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regnaD kciN

(26,645 posts)
Tue Aug 22, 2023, 12:55 AM Aug 2023

Sunset at Spring Lake

Taken at a lake in the Lake Desire Natural Area about twenty minutes from home. I know the second image is the “money shot,” but I really find myself drawn to the first, where I was lucky enough to get light that reminds me of the works of a nineteenth-landscape painter whose name I should remember, but don’t.



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Sunset at Spring Lake (Original Post) regnaD kciN Aug 2023 OP
Personally, I think the first one is the "money shot". Both are great but I really like the first. LoisB Aug 2023 #1
Beautiful! mnhtnbb Aug 2023 #2
Perhaps...but which William Turner? regnaD kciN Aug 2023 #6
I was thinking of J.W.M.Turner, known as William Turner mnhtnbb Aug 2023 #7
They are both beautiful and so peaceful. brer cat Aug 2023 #3
Wow, my dear regnaD kciN! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2023 #4
Stunning! Nice work on the edited version with pulling the clouds Maru Kitteh Aug 2023 #5
Both nice shots! Grumpy Old Guy Aug 2023 #8
Where is it? What state Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2023 #9

LoisB

(9,025 posts)
1. Personally, I think the first one is the "money shot". Both are great but I really like the first.
Tue Aug 22, 2023, 01:34 AM
Aug 2023

mnhtnbb

(32,144 posts)
2. Beautiful!
Tue Aug 22, 2023, 05:00 AM
Aug 2023

We've been getting sunsets with the same color changes from blue/white/yellow to pink/blue here recently. I go out in my courtyard to watch them, although last night it was all about shades of orange.

Are you thinking of William Turner?

regnaD kciN

(26,645 posts)
6. Perhaps...but which William Turner?
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 12:55 AM
Aug 2023

There’s the famous Romantic painter J.W.M. Turner, and there’s also William Turner of Oxford, as he is commonly known. Personally, I think my first photo more closely resembles the landscapes of the latter, but it’s entirely possible that I first encountered both of their works at the same time, and developed a collective impression of their style, not initially realizing they were two different artists.

mnhtnbb

(32,144 posts)
7. I was thinking of J.W.M.Turner, known as William Turner
Wed Aug 23, 2023, 04:42 AM
Aug 2023

during his time, not his contemporary William Turner of Oxford. An example of J.W.M. Turner's work which comes to mind when looking at your first photo:





CaliforniaPeggy

(152,479 posts)
4. Wow, my dear regnaD kciN!
Tue Aug 22, 2023, 08:24 AM
Aug 2023

These are both so beautiful, with great light and compo, as well as color.

Thank you!

Maru Kitteh

(29,235 posts)
5. Stunning! Nice work on the edited version with pulling the clouds
Tue Aug 22, 2023, 09:25 AM
Aug 2023

out and the color. Very nice.

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