Two lighthouses in Cornwall

Vieri · Sep 23, 2020

I love photographing Cornwall under all weather conditions, the Atlantic weather creates some amazing light shows - sometimes, the colours in the sky are so saturated that you actually need to tone them down in post-processing, rather than enhancing them.

Trevose Head's Lighthouse, in Cornwall (UK), at sunset on a truly beautiful evening. 3.2 seconds, Hasselblad X1D II, Hasselblad XCD 21mm and Formatt-Hitech Firecrest Ultra filters

Godrevy Lighthouse, in Cornwall (UK), at sunrise on one of such mornings - a truly incredible show! 3 seconds, Hasselblad X1D, Voigtlander 15mm Super-Wide Heliar and Formatt-Hitech Firecrest Ultra filters

Thank you for viewing and commenting, best regards

Vieri

charlie76 · Sep 23, 2020

Vieri said:
so saturated that you actually need to tone them down in post-processing, rather than enhancing them.

Funny you should say this. I am running into this "problem" occasionally with my new D850, where the tones are just too much and need to be reigned in a little. I didn't have this problem with my older D7000 of course.

As for the images, stunning. I appreciate both very much, and lovely to look at. I think the first has a little more to offer due to the stark white color of the lighthouse standing in contrast to the dramatic sky. Very nice work, once again.

Tropicalmemories · Sep 23, 2020

Amazing, captivating scenes with simply wonderful light. You never see skies like that in the Tropics - wild thunderstorms yes, but not those colors and rumbling clouds, and 'the golden hour' here lasts about 5 minutes.

Space Face · Sep 23, 2020

More perfection.

Dean_Gretsch · Sep 23, 2020

I have to pick the first photo as the better of the two also. The cloud is just amazing.

CherylL · Sep 23, 2020

Nominated the first one for POTM. Love the clouds.

Jeff15 · Sep 24, 2020

Excellent photography......

Vieri · Sep 28, 2020

charlie76 said:
Vieri said:

so saturated that you actually need to tone them down in post-processing, rather than enhancing them.

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Funny you should say this. I am running into this "problem" occasionally with my new D850, where the tones are just too much and need to be reigned in a little. I didn't have this problem with my older D7000 of course.

As for the images, stunning. I appreciate both very much, and lovely to look at. I think the first has a little more to offer due to the stark white color of the lighthouse standing in contrast to the dramatic sky. Very nice work, once again.

Thank you very much for your comment, Charlie, glad you enjoyed the images

About colours, when it comes to deeply saturated reds / oranges, most digital cameras tend to have troubles discerning tonal changes and tend to let the red channel go - I noticed that my X1D behaves much better than my old Leica SL, in this regard, but both need to be reigned it a bit sometimes.

Tropicalmemories said:
Amazing, captivating scenes with simply wonderful light. You never see skies like that in the Tropics - wild thunderstorms yes, but not those colors and rumbling clouds, and 'the golden hour' here lasts about 5 minutes.

Thank you very much indeed, glad you enjoyed them!

Yes, the norther you go, the better (and longer) sunrises and sunsets you get, at least to my taste - and of course the season makes a difference too, with winter being better than summer