Saint Martin de Re, France, at dusk

[Ndukes]

There is a special magic about this harbour town on France's Atlantic coast when the wind drops in the late evening.


Nikon Df with Nikkon 16-35 f4 at 35mm. 1/60 at f11, iso 6400, cropped

[Barbara Ponder]

A very lovely image!

[John 2]

There is something irresistible about artificial light in a daylight setting and the curve of the boats leads you right there. Nice image.

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[NorthernFocus]

Right time, right place, and well executed. Nicely done.

[Ziggy]

Lot of good things in this image, enjoyed viewing.

[Rebel]

Lovely shot Nevillie, looks like a nice place.

[selig1656]

Strong composition , leads the eyes with ease to a central focal point by the positioning of the boats and a good crisp DOF

[Ndukes]

Many thanks to all for your comments. I actually wasn't happy that I did justice to my original. This type of image needs a lot of tweaking because of lighting conflict (artificial / daylight at dusk) to get back to what I recall seeing. Also noise at iso 6400 is an issue. I felt I could do better so here it is again this time with no cropping as the clouds were interesting and I remembered they were part of the composition. Any thoughts welcome.

[Dave Humphries]

It was worth a second go Neville,

Cheers, Dave

[bnnrcn]

Very calming and beautiful scene

[Ndukes]

It was worth a second go Neville,

Cheers, Dave

Yes, Dave, I find it really is useful to go back to the original RAW file sometimes and start again from scratch, then compare with the first attempt.

[Ndukes]

Thank you Binnur. My wife and I really love this place. This was our third year to holiday in this town staying in a wonderful hotel very close to the harbour and with a view out to sea.

[IzzieK]

The second edit is much more nicer with the added cloud...Love it!

[Ndukes]

The second edit is much more nicer with the added cloud...Love it!

Thank you Izzie. The job's not done 'til it's done. I'm much happier with this version.