'Crossroads' A Normandy Sunset.

[Denis]

Came across this road junction at about quarter to eight at night, no signs, no lights and no one around. A recent shower made the wet roads and the sky stand out...out came the camera again

 

[bugmeister]

One of those sights you just have to try to capture and I'd say you did a fine job. Lovely colours and the reflections sort of mask the line markings on the road so they don't interfere,  but become part of the reflection, pointing to the sunset

[Terry]

Really like the way the sky is reflected in the wet road. Great shot. 

[NannyFerret]

Beautiful!

[annie]

gorgeous.

[Heather]

wow !

[Dennyboy]

I like shots like this, it hasn't had any attempts to recover the dark bits or to process the light bits (as technical as i get!). It's as it was, love reflections anyway and moody skies, this has both

[Kobione]

out came the camera again

 

...and I don't blame you one bit!! Lovely "D

[Denis]

Thanks all,

 

You do realise this nearly got binned? To me, the hedgerows were too dark, the road reflections looked too....how can I put it...grainy. I only took the shot on the quick as a) My son of 31 said 'Dad, you cant stop dead on a road in France, someone will crash into us!'  no chance of that, there was not a soul around, I didnt have time to choose settings, because as you are aware these skies are there one minute and gone the next.

 

Methinks I may be a tad too critical of my own photos!

[Dennyboy]

As i said, the silhouettes are how it was, grain isn't always bad either, if you ever used high iso film you were stuck with it. Sometimes we try to be too perfect and make images with perfect exposure. For me the reflections on the puddles and the shiny road make it a nice image to look at.