Gossamer in Gold and Blue, a photo from Grand Anse Praslin, La Digue and Praslin

Photographer's Note

Following in from my previous upload, this is a shot taken into the golden light of early evening. I liked the way the light gave the nets an ethereal gossamer look.

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emka (152136) 2013-07-25 23:57

Hi Rosemary,

I am very lazy in critiquing lately :(. I must somehow catch up. Amazing colors here. What a splendid idea to stay behind the nets. The view is fantastic. I like this composition very much.
have a beautiful weekend

MAlgo

serp2000 (47063) 2013-07-26 0:03

Hi, Rosemary, my neighbour today,
Oh, so unusual point of view ;)) Very interesting continuing of the fisherman report, original idea!I see you have got 20000 points! It could be better to convert it to dollars, for example ;)
Best wishes,
Serghei

lousat (129925) 2013-07-26 0:51

Hi Rosemary,great idea for a very original pic,and need great ideas in places like this made only by beaches and sea.Fantastic choice of point of view and exposure to take the best lights and colors of this magic sky,great details too,a very very good pic!! Have a nice weekend and thanks,Luciano

Gigidusud (21679) 2013-07-26 1:26

Good morning Rosemary,
Beautiful fishing composition with nice colors and splendid light. Well seen!
Have a nice Week-end.
Gigi

snunney (130967) 2013-07-26 2:12

Hello Rosemary,
You have created a beautiful intriguing composition using these fishing nets. The light is sublime and the colours delicious. Fine photo work.

bennyfunky (795) 2013-07-26 2:33

Woderful patchwork of colors, that was a very good idea the to frame this picture like that.
TFS
Benoit

chanteuse (210) 2013-07-26 4:46

Caves! Mermaids! Treasure chests! This makes me want to go and read Treasure Island...
I am a sucker for views out of almost anything and this is a stunner. Love the way the golden brown sand picks up the gold of the evening light, and the bluish tints in the white nets to the bluish white of the sea. Not to mention marvelous texture (as usual in your shots!) of the nets, almost like cotton candy.
Are you taking the photo from inside a cave or am I just imagining that? In any case, great job! I want to be there, enjoying something simple cooked over a fire...

bayno (18348) 2013-07-26 4:48

Hello Rosemary,
this is a very good idea, the result is a great pleasure for the eyes, wonderful light and colors, perfect exposure and Camera setting for best details and good dept....love so much this pic...
have a good day...
Valter

timecapturer (49288) 2013-07-26 4:49

WoW! Rosemary
this is inspired. In the thumbnails I thought it was an underwater shot, but full size it is an absolute stunner. A creative and wonderful opportunist image that is both imaginative and original. The effect is amazing and I love it. Love the title too!

Have a great weekend - regards Brian.

Sergiom (117241) 2013-07-26 5:26

Bonjour Rosemary

Tu sembles t'être bien amusée lors de cette séquence de photographie.L'endroit est particulièrement beau et tu peux profiter de l'ombre pendant une petite période.J'aime la lumière dorée à travers les filets.

Amicalement

Serge

williewhistler (16606) 2013-07-26 6:21

Hello Rosemary,I do admire the way that you have managed to get the threads of the fishing nets so sublimely sharp and so very well exposed as well as keeping the azure sea level and equally well portrayed.
Imaginatively composed,it`s a lovely piece of photography.
Kind regards Les.

Nicou (193806) 2013-07-26 7:21

Hello

Fantastique vue de ces filets de pêche quel effet et couleur quelle vue et cpatage sueprbe avec ces boules blanche une mervielle.
Bravo et amitié
Nicou

chrisvek (7003) 2013-07-26 7:22

Hello Rosemary

Very wonderful shot with splendid composition and very clever look.Very nice colors and details.Awesome lightning usage and POV.Very good job.TFS

All the best
Chris

saxo042 (38078) 2013-07-26 9:10

Hi Rosemary,
The fishing nets provide an interesting part of this picture and provides a natural separation between the golden part and the blue part. This looks like a very enjoyable place.
Kind regards
Gunnar

jemaflor (135380) 2013-07-26 9:47

HI Rosemary,
Interesting composition, good idea with this FG, lovely light capture and colors, tfs.

bartekp (4746) 2013-07-26 11:34

HI Rosemary,

Very intersting composition and fine shot. I like especially backlight (left side) and blue view on the right.

