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Red Estuary

I awoke well before dawn this morning but decided not to travel to the mountains but explore closer to home. The red dawn was so intense that it was tricky to capture well but I think it compliments the wee red boat somewhat, an otherwise fairly mundane scene.

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Marc 2 months ago

there's really much to leat the eye into this image, great composition, pov - fantastic colors.
instant-fave! ;)

Colmar Wocke 1 year ago

Superb image - colour, composition,sharpness - the lot!

Go well into 2011 and may you make many more pictures.

John Parminter thanks colmar

Drew Hopper 2 years ago

Wonderful composition and contrast here. Top notch image!

John Parminter Cheers Drew,
JP

Véronique Soulier 2 years ago

red touches. and snow do the pic I really like this kind of image,

John Parminter No snow Veronigue, just wet sand reflection, cheers.
JP

Véronique Soulier I'm leaving in the moutains surrounded by snow shining in the sun this morning and I really see at first sight this white sand as snow.. as the boat his white in upper part too, it was not so strange; all Europe has so much snow falls this year, UK too I think,

Sorry for my mistake but I still fan of the pic ,-)) greetings form the Alps

Heather Hartkamp 2 years ago

Sometimes the best photographs are right under our noses!!! Lovely colours in this one.

John Parminter Yes Heather, a fab image can be made anywhere as long as you look and the conditions are favourable I reckon.

Cheers,

JP

Conor Lanphere 3 years ago

Really lovely. But in fact my favorite part of the image is the foreground, which I think is just stunning!

Darmal Ali 3 years ago

beautiful... love it..

Alex OBrien 3 years ago

Fabulous work John, I stand once again in awe at your images. I'm going to Skye next week, cannot wait to see your images in real life! :)

John Parminter You don't have to stand Alex, sit if you like...

Skye aye, lucky you. A fab place and hope you get some good images, let me know if you need any info help.
JP

Franz Schumacher 3 years ago

Sehr schoen. Prima. Aber das ist mir im Himmel schon fast zu rot. Die Anmerkung sei erlaubt.
Gruß vom Franz

John Parminter The red was difficult to capture well Franz.

Cheers,

Mercand 3 years ago

Ok!!

cbaierar 3 years ago

Stunning. Thanks for that great shot.

John Parminter Oh, you are more than welcome, thanks,
JP

josko serdarevic 3 years ago

very nice John...
you managed well the scene and the tricky reds...i really like the mood and the contrast...

John Parminter thanks,

reza.ismiriadi 3 years ago

outstanding,...

John Parminter Cjeers Reza

Ansel Siegenthaler 3 years ago

Wonderfully illuminated in red!

Cheers

John Parminter Thanks Ansel.

SandraU. 3 years ago

excellent landscape...
The colours and light!
...perfect moment

John Parminter cheers Sandra.

Doug Roane 3 years ago

I like this John. The almost monochrome look, except for the red/orange, sets it apart.

John Parminter cheers Doug

Ben Goossens 3 years ago

Interesting landscape with those colors ...bravo:-)

John Parminter Cheers Ben.

johnpainter 3 years ago

Nice, John, I voted for this and I'm pleased to see it here. The snow/ice was a pleasant surprise when I opened this up from thumbnail. The composition with the chain leading the eye is wonderful, the colors are superb--really a beautiful image.

John Parminter Cheers John, I'm very surprised a lot of people have confused the wet sand for snow and ice reading all the comments. This image was taken only last weekend, mid september, although you will not necessarily know this from the image.
There was a little reflection on the sand and all I did was increase the highlights to give what I thought was a pleasing silvery effect to counter the reds in the sky, it never occured to me that it looked like ice or snow.
How deceiving I have become...:-)

JP

johnpainter Wow, that's really something! It's funny, it didn't look like winter color to me, but I figured it was just my ignorance of your area. Well, snow or sand--its still gorgeous.

Judy W 3 years ago

Beautiful moment in time!!! The colors and spot on focus - wow.

