Sunsets in the Canary Islands

[Tony M]

One of the pleasures of landscape photography is viewing sunsets; I can't imagine how many I have missed in my lifetime simply because I was not practising photography as a hobby.

Here are some photos taken when I was in the Gran Canarias last week.

These three were taken at Tejeda
#1

Canon 6D, 1/210s, f/11, ISO 100, 160mm

#2

Canon 6D, 1/500s, f/11, ISO 100, 275mm

#3. The mountain in the distance is El Teide, which is on another island - Tenerife.

Canon 6D, 0.5s, f/5.6, ISO 100, 220mm

These two were taken at Las Sardinas
#4

Olympus E-M1 Mark II, 1/320s, f/5.6, ISO 200, 12mm (24mm effective)

#5. Another view of El Teide on Tenerife Island.

Olympus E-M1 Mark II, 1/320s, f/5.6, ISO 200, 12mm (24mm effective)

Your comments and critiques are welcome, as always.

Tony

[Shadowman]

Nice compositions.

[Rainforest]

+1 to John's comment. The Tejeda shots are really special to me - they look like paper collages, especially #2.

[JohnRostron]

My thought was that they looked posterized. I take it that the pastel effects were due to haze. One would think that out in the Atlantic, that the atmosphere was clear. However, in this case,the haze has had a greatly beneficial effect on your images. They are really stunning.

John

[Tony M]

The haze is due to the Arican dust, which drifts across to the Canary Islands. No special post-processing was done to create or enhance the look; in fact, I applied a small amount of de-haze in Lightroom to show a bit more detail in the mountains. The views were indeed stunning - something I don't often see.

Tony

[Wavelength]

Superb images...

[John 2]

Beautiful set of captures. I really like the recession in the first three, the first and second in particular.

[IzzieK]

Yes, my favourite is #1 too, followed by #4. I've never realized how beautiful sunsets are until we traveled to Reno and I cannot access my camera. All I did was look. So beautiful sunsets and early morning sunrise are most beautiful because the colours are. You did very well in these. I like the compositions.

[Tony M]

Thanks to you all for your comments. I particularly like it when people have different favourites; I often struggle to decide which, if any, are objectively good photos, because I am inherently biased in when evaluating them. That's why this forum is so helpful.

Tony