Submitter's Name:	Ian Nichols
Title:	Sand Point Sunset
Gear Used:	C2100UZ, zoom at "70mm equivalent", sensitivity at ISO100
Exposure:	1/500 at F/3.5
Technical Information:	Exposure determined by spot reading from sky/land boundary with sun out of frame.
Subject Information:	Sand Point, located to the North of Weston-Super-Mare, England.
Additional Information:	I decided to give the new toy digital camera an outing for this TOPE. Good Friday saw cloudless but hazy conditions all day, so when the golden hours arrived and the sun approached the horizon, it was possible to shoot straight at it.
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Comment left by: Olaf Greve (no e-mail specified)

Nice! The absence of details in the land-part works well here.

Comment left by: Adam Bolt (boldbolty@iprimus.com.au)

I like the colours in this. Did you use some sort of filter, looks like some vignetting in the corners. I would also have liked to have seen another strong silhouette focal point maybe of someone watching the sunset but I still like this shot because of the haze which diffuses the light beautifully.

Comment left by: Wayne Harridge (no e-mail specified)

Sun is well handled

Comment left by: bbbean (bbbean@beancotton.com)

Classic composition. I'd like to play with the exposure a little bit and see what a little more saturation, or a few more details in the shadows might do. But I would definitely hang this on my wall.

Comment left by: John A. Lind (no e-mail specified)

I'm not that bothered by the lack of "land" detail. There is a hint of a little so it's not totally sihlouetted. This is a very contrasty scene with IMO an excellent balance between the highlight and deep shadow. The lens has excellent flare control giving a sharply defined sun disc. More detail in the land would cost detail in the beautiful pastel sky. When you do photos like these, try various positions of the sun in the frame (if you didn't do that with this one). Looking at this one I'm visualizing another with the sun shifted to the right at the upper right "rule of thirds" position showing a little less of the land and more of the water (I know; the "landscape" thread on the list). You can end up with two (or more) very different phtographs with two (or more) different moods.

Comment left by: Moose (dreammoose@attbi.com)

Facinating to see a pic where so much black without detail works. I just love the range of subtle color tones in sky and water pics of sunrise/sets. I wish I could see this one without so much JPEG flattening of tonal detail. Love the cow! Choice or chance?

Comment left by: Ian Nichols (i.a.nichols@blueyonder.co.uk)

Absence of foreground detail was part of the plan with this shot. I thought it brought out the shape of the coastline better that way. No filtering. The vignetting was probably caused by the cheap screw-in rubber lens hood. I hadn't noticed it until Adam mentioned it. It can cast shadows from the flash, too. The "cow" is actually a man. I think he's bending over to attach a leash to his dog. I'v posted up all the shots taken on that outing at http://www.hn007d0626.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/TOPE9/page1.htm

Comment left by: Ian Nichols (i.a.nichols@blueyonder.co.uk)

forgot to say: John, did you mean something like SandPoint23.jpg, compositionally speaking? I rejected that one as an entry because I thought it was too dark. Oh, and the horizon's not quite level in that one.

Comment left by: Jez Cunningham (no e-mail specified)

The silhouette of the cliff would work better for me if the edge had a more interesting shape. (The man/dog/cow is not significant enough) Without it I need detail in the black...

Comment left by: Mickey Trageser (no e-mail specified)

It really works for me. I like the subtle hues and hushed shadow details. The shape of the land is quite interesting. I noted a small dark spot on the left edge at the horizon. Removing that would be my only suggestion. Great digital entry!

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