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Orange skies
By adamg on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 12:12am
Saul Blumenthal captured the particularly vivid sunset over the Charles on Monday evening.
Copyright Saul Blumenthal. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
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ORLY?
This looks shopped. I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.
It's real
The sky and clouds really had that layered red and orange texture. It was quite an awesome sunset Monday night, one of the most amazing I'd seen. There may be some slight motion blur from the 3/10-second exposure (f3.5, 80 ISO), despite resting the camera on the bridge railing.
I give
For those of you who have actual lives and do not waste their time on the internets, the phrase above (Google Image Search it) is a meme response to a picture which is so awesome that it initially raises questions about its authenticity. This sunset qualifies. I'd buy a print of it if it were available.
The sky really was dripping Tropicana Monday evening
Here are a couple of photos I took while walking from Back Bay station to a debate at the BAC on Newbury Street:
Yeah it stopped me in my tracks
coming out of Lowe's in Dedham. It's west-facing, and over the trees/water on the other side of Rte 1 it was really dramatic-looking. Got a cellphone snap & one with a little old digicam I had in the car that's not great. Wished I had a real camera with me.
Every pic is 'shopped
My standard answer to a comment like this is that every digital pic you see published is Photoshopped, PaintShopPro'd, GIMP'd, etc. Post-processing digital pics is a large part of the photo-creating process. It's an important step to get a good image, regardless of how many megapixels you've got or how expensive your camera is.
If by saying "shopped" you mean "enhanced to the point of unreal", yes, people can get carried away with color saturation, etc. But that sunset Monday night was indeed gorgeous, and I think the pic is right on.
I'm glad someone was able to capture this!
Saw this amazing sunset from the red line last night.
You guys should link directly to the flickr photo page to give the photog some exposure.
Linking
Maybe I'm too subtle about it? Both the photo and the first sentence in the post have links to the page.
"give the photog some exposure."
Ha!
Seriously, great shot-- let's help this guy's career develop.
Adam Tries To Help...
... because he's a prints of a guy.
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
But can he maintain his focus?
And can't somebody else here snap to it and reel off some photography-related wordplay?
I didn't have my camera
I was annoyed with myself - I coached a soccer practice and we were winding up when this giant polychomatic cloud whisp was lighting up the field. One of my players described it as "a dragon shooting a big whoosh of flames across the sky".
Truly amazing - although not quite as orange in Mefuh.
Yeah, this is Cambridge, not
Yeah, this is Cambridge, not Boston. Fail.
Um, what?
Where does it say this is a Boston photo?
Um, Why?
Is more the question.
Usual Crap
This anon is probably the same one who gets his shorts in a knot whenever Adam links to something he (anon) doesn't consider actual news.
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
Boston Photo?
It's clear the photo is of the Hyatt in Cambridge. What's less clear is where it was taken. Was it the Cambridge or Boston side of the Mass Ave Bridge?
Around the middle of the
Around the middle of the bridge, maybe a little closer to Boston. So there, it's a Boston photo.
The view from Somerville
Here.