Yet another Powell River Sunset

As I have said, I spend a long time to get just the right photo.  Even with the right subject matter, you still have choices.  These two images are great.  At first I wanted to post the first one, then I saw the second again and thought it was better.  They both have their merits and the colour is amazing.

My mother-in-law claims Powell River has the best sunsets in the world.  It is hard to argue when I can capture the range of great photos in one night.

Another Powell River Sunset

Patience is important.  I hung around the beach for over an hour to explore different shots and make just the right photo.  I had decided I wanted to be out on the breakwater to get less foreground in the images.  Walking over, the sun changed a bit more and when I arrived this image was waiting to be made.  I could adjust the colour saturation a bit but I am happy with the shot 'au naturel.'  

Upon further looking, I see that I purposely decreased the aperture to expose the image less.  Here is an image taken moments before with 1/80 of a second versus the 1/200 of a second for the image above.

Powell River Sunsets

These two images are taken within minutes of each other.  The beauty of the digital camera is taking multiple shots and being able to see the results almost immediately.  While I like the colouration of the second image better, the first one is composed better by framing in the sunset.  

In post production, I would also increase the saturation of the orange to make it pop more. Here is what that looks like.  I increased the saturation of the orange sky, increased the blackpoint, and added a bit of exposure as well.

BC Coastal Sailing

I grew up spending my summers on or near the ocean.  Seeing this sailboat anchored off Willingdon Beach brought back many memories.

This was made at the same time that the previous sun reflecting image was created.  I had to manually reduce the exposure to ensure that the sun didn't wash out all the colours and create a high contrast / low colour image.

Early Evening Willingdon Beach Sunset

My Mother-In-Law believes Powell River has the best sunsets in the world.  I have taken some wonderful shots that I will share in a future post.

Taking shots with high sunlight exposure works best using manual settings.  I was able to adjust the exposure to develop this image.

I most enjoy the horizontal lines of the shore, waves, Harwood Island and clouds.

Racoon sleeping in a tree

While camping in Willingdon Beach, Powell River this July, this racoon was scampering around.  That same evening we watched it climb the tree and begin to sleep with hands and feet on different branches.  

The lighting was poor so we used a flashlight in on the tree which woke it up.  It was cute to catch it yawning.

I don't often do night photography as lighting is tricky with just a flash on the camera.  Using the flashlight allowed the camera to focus as well.