Hello
by gaurawa

Comment by PollyBean:
Brilliant, love the shimmery bits and perfect DOF. Well done. Congratulations on ribbon in advance!

Half dome at sunset
by gaurawa

Comment by arngrimur:
A very good viewpoint. I can imagine that you had to do some serious post processing to get some balance in lighting between the upper and lower parts. There seems to be a problem area below the sunlit part of the dome on the right.

Half dome at sunset
by gaurawa

Comment by muggle_girl:
beautiful shot. are you going to make it available as a print?

Half dome at sunset
by gaurawa

Comment by gaurawa:
thanks papa and tsheets for your valuable input. I wanted to go slower, but I couldn't. With this light I was shooting at F18 ( or F20, I am not sure exactly) and iso100, I can't make the shutter speed go slower than that. the water seems soft because it has some movement, but not slow enough shutter to make it silky...
May be I should get some ND filters to step down 1 or 2 stops..

Half dome at sunset
by gaurawa

Comment by tsheets:
Nice shot. I can see what you were going for with the reflection in the water, but I agree with papa. I think the running water makes it difficult to pull off. I would wonder what difference a slower/faster shutter would make. The colors and exposure are great, though.

Half dome at sunset
by gaurawa

Comment by papa:
Beautiful shot. Several things that I would do (only one mans opinion)...

1. water looks a little soft. Either slower shutter speed for more smoothing water or sharper focus.

2. crop just a bit off the right side to get a more skinny/taller looking shot.

Half dome at sunset
by gaurawa

Comment by spaque99:
Very nice landscape. The dome, the reflexion in the water and all this framed by the trees. Well done! ;-)

Morning bird
by gaurawa

Comment by papa:
I'm looking past the bird to the beautiful background colors! Bird is too dark. Either go more sillouette-ish or lighten to get some details. But nice shot altogether.

Half dome at sunset
by gaurawa

Comment by cpanaioti:
The colour on the dome is amazing. What's nice about sunsets is that if you wait a few minutes the whole scene changes. Later shots may even be more dramatic.

Hello
by gaurawa

Comment by nordicgirl:
Amazing details and colors.