Sunset Horizon, a photo from Western Cape, West

Photographer's Note

The crescent shaped beach of Hout Bay is framed by the cliffs of (Chapmans Peak) and the Sentinel Mountain as shown in image. Once a fishing village isolated from Cape Town by the mountains, it is now a thriving suburb with its own waterfront, yacht basin and Sunday craft market.
In June and July the Red Bull Surf Competition is held at the Dungeons (to the left of the image) the basin of the mountain, which is below the Sentinel. The surfers only go out when the swell is over 6 metres. Not for the faint hearted, but also probably one of the few surf comps that you can watch from a boat. If your stomach can handle the swell.

Hout Bay Cape (Wood Bay) was named by Jan van Riebeek shortly after his arrival in Cape Town. It is one of Cape Towns most picturesque areas especially when the fishing boats and their accompanying seagulls return to the harbour after a day's fishing.
The harbour is a large exporter of crayfish and fish and home to the first of the Cape's waterfronts.

Shutter 1/160 @ F/10 ISO 100

Thank you for joining me as I discover some beautiful sunset images around Cape Town.

Oh, btw be nice to me; I have just disembarked off a yacht and still feeling sea sick! : )

TopGeo, albertopiubello, ribeiroantonio, Dpbours oznaczył to zdjęcie jeko użyteczne

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TopGeo (38220) 2007-06-02 11:47

Hi Lynette,
Amazing view with beautiful colours and shot. excellent quality and beautiful scenario.Well done1
tfs
Georgios

rhizomes (15343) 2007-06-02 12:04

Hi Lynette,
Very nice sunset, the last seconds of light and colors !
Nice landscape !
Christophe

albertopiubello (2623) 2007-06-02 12:19

Hi Lynette,
so long time I haven't seen an image of your beautiful gallery! This is great fot its soft atmosphere and for its warm colours: really a great compo!
Alberto

dkeus31 (27739) 2007-06-02 14:27

hello Lynette,
A nice moody picture with the sun just passing the horizon.
Nice pastel tones.
regards
didier

ribeiroantonio (22730) 2007-06-02 23:03

Wow, it is a very nice sunset, just a few seconds before the sun disappears below the horizon. The coast line created a good motif for the composition and the its silhouette came up very well. I like the soft colours of the sky. Well done.
Antonio

Gerrit (62042) 2007-06-06 7:04

Hi Lynette,
fine silhouettes of these majestic rocks rising out of the sea and beautiful colours.
Pity that you didn't visit me in the Anne FRank House.
Regards, Gerrit

sined (4523) 2007-08-05 9:07

simple but so elegant !

Dpbours (222) 2007-08-11 4:41

Hi Lynette,

Going through your galleries, I have to say that I like quite some of your shots! But I told myself I have to pick one that does it for me right now. And that would then be this sunset.
It's sunset time here in Indonesia - where I'm currently working and living - but since it's cloudy I'll settle for this wonderful sunset!
The shot is quite soft, but that also gives it a very natural feel. That, together with the very soft gradients in colours. Not harsh, very gradual, very natural. Love it!

Greetings, Dennis