‘Surf City Sunset’ | Surf City, North Carolina
This cloudy sunset was shot with the new 8mm lens (which if you haven’t picked up on yet, I love). The lens really makes the Surf City Pier elongate and appear to just fade off into the horizon. I think the real star of this shot though are the linear components. I love how the contrails in the sky almost perfectly run parallel with the pier and both they and the pier seem to disappear at the same point.
Also, I haven’t said much about it, but I’m currently (like, quite literally right now) working on my book, ‘Sky Chasing, vol. 1’ This image is going to be the cover! I really hope to have it finished within the next day or two. I’ll keep everyone posted though. Thanks for all the support and patience.
The shot: Nikon D90, Rokinon 8mm lens, tripod held and remote fired. 3 exposures, tonemapped in Photomatix and manually masked back with the 3 original exposures. Finished with Nik Viveza and a slight Glamour Glow filter in Nik Color Efex Pro.
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I’ve been quite busy lately with a lot of things that come up in life. For that reason, I haven’t been able to get out for the sole purpose of shooting very much this summer. After another busy day, I looked out the window to notice that the sun was setting and it was such a clear, cool evening that I had to grab my gear and run down to the river. I caught this “Painted Sky” just after the sun receded behind the trees along the Neuse River in New Bern, North Carolina. Some times it doesn’t take a whole planned out day to get a great shot, sometimes it can be a spur-of-the-moment, grab your gear and run kind of time.
I hope you like the new look of my blog page. I have also added a brand new “Prints” section. You can click the button to the right to be redirected to uprootedphotographer.com/prints. This photo is now available for order over there. I appreciate you taking a look!
“Painted Sky”
New Bern, North Carolina
©2010 Zach Frailey