Have a nice evening

Bartek

No_One (4) 2013-07-26 11:48

Hi Rosemary,
What a cool illusion, I could almost swear this was under water! The light from behind the nets looks fluid, like it's refracted through waters surface and the blue tones add nicely to the effect. Great shot.
Have a great weekend
Noel

carlo62 (81265) 2013-07-26 14:06

Ciao Rosemary
dalla miniatura non si capiva molto, ma quando la foto si ingrandisce, diventa un bellissimo scatto.
Grandissima idea e splendida interpretazione, una composizione da manuale, dove colori,forme e luci si completano in una unica soluzione.
Complimenti
Carlo

nikkitta (17070) 2013-07-26 14:12

Hola Rosemary,
Beautiful and very creative capture, like a surrealist picture

Clever composition, tfs
Maria

siudzi (34141) 2013-07-26 21:23

Hi Rosemary,
Your POV was perfectly selected to make a really original and interesting composition. The combination of different colors, tonality, lights and shadows created a fantastic scene! Like it a lot! Great work!

Best,
Gosia

jjcordier (79299) 2013-07-26 22:12

Rosemary
Une photo très originale où tu as su exploiter magnifiquement la lumière diffusée par les filets de pêcheurs. Une très belle réussite!
Amicalement
JJ

adidas5nb (5743) 2013-07-26 22:22

what a fantastic shot.the mesh of the nets creates a surreal mood and space.love the light and the colors.very well seen and executed.great creation.it is really an outstanding shot.
regards
dwaipayan

limielski (0) 2013-07-26 22:53

Hi Rosemary!

Amazing colours and an untypical POV. A very creative composition. It's like abstract picture of known artist. I like it very much.

Have a nice weekend,
Leszek

annjackman (23019) 2013-07-26 23:28

Hello Rosemary,
Clever idea to shoot this picture from behind the net and looking out to sea. It is almost as if you are emerging from a dark tunnel with the golden light at the end. The fine netting could have looked a jumble but you have managed to frame it in a way that gives shapes and detail and a beautiful, curtained view.
Excellent.
Kind Regards, Ann

Royaldevon (75344) 2013-07-26 23:56

Good morning Rosemary,

What an attractive shot!
I just love the word 'gossamer' it takes me back to childhood books and carries such wonderful, visual images! This shot deserves the word! It is like the very finest lace, spun by a talented and very enthusiastic spider, to protect its precious eggs! The light, coming through the web, is glorious and makes a natural link to the sand, in the distance.

have a lovely w/e,
Bev :-).

krzychu30 (15512) 2013-07-27 1:05

Hello Rosemary,
this is a great complement to your previous shot!Alone the idea for the shot as well as the POV you chose are great and make your shot unique.But I think not only for me the most captivating thing about your shot is this delightful,golden light.

Have a nice weekend
Krzysztof

Graal (103040) 2013-07-27 1:30

Hello Rosemary,
nice composition here. Good idea. Amazing glance on the sea through the nets. I like the colors also. Well done photo.
Have a nice WE.
Aleksander

delpeoples (60326) 2013-07-27 1:32

Dear Rosemary

A very original and attractive composition. The fishing nets look like a fairy cave and they contrast beautifully against the blue and gold tones, aswell as providing a natural frame for the photo. Excellent shot, and something very different.

