscape & lovely reflection on the beach & water. i like the tropical silhouette. excellent shot.

TFS
Regards
Agoes

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• pozaru (18253)
• [2008-03-05 1:05]

Superb balinese sunset.
This is a real beauty, my friend.


thanks,
v
ps.I'll be back with points

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• Fortuna (23065)
• [2008-03-05 2:46]

Hello RICHARD,

It's an unforgettable photograph, with fantastic colors, perfect light and contrast!
Congratulations! TFS

Sergio
on wednesday

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• timtim (8946)
• [2008-03-05 13:49]

WOW!
amazing clouds
great colours

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• bluepianowaits (2590)
• [2008-03-05 13:57]
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Hi Richard,

There is nothing wrong with cliched sunset pics, my gallery is full of them ;0)

Really good one the clouds are amazing and the colours are great. Did you use a filter?

Cheers
Tom

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• boonie (7605)
• [2008-03-05 17:29]

Yep, thats what it is but oh my it is a really good one and deserved all the praise possible - like the palms and people agianst the beautiful burt red sun set.

dan

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• Silke (24577)
• [2008-03-06 2:00]
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Well, it may not have been a great week, but it seems that you did finally get something of the mystical Bali that you went looking for.
I love the light in this -- that magical moment or two before the sun disappears. Amazing light and colours here and not totally cliched - I like the one lone figure down there in the water. Were you standing in the water too?
Cool stuff
TFS
silke

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• vandana2923 (22207)
• [2008-03-06 5:48]

Hello Richard,
Beautiful sunset.
Very nice colors and light. TFS
Vandana
later

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• dareco (13964)
• [2008-03-06 13:04]

A very beautiful sunset!! I love the colors. Maybe next year I will get to Bali, I hear so many great things about it.

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• EOSF1 (19692)
• [2008-03-07 8:40]

Hello Richard, very well done sunset shot, the clouds are really outstanding, good job, thanks!

Mario

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• Giorgimer (2215)
• [2008-03-08 1:53]

Hi Richard,

WOW! Great view! Clouds, light and colors in the sky are excellent.

Compliments!

Gio

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• WMcK (6837)
• [2008-03-08 5:09]

Now this is very strange. I wrote the critique on this a few days ago and it is gone? I was almost the first one. I guess now with all the other things being said already there is not much for me to add , except I do love that lone figure in the water, it just makes this very interesting and well done image even more interesting. Lovley colours and tones.
Warm Regards
Wanda

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• korbee (12273)
• [2008-03-09 3:41]

My wife and family in law,are from Sumatra(Lake Toba),an even they are talking about the famous sunsets of Bali.
Great stuff Richard!
jan

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• PierreFrigon (15465)
• [2008-04-11 17:43]

Beautiful sunset.
Can't be a cliché photo. There can't be 2 sunset alike.
Love the colors.
TFS
Pierre