Sunrise, Sunset

A group directed at celebrating the transition from day into night and night into day in art, photography or writing.

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Featured Work

Glory - The Reflective Face. by Steve Chapple

Image taken on the Murray River between Younghusband and Mannum ferries South Australia. The last from my most recent trip to Mannum. The sky was unbelievable and just so powerful. This seems to have worked much better in B&W given the colours of the night. Thanks again to Dave from the Mannum Motel for sharing this place with his son and I. Many thanks to those who pointed out the dogs face in the lower half of the image. Now I cant look without seeing it. By the way its naturally occurring no photoshop magic here.
Suntrees by wiseowl2503

HDR sunset
Lone Tree too by Gideon

Even the algae at the edge of the dam takes on a mysterious quality if the light is right. An HDR photo composed of three bracketed photos taken at the Gariep Dam in South Africa. The Gariep dam is on the border between the Freestate and Western Cape provinces of South Africa.
Sunset on the Docks by Amandalynn Jones

Shawano Lake, Shawano WI. May 2007 Shot at Sunset with a Canon 350D with an 18-55mm lens @ 18mm Manual Mode – 1/320th/sec – ISO 800 – f/5.6 In camera saturation: +3 / Contrast adjustment & sharpening done in post. .
Poyners Creek by Angel Perry

This is one of the areas that inspired me to try my hand at photography. Who can complain of an hour drive to work with views like this? Converted to HDR and post processed by fellow Bubbler Andy Mueller. Thanks Andy! Check out Andy’s work here I am overwhelmed by the response to this shot. To the point of unable to reply a thank you individually. I will check out your work and leave a comment there:) Thank you ALL for your kind comments:)...and taking the time to scroll down to add them. Much appreciated.
Misty Waters 2 by Chris Gin

Taken at Onehunga Harbour, Auckland, just after sunset.
Big Sur sunset 1 by Lenny La Rue, IPA

Taken at the ‘Super Secret Sunset Site’, this is a touch of one of the less spectacular Big Sur sunsets. The sun didn’t set on the true horizon; it set on a fog bank well offshore that was so thick it acted as solid as mountain. Obviously, fog isn’t flat so instead of getting a relatively level horizon, I got a weird blend of level and humpy, solid and semi-transparent. But the thrill was in the chase… This location is one of the most photographed sites in Big Sur, tho not as easily recognizable in this framing. The beach is pristine, the rock formations stunning and dramatic, and the sunsets… Well, for a few weeks of the year, the sun sets in a way that creates an extremely artistic vision that one MUST see to truly appreciate. The trick is to know when and how to find this place. It’s clearly unmarked. LOL! For it being as fantastic as it is and not to have even the hint of a sign telling you where it is has to be indicative of very protective residents and a tourist industry that doesn’t need this site’s exact location well known. And the season for seeing the visual miracle is short and rare on a foggy coastline. If you get it all to come together just once tho, you will know exactly what Henry Miller meant when he commented that this was what God intended for a coastline to be. About the shot – There were numerous photographer in this spot because they all knew what was possibly coming and not the sound of a casual tourist to be found. (My guide knew; I didn’t). The area closes at sunset so your window of opportunity is a bit slim to say the least. So getting set up for one of four events is the hard part and getting set up for ALL four possible events is a challenge for the serious photographers only. You need to be able to aim four ways in seconds, know the timing of the waves, know how to get your camera’s ISO adjusted to catch what you want four different ways, deal with sand so thick that the vital tripod will ruin your composition so subtly you won’t know it was lost, and juggle noise reduction (on the digital cameras). In other words, catching all four events is a task for a Master Photographer because luck won’t cut it. I gave up after about 30 minutes of flicking back and forth between shots, copying what the experts did who were standing next to me but hopelessly outgunned with gear and technique. I was missing the two shots I had a chance for and fouling up the timing on the third. The forth wasn’t gonna happen and the pros knew that but didn’t let on. The sunset was the only “easy” shot and it required ISO changes, shutter speed changes, and a great eye for colour. I knew how to do the first with the D80, I bracketed exposures for the second, and I had my guide for the third so I got the sunset and waves fairly well a number of times. The tide rushing in over the huge rocks and thru the tunnels and caves took timing I couldn’t figure out so I just shot a couple hundred shots and hoped for the best, using changes in shutter speed to capture the waves or blend them into cream. Unfortunately, the slower the shot, the brighter it gets so one must work with aperture quickly or get burned out shots between completely black ones as you over-adjust both ways since bracketing doesn’t give enough options. If you’re a professional photographer, this is your location. If you’re an amature wanting to try your hand at the really hard stuff, this is your location. If you love seeing God’s Glory exploding at you in three directions at once, enough to make you gasp from sensory overload, this is your location. If you’re a guy like me who wants it all, this location is where you will see what you’ve got to capture what the REAL MASTER laid out before you. Let it be a challenge to you.
Alone by lightman07

Sunset over Creve Coeur Lake in Maryland Heights Missouri. One canoe Alone!
Reveille by jimmievee

What’s left of a wooden dock stands at attention to meet the morning over Long Island Sound.
September Sun by Andrew Leighton

This shot was taken just a few minutes earlier than my ‘Peaceful Skies’ shot but from a slightly different spot to get the rising sun behind the tree itself.
Catching The Sun by Pepijn Sauer

Sunset behind a bridge, shot near Hoofdorp, The Netherlands

Recent Work

SAILING by Angi Baker

Listen To Song Here Of Inspiration /
Just arrived in Bora Bora by Antonio Zarli

Nikon FG 28mm
Sunset at Stanage by Stephen Taylor

Sunset at Stanage Edge in the Peak District.
Fading light 2 by naturalimages

Evening sky over the village
Sunrise at Tathra Beach by Steven Sass

This was what I woke up to this morning! A fantastic sunrise at Tathra Beach, NSW, Australia (31.03.2008). AS IS, no editing! !
Tathra Sunset by Steven Sass

Sunset over Tathra Beach and Wharf on 29th June 2008. This panorama was made stitching together 4 images. No manipulation of colour has occured. Mimosa Rocks National Park is in the background. It was a great sunset over a few glasses of ‘red’! For best viewing click on ‘view larger.
Morning on the river by Veikko Suikkanen

Foggy morning on the river in which as often I go / Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL / 1/60 s / f/5.6 / ISO 400 / 55 mm
Rise by Benjamin Scheurer

“Rise” / (captured on top of the “Roque le los muchachos”, La Palma, 2426 metres above sea level, Canon 5D + 16-35L II)
Midnight Speaks by linda858100

Midnight Speaks
The Farm Under Tenney by Wayne King

HDR image of the Ireland Farm at the base of Tenney Mountain in Plymouth, NH. Photographed with Canon Digital Rebel EOS300, 35mm Canon Lens Wayne D. King’s images are a celebration of life, blending the real and the surreal to achieve a sense of place or time that reaches beyond the moment into a dreamlike quintessentialism designed to spark an emotional response. Using digital enhancement, handcrafting, painting, and sometimes even straight photography, King seeks to take the viewer to a place that is beyond simple truth to where truth meets passion, hope and dreams. © Wayne D. King All photographs and artworks in this portfolio are copyrighted and owned by the artist, Wayne D. King. Any reproduction, modification, publication, transmission, transfer, or exploitation of any of the content, for personal or commercial use, whether in whole or in part, without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved.