Beautiful Sunsets of WA

leon · #1 25-07-2011, 09:23 PM

Hi Guys I would like to show two of my recent Sunsets images which I captured while traveling to Darwin.

They may not appeal tom all but i sure do like em.

The first two are taken at dawn across the waters of Lake Argyle in N/W Western Australia, the Sun leaving this incredible red glow.

The second two were taken at Wyndham, close to the Northern tip of WA.

I was high on a mountain overlooking the tidal flats of Wyndham, with a line of mangroves, and then tidal water beyond, hence the spectacular circle of reflected Sun light.

hope you like them.

Leon

multiweb (Marc) · #2 25-07-2011, 09:24 PM

Looks great Leon. Did you see the green ray?

Paddy (Patrick) · #3 25-07-2011, 09:28 PM

Like the first one in particular, Leon. Great colour and very Top End feel!

leon · #4 25-07-2011, 09:49 PM

Thanks Guys, Marc you've go me, green ray.

Leon

leon · #5 25-07-2011, 09:54 PM

This i consider as probably one of the best I have taken for some time, Lake Argyle at dawn, the light was just right I reckon.

Leon

bloodhound31 · #6 25-07-2011, 11:00 PM

By gee Leon, that cloud in the third and fourth is weird! Lovely deep reds. You can see why the natives use it so much in all their paintings.

Baz.

leon · #7 26-07-2011, 07:00 AM

Have to agree Baz, it was certainly out of the ordinary, and there was no increase of saturation applied either, it was just stunning to watch, actually there were heaps of other people taking that same shot.

Apparently it is the place to be in Wyndham if you want spectacular displays.

Leon

hotspur (Chris) · #8 26-07-2011, 07:58 AM

Cracker images Leon-well done! love the first one.

The image you posted into thread of landscape/lake,Is very well done-certainly one of the best landscape images I have seen here.What focal length was the lens that took it?

multiweb (Marc) · #9 26-07-2011, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leon

Thanks Guys, Marc you've go me, green ray.

Leon

When the sun sets on the ocean the last ray of light is supposed to have a greenish color. I think it's because of refraction and the ozone layer. Never seen it though.

suma126 (Shane) · #10 26-07-2011, 12:14 PM

great shots leon.

leon · #11 26-07-2011, 03:17 PM

Thanks Guys, Chris I used a Canon 70-200mm F/2.8 @ 70mm F/4.0, 0.5 sec exp, at 100 ISO.

Leon

Jeffkop (Jeff) · #12 26-07-2011, 06:27 PM

Oh yeah Leon ... theres something life giving about being involved in sunsets like that. Those pearls are truely one of the only things that I dont end up taking for granted ... guess because you dont get to experience them regularly. They are beautiful mate.

gary · #13 27-07-2011, 04:42 PM

Thanks Leon,

Beautiful. I think we all wish we were there!

P.S.

Whenever we travel around the country, one source of amusement for us is
when visiting a lake or harbour, the local tourist brochures seem to have this
urge to always compare the volume of their waterway to Sydney Harbour.

The proud tourist board around Lake Argyle seems to be no exception and you will
be thumbing through a tourist guide and it will boast with words to the effect,
"Man-made Lake Argyle, which is x times bigger than Sydney Harbour", where x is some
large impressive number. A quick Google reveals numbers such as "9.5", "18",
"21" and "80 times when in flood". Of course you look around and there is
no Opera House or Harbour Bridge, no Manly Ferry, Luna Park or visiting Cunard
luxury liner, just magnificent scenery and as some of your pictures beautifully show,
spectacular sunsets.

I think they should just stick your pictures in the
brochure and everyone would say, "That looks fantastic. I want to go there!".