Fire In The Sky - New Forest by alansmith
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Fire In The Sky - New Forest by

The day was horrible, persistant rain and heavy showers ( I’ve been told there is a difference ) and blowing a gale. I noticed a break in the clouds on the horizon and took a gamble that it would clear around sunset. I high-tailed it up to the forest and was blessed, for once, with the most amazing lighting I’d ever seen. The New Forest pony was the icing on the cake as far as I was concerned.

I used a Canon 20D and a Sigma 10-20mm lens. This was shot in Raw and processed using PS CS2. The processing was:

change colour balance
levels
curves
slightly lighten the pony and land with an adjustment layer
sharpen
save

This was taken in the New Forest National Park in Southern England.

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Tags

sunset, clouds, lake, water, horse, national, park, sunrise, forest, pond, new, pony, stormy

Comments

  • Eivor Kuchta
    Eivor Kuchtaabout 3 years ago

    Gorgeous! The colors are stunning and the horse in there makes it perfect!

  • alansmith
    alansmithabout 3 years ago

    Thanks for the comment Eivor. I just hope I can find another day with such light in the clouds.

  • ~ Ademac
    ~ Ademacabout 3 years ago

    Fantastic capture………………….beautiful.

  • ~ Ademac
    ~ Ademacabout 3 years ago

    This would be perfect in the Equine Art and Photography group.

  • Hi Barssel,
    Thanks for the group suggestion. I’ve now joined the group but don’t know how to up-load an image to the group. Will FAQ’s tell me how to do this? I’m still very new to the site and I’m still finding my way around.

    Kind regards, Alan.

    – alansmith

  • ~ Ademac
    ~ Ademacabout 3 years ago

    Just go to edit image Alan

  • profanArte
    profanArteabout 3 years ago

    Bravo!

  • alansmith
    alansmithabout 3 years ago

    Cheers for the help Barssel, I’ve got it now.

  • Evan Ludes
    Evan Ludesabout 3 years ago

    Really stunning shot, I can’t believe what I’m looking at is a real scene!

  • Hi Evans,
    I couldn’t believe it either, the lighting was amazing. There was still rain in the air and I had to use a plastic bag to cover my camera every now and again.

    – alansmith

  • EJCairns
    EJCairnsabout 3 years ago

    The lighting and structure is magnificent, what a great capture. Congrats Regards EJ

  • handprintz
    handprintzabout 3 years ago

    Just beautiful, such lovely colours