Sunsets And Sunrises

[samuijimmy]

sunset clouds over Koh Phangan

[JetsetBkk]

Hissssss....

[2alex4alex]

Sun raise at Phu Ruae

[camble]

Mango Daiquiri, Emerald Cove Koh Chang

[Chonburiram]

Good taste camble,

Is this a real Panama hat?

[tangaroa67]

Great shot, @camble

[camble]

Good taste camble,

Is this a real Panama hat?

Yes

[Ron19]

[JetsetBkk]

Sunrise? No.

Sunset? No.

Pollution. Yep.

A clear day...

[Chonburiram]

JB, you had a few "pollution" shots recently.

What makes you think, it's pollution? Could it not be the weather condition?

[samuijimmy]

Same thing on Samui yesterday and looks same today so far, ... smoke pollution from Indonesia? I am not sure .... but as they say in the UK.... "it's a bit foggy on the moors"!

I think temperature inversion .... this was pretty clear the other day... no sunset seeable yesterday!

[Dancealot]

[JetsetBkk]

JB, you had a few "pollution" shots recently.

What makes you think, it's pollution? Could it not be the weather condition?

It's definitely smoke pollution from burning Indonesian forests and plantations. You can smell it in the air, and it happens to a greater or lesser extent every year. But this year has been the worst I've seen - and smelled - in over a decade.

Here's a link: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/08/smoke-from-indonesian-fires-blankets-thai-holiday-island-of-phuket-in-haze

Funnily enough, the picture of the sun in that article isn't very different from mine, taken at about 4:30pm!

[tangaroa67]

Sublimely beautiful, DAL ... beautifully controlled!

[JetsetBkk]

Back to Christmas 2004 at Karon beach.

Ah, those were the days when we could actually see the sun...

[Ron19]

[shaggy1969]

[bundycat]

storm sunset

[Ron19]

[klauskunkel]

[samuijimmy]

Finally after several days of haze a decent sunset....this evening! Near Nathon Samui....

ASX getting a shot.... we'll see when he posts who is better!

and the clam diggers are out!

[TP1]

Sunrise, as seen from my house, near Khon Kaen, this morning.

[2alex4alex]

I posted pic from the same spot before. But now rice is higher!(and is greener as well )

[shaggy1969]

[Dancealot]

I posted pic from the same spot before. But now rice is higher!(and is greener as well )

What did you do to the rice apart from higher exposure and blending, Alex? I like it.

[Ron19]

[2alex4alex]

I posted pic from the same spot before. But now rice is higher!(and is greener as well )

What did you do to the rice apart from higher exposure and blending, Alex? I like it.

I used tripod. First shot was for sky, second- for rice.Blended its in Photoshop.Can use masking or "blending if". Change mode to Lab colors. Image- adjustment-curves. Set curves as it's shown on pic. Playing around with a-channel you can get very pure green color. It's not easy to get the same color in RGB. My last pic just show that rice has only pure green color. If you want more explanation - just ask. Because it was your and our Mod pics that made me to start to study photography more seriously.

[TP1]

Thank you Alex, very informative

Photoshop is in my wish list.

I tried it before and I couldn't make any sense of it.

But again.....I'm not the brightest around.

I believe with practice, even me will be able to use it one day.

Anyway.......here's a sunrise that me and my neighbours were admiring this morning.

[Ron19]

[fang37]

Ron, last pic.

Not good - EXCELLENT