Post your best current shots

[Jonathan Huyer]

Another from yesterday. A lighthouse at sunset is a bit cliché, but it was a nice night and the lighthouse was close by.

Nice! And a lighthouse sunset certainly isn't a cliché out here. I like the composition, with man-made and natural light in juxtaposition. I'm guessing there is a graduated ND filter at work here... anything else special?

[conropl]

Thank you all for the kind comments.

Nice! And a lighthouse sunset certainly isn't a cliché out here. I like the composition, with man-made and natural light in juxtaposition. I'm guessing there is a graduated ND filter at work here... anything else special?

Sorry... I forget to put down the particulars. The lighthouse was shot with a 7D, 4 sec, f/16, ISO 100, @ 24mm. And yes, there was a GND involved. In fact there were two plus a CPL. I was looking into the setting sun with either the lighthouse in the dark or a washed out sky, and I do not like pulling things out of the shadows in PP with the 7D because it ends up so noisy. So I broke down and added a second GND to tame the sky. So I ended up with a CPL, 0.9 GND, and a 0.6 GND. Unfortunately, it did effect the sharpness a little, and I had to wait for the sun to get low enough to get rid of a nasty flare above the lighthouse.

Stephen - That is a cute little fellow, and such a thoughtful looking pose.