Gone, a photo from Southern Finland, South

Photographer's Note

Sunset in the archipelago of the Gulf of Finland.

In the opinion of many people the greatest treasures of the Finnish landscape are its archipelagos. Particularly the south-western archipelago, with over 20,000 islands and skerries, is a unique maritime landscape that has always impressed visitors by its scenic qualities.
If an island is defined as a land mass of over 100 m2 surrounded by water, then there are about 81,000 of them off the coast of Finland.
(Virtual Finland)

PP: I wanted to darken the silhouette on the left by lowering exposure value slightly in ACR RAW converter, darkened the highlights of the sky with recover setting (somewhat overexposed clouds) and added local contrast with clarity setting. In PS sharpening, resizing+frame and another sharpening.

ticoeurs, Dpbours, zeca, Fellini, Buin, JCG, francio64, mortijo, baddori, jlynx has marked this note useful

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dkeus31 (27739) 2008-06-13 5:44

Hi Lasse,
a nice moody picture, the light and colors are nice, also the framing around this water pond.
regards,didier

ticoeurs (295) 2008-06-13 6:43

Hi Lasse,

What a lovely place.
The sunset colors are very nice.
The composition is well balanced, with the water in the foreground that leads us and the trees that close the image.

Have a nice day.

Fabrice

i9l2y1m8a8t3 (4814) 2008-06-13 6:45

very nice sunset, very warm colors, i just can't get your subject, there are too many distractions, maybe framing or focusing a certain matter would do, anyway, it is still a nice photo, I really love the sunset!

Valerka (8171) 2008-06-13 9:13

Hi, Lasse,
A very poetic mood implied by your shot.
I see here a sensitive eye and heart.
Beautiful,indeed.
I see a very nice debute on TE. A warm welcome from me. Have glorious moments in our modest company.

TFS
Valerka:)

zeca (19762) 2008-06-13 20:31

Excellent point of view, well capturing this water corner with the beautiful reflections. The sky is very nice coloured and the silhouettes are sharp and black like should be. I like your photo!
Regards,
Zeca

Dpbours (222) 2008-06-14 7:35

Hello Lasse,

That is very nice!! I did not consider this kind of landscape when thinking about Finland. And 81,000 islands, I surely did not expect that either!!
The website link is interesting and your sunset wonderful to look at! Thanks for sharing!

Greetings,
Dennis

Fellini (6407) 2008-06-15 0:16

Hey Lasse,
i love this romantic atmosphere, a wonderful composition with soft colours and the p.o.v. with silhouette is really well done...
Have a nice day
Cheers, Alex

Longroute (19600) 2008-06-15 7:21

wonderful sunset and wonderful coastal scene. The sky and the reflections on the water are simply delicious. Excellent composition.
Greetings,
Donato

Maged (1921) 2008-06-17 8:51

Hi Lasse
Wonderful Image with excellent colors
well done.

Best wishes
Maged

Buin (42580) 2008-07-17 13:01

Hallo Lasse!
I had a walk in your collection - and this one caught my eyes!
It isn't "only another sunset" but it's an excellent one - and photo as well. The atmosphere here is breathtaking, somehow solemn, a photo to "dream into ..."
Greetings from rainy and cool Germany!
Frank

JCG (35153) 2008-07-29 10:10

Hi Lasse,

Filande is one of the countries of Europe which attracts me more. The wild landscapes are splendid. Splendid sunset, the colors and the light are very pleasant, I appreciate much the clearness and the framing of the image. Well done and thank you for the note and the Internet link Lasse.

With all my friendships and with soon,

Jean-Charles

lestans (17258) 2008-08-08 1:01

Hi Lasse!
what nice light you captured here! Lovely colors, still sea, a quiet atmosphera.
Bravo!!
Livia

francio64 (39888) 2008-09-04 5:33

Ciao Lasse,
eccellente tramonto sul mare.
Grandi colori e ottimo sharpness!

Well done!
Francesco

mortijo (12828) 2008-10-21 6:51

Excellent sunset shot with beautiful colors. Very good pp work. Nice picture to look at when in a romantic mood ad listening to Sibelius.
Rgeards
John

baddori (20341) 2008-12-09 23:37

Ciao Lasse
(l'amico del caro Donato)
Un vedre il mondo che a me piace.
Abitando vicino al mare, dovrei a amerei farne una al giorno.
Usare il terrazzo come una web cam che segua e faccia seguire l'evolversi dei colori.
Complimenti
Gianfranco

jlynx (12647) 2010-03-20 13:58

Good evening,
Very nice landscape with a particularly beautiful sunset. Well-chosen parameters of the exposure and ISO matrix meant that rotates obtained is very sensitive and moody. Great composition, great POV and the use of existing light is perfect. Very good job.
Have a good Sunday,
Jurek