Reflective

[JimFox]

This is from 2 months ago somewhere in Nebraska on my way to Minnesota for Fall Colors. As I was driving, the clouds and the sun and that look to them like they were going to make music together at sunset. So I was keeping an eye out for a lake as there had been plenty to be seen along I-76. I spotted this one as time was getting short, exited the freeway and made my way into the park that surrounded it. I thought there could be some good reflections so I drove around it to get on this side with just a minute or two to spare.

I posted one similiar to this while I was on the road from my Sony A6400. This one is from my Nikon D850 and processed on my desktop as I am back home for a few weeks. I purposely left the shoreline dark. I could easily recover the shadows, but then I found the shoreline distracting. And this looks closer to how my camera had captured it anyway. Exposing for the highlights had let the shoreline go dark.

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[Ben Egbert]

Very nice sunset Jim, I agree the dark shoreline works well here.

 

[AlanLichty]

Sweet color show - nice you found a spot along a lake for the reflections. I doubt you really saw all that much of the shoreline while you were shooting with lighting like this.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice color show. Good you found a place to pull over to capture this.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Very nice result - I think the shore being dark was the right choice, concentrates on the light show overhead and the water reflecting it.

ML

 

[JimFox]

Very nice sunset Jim, I agree the dark shoreline works well here.

Thanks so much Ben!

 

[JimFox]

Sweet color show - nice you found a spot along a lake for the reflections. I doubt you really saw all that much of the shoreline while you were shooting with lighting like this.

Thank you Alan. I could see the shoreline, but it was dark and I liked how the camera rendered it totally dark as there were some picnic tables and other distracting elements that then got hidden.