Hugs
Lisa

ourania (51103) 2013-07-27 7:44

Hello Rosemary,
this is a very lovely image created by textures, colours and shadows. A very intriguing point of view that reminds me of children's games in which they find magical places just like that and call ordinary elements whatever they like in order to create a magical and exciting universe full of challenges. I think that, apart from visual pleasure, you're offering the viewer the creative task to do the same:) Your light management is wonderful and the textures look amazingly subtle. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a lovely weekend,
Ourania

ktanska (40061) 2013-07-27 10:24

Hi Rosemary,
You found an original viewpoint and I can only assume that finding it was far from obvious. I like the variation of colours between cool blue on the right and warm orange where the sun sets. I wonder how you managed to get brightness variations in control. I guess they were pretty big on such a view.
Kari

tatadalou (7459) 2013-07-27 10:42

Hello Rosemary,
Nice backlight picture. It gives a nice effect on the nets in the foreground. Great colours.
Kind regards,
Delphine

Cricri (176) 2013-07-28 23:14

Hi Rosermary
Tout beau l'effet de lumière a travers les files en accord avec le bleu de la mer, excellent détails , bien vu , très belle réalisation
Belle journée
cricri

olive224 (2719) 2013-08-02 2:43

Hi Rosemary
Very suddle light in this composition, i like the brown/blue contrast and the texture of the net
Very clever idea to mask the sun with it
Maybe was it possible to set the horizon horizontal ?

CHeers
Olivier

cjibbotson (183) 2013-08-02 16:03

Hi Rosemary, I had commented on your photo a short while ago but it doesnt show for some reason. As a new member and you commented on my Mussenden Temple photo I felt I would delve into commenting on others and will do more so as I get to grips with this site.

When I first opened this photo I felt like I was in a cocoon of a giants spider's web with the floats on the net being 'eggs'. I do like this shot and must check out more of your work tomorrow

tyro (30513) 2013-08-03 4:19

Hello Rosemary,

How on Earth did I miss this spectacular photograph? It is truly stunning!

This is a scene which many of us would have seen - or, at least, just looked at - and never had the wit to consider that it might make a fine photograph. And those who did have the savvy to notice it would almost certainly have been put off by the very considerable difficulties in capturing it.

But you have not been discouraged by the difficulties in capturing this scene and you have coped with those difficulties admirably! The warm light of the low sun permeating through the tangled netting on the left and lighting up those attractive floats is in fine contrast to the deep blue of the ocean and sky. A fabulous photograph with superb light and colours and good composition. And your exposure is spot-on too.

If I have any negative comment to make - and it's a very minor one - I'm afraid that the more I look at (and admire) this one, the more my attention is drawn to the bit of debris caught in the net at upper right: there was probably nothing you could have done about that but it does draw attention away from the two boats in the water. I've done a very quick workshop for you (I hope you don't mind) to get rid of that bit of weed or whatever.

Fabulous!

Kind Regards,

John.

[workshop] [compare] +

KristinsCamera (2384) 2013-08-05 21:08

An "ethereal gossamer look" is indeed just what you have here ~ wow, what a lovely, lovely shot, Rosemary... the light and colors are just sumptuous.

Who knew fishing nets could be captured in such a magical way?!
Rapunzel would be envious, for this is truly straw spun into gold :)

Kind regards,
Kristin

papera (14372) 2013-08-08 13:28

hello rosemary,
I was browsing your beautiful gallery and I was riveted by this shot - the colours and the light are quintessentially summery, as a matter of fact they could be the perfect moodboard for one of those interior design magazines which I keep buying every month :)
this is the kind of picture that creates the desire to be there, to be flooded by the same light, to get entangled in the same nets... gorgeous :)
c.

COSTANTINO (104115) 2013-08-09 2:35

Hello
I chose this shot because it looks
so different,taken from another
world,original version with a
personal style the right timing,nice pov
great work indeed
regards
have a nice day
Costantino

goodwill (4248) 2013-08-09 9:32

Hi Rosemary,
What a stunning shot you have created.
Mesmerizing composition and wonderful management of light.
Meharba Rosemary, meharba!!
Outstanding POV and what an observation, hats off to you.
Regards,
Rajeev

ines8 (6128) 2013-08-17 12:08

Hi, Rosemary,
Amazing and so sensitive composition!Like a dream....I love it.
All the best, dear friend,
ines

seb1lopez (187) 2013-12-13 1:25

Yes! the amount of the messy nets, and the down sun going through is great!!! it just hides perfectly the beach and the sea, but we still have enough to guess where it is...