Such a pretty sky and calm water

[Robert Watcher]

Anne and I headed to a pier on Lake Huron tonight just after sunset. The sky was so naturally beautiful as it bled seamlessly into the water at the horizon.

I processed a few of the frames for more intensity, but found this uncropped and unprocessed image to be very striking as-is (only resized to 1920pixels for web use). The photo was taken with my humble iPhone 7

 

[Robert Watcher]

This was an image that I took from the side of the pier, where I processed it in Snapseed for more impact. More of a painterly ambiance.

 

[Robert Watcher]

A short Instagram Timelapse video I shot. I set the iPhone on a concrete pillar near the end of the pier, leaning it up against a protruding bolt on top - - - and let it run for about 10 minutes. Anne and I walked into the frame and back out - then a couple with a dog - and another lady standing in the cold with her camera —- before groups of geese flew through the frame. I straightened the horizon line and added a LUT using the awesome Lumifusion video editing software on my iPad.

 

[Asher Kelman]

I was taken back by the beauty yesterday!

I am still taking in this new work!

Asher

 

[Asher Kelman]

Robert,

it’s the mood that your skies Impey that’s most interesting.

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This one is so stark and simple but the contest between the so expressive pink-red tinted clouds and the ramrod straight, penetrating man made pier, create a fabulously calming and thoughtful composition.

The slight angle off perpendicular of the lamposts, creates a necessary tension and might be important not to correct!

Asher