August 25, 2019; Beachy Head, The Seven Sisters, East Sussex. How calm is the blue hour?
This calm.
This seascape was shot three minutes (to the second) before the lighthouse image in the last post.
(Nikon D850, Tamron SP 24–70mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2. RAW processing in DxO PhotoLab 2.3; Editing in Adobe Photoshop.)
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California based fine-art photographer featuring abstract, impressionist, and minimalist seascapes — near and distant — and floral-based images.
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Very gentle, soft sea/sky scape. Beautiful!
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Thank you, Liz.
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Should I utter the forbidden word to describe this? Such a quiet and relaxing image. A fine example of how so little can be so much. I really enjoy the color gradients in this one, Michael.
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Thank you. A lot of work and post to bring out the colors without overdoing it. A balancing act.
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So simple, so beautiful, long live the blue hour!
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Thank you. To me, the simple blues is always the best.
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Curiously, the ancient Greek original that eventually led to calm meant ‘heat of the mid-day sun’ (compare the related word caustic.
As tiny as the speck of a boat is, it draws my attention.
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Fascinating. Well, I can tell you that the heat of the midday sun on this particular day was caustic. I normally remove boats, but this seemed to want to be there. Similarly with the Portuguese horizon last week. I left the boat in that one too. What has come over me?
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The colors remind me of the iridescent glow of a white ibis feather when the sun highlights it ‘just so.’
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I hadn’t thought of that, but now that you mention it…
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Excellent shot, Michael.
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Thank you very much.
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I really like the minimalism here, as well as the soft tones.
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Thank you. Minimalism is in my blood.
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The colours are exquisite – as is the image.
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Thank you. The colors were there in the image, but it took work to express them without overdoing it.
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You succeeded beautifully.
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The changing colors of the sky is beautifully captured.
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Thank you very much.
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Ha, you should have popped in for a cup of tea.
This is my neck of the woods.
AK
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Had we but known. But actually, we were very busy with Rachael.
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a pure moment of magic
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Thank you very much.
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I love the light gradation from side to side – and the whole glow. 🙂
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Thank you very much. The lighting pattern comes from the fact that the sunset glow is to the right in the photograph and the antisolar backscatter is to the left. Looking due south with a 24 mm lens allows us to see a little bit of both.
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“Antisolar backscatter” – I’ve never heard that phrase, and I really like it! It describes the phenomenon, I think, but it could be the name of – no, not a band, hmm. Not sure. You take it.
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I searched high and low for that phrase. It could also be the term for the diatribe spewed by people who are really against solar energy.
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