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Sunset Avenue

April 14th, 2010

In 2009, I spent Christmas at the southern-most point of Africa: Cape Agulhas. I was eager to see another amazing sunset as I did so often being in Africa for a couple of months. However, there was a big layer of clouds covering the whole sky and I was pretty disappointed. That was when the idea for this shot struck me. There was this small strip just over the horizon where the Sun illuminated the clouds, restrained by the Atlantic ocean below and the thick layer of clouds above. I exposed for the sunlight and left everything else pitchblack to achieve this result.

Canon EOS 40D, Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8, ISO 200, 1/800 second, 44mm, f/8. Post-processing in Adobe Lightroom 2 with finishing touches in Adobe Photoshop CS4.

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Comments from the Community

Posted By: Neocane
about 13 years, 11 months ago
Very stark and dramatic effect, nicely done! You are pretty fortunate to have such a rich environment to shoot!
Posted By: lerch84
about 13 years, 11 months ago
This is absolutely stunning! This looks like Mars not Earth! Great photo, thank you!
Posted By: DJBoca
about 13 years, 11 months ago
Incredible idea and it works beautifully! Great job!
Posted By: ifireun
about 13 years, 11 months ago
Not your "typical" sunset shot - and is fantastic as my new desktop. Thanks for capturing this stark and captivating contrast between night and day. How may more Africa gems do you have in store? ;-)
Posted By: Leon_J
about 13 years, 11 months ago
thx for your feedback. Happy you like this creative shot.
@ifireun: well, take a look at the loupe - just submitted six more two days ago. Sometimes when I look through the photos I think: Hey, that would also make a great wallpaper if you crop it like that and... you get the idea =)
Posted By: K
about 13 years, 11 months ago
Like it
Posted By: glaxotesm
about 13 years, 11 months ago
AMAZING
Posted By: Iraimbilanja
about 13 years, 11 months ago
Something's missing from this. Some pure white light I guess. But I love it anyway. My first thought was Dune.
Posted By: Marden
about 13 years, 11 months ago
'Laughs' Iraimbilanja right on man. 'Plays the theme from Dune 1980'
Mwahahahaha

I would love to visit south Africa someday. :)
Nice shot man, I love the colors, its so... earthy!
Posted By: firefly.serenity
about 13 years, 11 months ago
There's your winner. Nice job!
Posted By: stumble
about 13 years, 11 months ago
Wow. Great idea and great result.
Posted By: VisualParadox
about 13 years, 11 months ago
Huh..
Posted By: arosct
about 13 years, 11 months ago
This is just stunning. THX!
Posted By: stelorone
about 13 years, 11 months ago
While I appreciate the shot, I found this particular image difficult to look at. I would have preferred a bit more detail in the foreground. Still, it must have been amazing to see this first-hand.
Posted By: Moe
about 13 years, 11 months ago
very nicely done

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