Comments on: The Sunset Ritual http://timgrey.com/blog/2008/the-sunset-ritual/ Thoughts on Photography, Digital Imaging, and Travel Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Hank Stoutz http://timgrey.com/blog/2008/the-sunset-ritual/#comment-2276 Hank Stoutz Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:24:25 +0000 http://timgrey.com/blog/?p=24#comment-2276 I think the question of whether or not to shoot a sunset depends primarily on the experience of the shooter. The novice point & shooter should fire away, while one like me who has shot too many sunsets, should just enjoy the experience,since I know the images will be deleted. Most sunsets are of value mainly as the background for an appealing focal point. BUT-if it's a phantasmagoric scene, then even the most jaded photgrapher ( jaded to sunset images, never to sunsets!) should grab the tripod, compose & multi-shoot!! If it ends up worthy of hanging on the wall, then its a terrific bonus to one of Nature's gifts to mankind! I think the question of whether or not to shoot a sunset depends primarily on the experience of the shooter. The novice point & shooter should fire away, while one like me who has shot too many sunsets, should just enjoy the experience,since I know the images will be deleted. Most sunsets are of value mainly as the background for an appealing focal point. BUT-if it’s a phantasmagoric scene, then even the most jaded photgrapher ( jaded to sunset images, never to sunsets!) should grab the tripod, compose & multi-shoot!! If it ends up worthy of hanging on the wall, then its a terrific bonus to one of Nature’s gifts to mankind!

]]> By: Tom Keifer http://timgrey.com/blog/2008/the-sunset-ritual/#comment-2011 Tom Keifer Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:04:11 +0000 http://timgrey.com/blog/?p=24#comment-2011 Watching the sunset is a ritual in Key West! Mallory Square is filled with locals, tourists, Street Performers of all kinds,and vendors of food,artworks and trinkets of all sorts. It's quite a show. It's the first place I have been where the watchers breakout in applause when the sun sets. Maybe they think it won't happen again!! Watching the sunset is a ritual in Key West! Mallory Square is filled with locals, tourists, Street Performers of all kinds,and vendors of food,artworks and trinkets of all sorts. It’s quite a show. It’s the first place I have been where the watchers breakout in applause when the sun sets. Maybe they think it won’t happen again!!

]]> By: Kim Wilcox http://timgrey.com/blog/2008/the-sunset-ritual/#comment-1786 Kim Wilcox Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:44:02 +0000 http://timgrey.com/blog/?p=24#comment-1786 I recently spent a week in Tahiti on a dive boat with no land in site. It was just me, water and the sunset. After taking 30 or 40 shots and going back on the computer, it was very disappointing. The shots couldn't capture what I had just seen a few minutes before. Several months later I relooked at them and they are fantastic. They are better than I remember them in real time. I think you have to wait a little to really appreciate their value. To James Brock in Houston, yea! the sunsets are disappointing but the thunderstorms are fantastic. I recently spent a week in Tahiti on a dive boat with no land in site. It was just me, water and the sunset. After taking 30 or 40 shots and going back on the computer, it was very disappointing. The shots couldn’t capture what I had just seen a few minutes before. Several months later I relooked at them and they are fantastic. They are better than I remember them in real time. I think you have to wait a little to really appreciate their value. To James Brock in Houston, yea! the sunsets are disappointing but the thunderstorms are fantastic.

]]> By: songbird http://timgrey.com/blog/2008/the-sunset-ritual/#comment-1772 songbird Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:39:55 +0000 http://timgrey.com/blog/?p=24#comment-1772 #1 enjoy the experiance.. #2 take the photo, digital or film.. no matter. If you have to ask the question your mind is in the wrong place to begin with. #1 enjoy the experiance.. #2 take the photo, digital or film.. no matter.
If you have to ask the question your mind is in the wrong place to begin with.

]]> By: James Brock http://timgrey.com/blog/2008/the-sunset-ritual/#comment-1765 James Brock Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:12:40 +0000 http://timgrey.com/blog/?p=24#comment-1765 Tim, for me watching the sunset is a ritual. In my film days I would sit at the beaches in Steilicoom, with my canon a1 loaded with kodachrome 64, and wait for the sun to set. Now I have gone digital, but no longer have the sun sets of the pacific northwest to sit and ponder. They(sunsets) just dont seam to be as relaxing or as vibrent here in Houston tx. Tim, for me watching the sunset is a ritual. In my film days I would sit at the beaches in Steilicoom, with my canon a1 loaded with kodachrome 64, and wait for the sun to set. Now I have gone digital, but no longer have the sun sets of the pacific northwest to sit and ponder. They(sunsets) just dont seam to be as relaxing or as vibrent here in Houston tx.

]]> By: Rich Collins http://timgrey.com/blog/2008/the-sunset-ritual/#comment-1628 Rich Collins Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:11:14 +0000 http://timgrey.com/blog/?p=24#comment-1628 You know I can see where this might bring up the question you have proposed, but I have much more often seen any other distraction pull one away from such beauty, be it a rather ordinary sun set or a spectacular one. A pretty girl, a running dog chasing after it's human companion, a frisbee tossed, even just another set of headlights delivering more to view the sunset can turn into a discourse rather than remaining focused and fully appreciated. So no for me I'd have to say at minimum, I can always go back once downloaded onto my pc & relive the entire event almost as much as when I was there. And I believe this as a photographer as I am not just taking a cell phone snap, but attempting to capture the essence of it. Others may feel different but I'd venture it has to do with the intent, rather than the technology itself. In another word, if the person shooting places the value on that particular sunset as just another mere moment in their day rather than having driven there just to shoot it, then perhaps you are correct. You know I can see where this might bring up the question you have proposed, but I have much more often seen any other distraction pull one away from such beauty, be it a rather ordinary sun set or a spectacular one. A pretty girl, a running dog chasing after it’s human companion, a frisbee tossed, even just another set of headlights delivering more to view the sunset can turn into a discourse rather than remaining focused and fully appreciated.

So no for me I’d have to say at minimum, I can always go back once downloaded onto my pc & relive the entire event almost as much as when I was there. And I believe this as a photographer as I am not just taking a cell phone snap, but attempting to capture the essence of it. Others may feel different but I’d venture it has to do with the intent, rather than the technology itself. In another word, if the person shooting places the value on that particular sunset as just another mere moment in their day rather than having driven there just to shoot it, then perhaps you are correct.

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