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Stonington, Maine's Sand Beach at Sunset

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Cynthia FarrWeinfeld
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Stonington, Maine's Sand Beach at Sunset
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I spent the US holiday of Thanksgiving in Deer Isle, Maine with my mother and family this year--it was really fun AND I was lucky to be able to shoot in some great light the first "night" I got there.  I say night in quotes because the sun set at freaking 4:09pm!!  Ugh!

I shot this on a tripod with mirror lockup at f/14.

The light continued to develop beautifully.  And the setting certainly didn't hurt!  I was happy that the breeze started blowing in from the water, which kicked up some interesting wave patterns just as the sun set.

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TomWret
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Re: Stonington, Maine's Sand Beach at Sunset

Cynthia, very warm and so beautiful!

Thanks for sharing, Tom W(ret)

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Valeriu 64
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Dear Cynthia , very beautiful photos.

Thanks & regards, Valeriu

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Chris_T Contributing Member • Posts: 648
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Very beautiful photos Cynthia.

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Cynthia FarrWeinfeld
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Re: Stonington, Maine's Sand Beach at Sunset

Thank you so much, Tom!  It really was beautiful that "evening"!  Cindy

TomWret wrote:

Cynthia, very warm and so beautiful!

Thanks for sharing, Tom W(ret)

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Cynthia FarrWeinfeld
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Re: Stonington, Maine's Sand Beach at Sunset

Thank you, Valeriu!  Cindy

Valeriu 64 wrote:

Dear Cynthia , very beautiful photos.

Thanks & regards, Valeriu

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Cynthia FarrWeinfeld
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Re: Stonington, Maine's Sand Beach at Sunset

Thanks Chris!  Cindy

Chris_T wrote:

Very beautiful photos Cynthia.

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Joseph Tainter Forum Pro • Posts: 11,494
Re: Stonington, Maine's Sand Beach at Sunset

Lovely shots, Cynthia. Perhaps the second could use a bit less red.

Joe

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Re: Stonington, Maine's Sand Beach at Sunset

Thanks Joe.  I'll take that under advisement, but probably won't change it, as that's how it looked to me when I was there and I do like how it looks.  Best, Cindy

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Lovely shots, Cynthia. Perhaps the second could use a bit less red.

Joe

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BrianC Veteran Member • Posts: 4,779
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Stunning!

Can I ask what PP adjustments were made, if any?

These are very well done IMO.

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Cynthia FarrWeinfeld
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Thanks Brian!

What I did was do color correction in Nik's Colorefex Pro, added definition to the clouds with Nik's Viveza 2, denoised with Nik's Denoise, and finally added a warming filter in PS of 25%.  Some people don't seem to like it, but I do.  Cindy

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Stunning!

Can I ask what PP adjustments were made, if any?

These are very well done IMO.

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BrianC Veteran Member • Posts: 4,779
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Cynthia FarrWeinfeld wrote:

Thanks Brian!

What I did was do color correction in Nik's Colorefex Pro, added definition to the clouds with Nik's Viveza 2, denoised with Nik's Denoise, and finally added a warming filter in PS of 25%. Some people don't seem to like it, but I do. Cindy

Sounds like a lot of work to me J/K

Well, I like it!

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Stunning!

Can I ask what PP adjustments were made, if any?

These are very well done IMO.

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Re: Stonington, Maine's Sand Beach at Sunset

I love the excellent images, thanks for sharing the beauty of mother nature on the other side of the earth.

It might be the problem of my eyes or that of the monitor, the left side of the rock in the 2nd shot seems to have a little blue fringing that could be removed.

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Jim Beverlin Veteran Member • Posts: 4,890
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Excellent compositions.  Very well done.

Thanks for posting.

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Cynthia FarrWeinfeld
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Each picture took about 5 minutes total. . .

BrianC wrote:

Cynthia FarrWeinfeld wrote:

Thanks Brian!

What I did was do color correction in Nik's Colorefex Pro, added definition to the clouds with Nik's Viveza 2, denoised with Nik's Denoise, and finally added a warming filter in PS of 25%. Some people don't seem to like it, but I do. Cindy

Sounds like a lot of work to me J/K

Well, I like it!

BrianC wrote:

Stunning!

Can I ask what PP adjustments were made, if any?

These are very well done IMO.

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Re: Stonington, Maine's Sand Beach at Sunset

Thank you, Yang!  Yes, I'm sure there is some fringing--that's something that I forgot to even look into.  I may go back and fix that!  Thanks, Cindy

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I love the excellent images, thanks for sharing the beauty of mother nature on the other side of the earth.

It might be the problem of my eyes or that of the monitor, the left side of the rock in the 2nd shot seems to have a little blue fringing that could be removed.

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Re: Stonington, Maine's Sand Beach at Sunset

Thanks Jim!  Cindy

Jim Beverlin wrote:

Excellent compositions. Very well done.

Thanks for posting.

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Cynthia, I love #1 and the composition in #2, but the blacks and contrast in #2 are pretty far out there.

Gary

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Cynthia FarrWeinfeld
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Re: Stonington, Maine's Sand Beach at Sunset

Thanks Gary!  Cindy

Gman58 wrote:

Cynthia, I love #1 and the composition in #2, but the blacks and contrast in #2 are pretty far out there.

Gary

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