John Parminter Thanks Judy

Michail 3 years ago

Fantastic capture! Congrats!

John Parminter 3 years ago

Thanks all,

JP

Marek Wilczura 3 years ago

so simple and so beautiful ...

Dare Turnsek 3 years ago

:) on the romantic side of John's portfolio ;) ... amazing, compliments.

John Parminter I must be getting softer, time for some proper mountain shots then.....

:)

Ursula I Abresch 3 years ago

A really lovely image, John!

divemako 3 years ago

I wish I were there the feel is so good.... well done !!

Faddoush 3 years ago

Love the composition and the colours.

Flash 3 years ago

A well composed photo with interesting colors (saturated, warm red vs. cold, blueish grey)!
(The effect of the grad-filtre could perhaps be a bit mor subtle, so the foreground is quite bright compared to the sky - just nitpicking...=) )

John Parminter I see your point Flash, I actually intended the foreground to be quite bright and silvery looking and increased this a bit in PP.

Cheers,

JP

Flash Then I'd perhaps also brighten a thin stripe at the horizon to give the light a source (and probably also make the sky look even more dramatic).

Tshuvi Kuba 3 years ago

Just beautiful,love the colors

Jorge Goncalves Silva 3 years ago

I love the contrast between the warm red color from the left side of the photo against the almost B/W in the right side. I have to force me to get up early to try to find this wonderful dawn colors. Great photo John.

Adam Papik 3 years ago

The sand looks like it was snow:) And the colors of the sunset with this sand-like effect makes this picture unique! Well done!

Monika Gniot 3 years ago

Just beautiful

mm767cap 3 years ago

This is just incredible John. Proves that light conquers all. Love the way you've balanced the reds here.

John Parminter The reds were tricky to capture correctly and were a tad blown in camera but I managed to bring them back in RAW conversion and tweak the best out of them in PP.

Cheers,
JP

Edy Santosa 3 years ago

Excellent captured, fantastic :)

Buffo 3 years ago

Very light ! good sky ! in french = Superbe !

John Colbensen 3 years ago

You sure know your compositiontechnique. love this scenery :)

John Parminter Narrr, haphazard most of the time, anyway I was half asleep this particular morning...

Cheers,
JP

Morkel Erasmus 3 years ago

simple yet very effective John. shows us you don't have to get to all the remote locations to get good shots...

evasoes 3 years ago

Amazing Work! Congrats.

Andre du Plessis 3 years ago

paintednegative said it all for me. Lovely!

John Parminter Cheers Andre, I couldn't go too long without a bit of colour in my images...:-)

JP

alimohammadbeik 3 years ago

GREAT SHOT

Slavomir M. 3 years ago

excellent image

John Parminter cheers

Brin 3 years ago

I was waiting for a photo of a boat from you and here it is. A wonderful shot, well composed with beautiful colours. Excellent work!

John Parminter Cheers Brin, it took me long enough...

Richard Ford 3 years ago

nice

shafagh.kalhor 3 years ago

Great shot

Abel Tonkens 3 years ago

Nice color in this one. Like it.

Aslan G. Aghdam 3 years ago

How beautiful it is!!

Codrin Lupei 3 years ago

Liked it in screening, nicely done, John, very good work!

John Parminter cheers Codrin, thought a bit of colour was needed after my recent mono attempts..:)

Niels Christian Wulff 3 years ago

Wow...! This is amazing, I really love the color and the composition. Well made :-)
/Wulff

John Parminter All down to the sunrising Niels, I only pointed the camera in the general direction... :)

Wiktor Klette 3 years ago

Excelent woork, John. Glad you stayed near home.

Bread and Shutter 3 years ago

beautiful work

John Parminter tar

Johan Nieuwerth 3 years ago

Very nice one again, John!

John Parminter cheers

paintednegative 3 years ago

Now this is what I call a rich image. Especially spectacular because you managed to capture - in glorious detail - the contrast between the almost monochromatic lower right and the fiery intensity of its diagonal opposite. Excellent work, John.

John Parminter Cheers PN.