Sunset - Point Pelee National Park

[Manfred M]

I usually don't do a lot of HDR images, but the sunset taken from the boardwalk around one of the marshes at Pelee National Park seemed to work out. On the other hand, there is no way to capture the ambiance of the frogs croaking or the barn swallows swooping around the bull rushes.

This sand spit that pokes into Lake Erie is the most southerly point of mainland Canada is along one of the main bird migration corridors and is popular with birders during the migration seasons. There is a long circular boardwalk around one of the large marshes, which is where I took this picture from. The boardwalk floats on pontoons, so moves around when people walk by. Fortunately, there were very few people around when I was shooting.




Tool used for the HDRI - Photoshop CC 2015.

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured, just completed a quick read on the Great Lakes, have to spend more time visiting as I live so close.

[bnnrcn]

Very nice scene and the PP work. It doesn't look like HDR at all

[John 2]

Nicely balanced processing Manfred. My only thought was for a light vignette but I would have to see it first.

[Manfred M]

Nicely balanced processing Manfred. My only thought was for a light vignette but I would have to see it first.

Actually, it does have a light vignette; perhaps it is a bit too light. I apply a vignette to virtually all of my landscapes and portraits.

[Rita]

I would never of known it was an HDR. It is a beautiful image. I do have a question though, and it is only for my own thought pattern. Your choice to have the horizon more in the centre, was that so that you could have the reflection of the clouds in the foreground?

[Manfred M]

I would never of known it was an HDR. It is a beautiful image. I do have a question though, and it is only for my own thought pattern. Your choice to have the horizon more in the centre, was that so that you could have the reflection of the clouds in the foreground?

I was looking at the water with the cloud reflections as the foreground, the water plants as the middle ground and the trees and sky as the background. The main reason I included so much sky was because it happened to be quite interesting with the interplay of the sky and the clouds. I found the three levels of complexity balanced out quite nicely, especially as the cloud reflections in the water.

If you are wondering why I put the horizon line near the middle when the "rules of composition" tell you not to, it's because I don't generally pay attention to the rules as I find they generally need to be ignored.

[Rita]

Thanks for the reply Manfred. I love doing sunsets and when I looked at this image I tried to imagine how I would have captured it and my thought was strongly leading to having the cloud reflections as foreground, just couldn't explain why

[KimC]

That sky just draws me right in -- could look at it all day. Beautiful!

[IzzieK]

Binnur beat me to what I was thinking... so I will just say +1 to her comment...beautiful, Manfred...