Subtle Sunset

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Subtle Sunset

Postby Big V on Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:06 pm

Taken at St Kilda, South Australia overlooking a tidal flat...
Canon 300D 90-300mm

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Postby Rick on Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:54 pm

Now that is not your average sunset shot.

Realy looks like a painting, did you do much PP work on it?

I like it, a great shot

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Postby Big V on Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:03 pm

Rick, no post processing done on this shot. I was trying to photograph the green flash as the sun sets but on this occasion there was not one but the day was not a total loss.
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Postby Dougie on Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:11 pm

Excuse my ognorance Big V but what is the green flash
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:00 am

Love the colours in this, and at first glance it really does look like a painting.
(I'm not familar with this green flash you speak off... is it a sun/ocean refraction thing ?)
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Postby radar on Sun Aug 21, 2005 12:58 pm

Google saves the day, couldn' t wait for BigV's explanation :)

http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~astro/research/sandiego.html

or here:
http://mintaka.sdsu.edu/GF/pictures.html

HTH,

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Postby Big V on Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:57 pm

Thanks for posting the link radar, yes at sunset when the conditions are right, you can see a green flash which last for a brief amount of time. It is normally easier to spot in adelaide after a high has passed. You need very stable conditions for it to be observed. I ahve seen it on a few occasions but alas did not have the camera with me. This time the weather pattern looked ok but it did not eventuate..such is life
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