Sail Away by grannysue

Sail Away

After dinner with my husband and son, we stopped at the lake to see if there might be a photo op, since the storms are over and the lake looked calm. I was thrilled to see a couple of sailboats. It was at dusk, the sun had just set.
Thanks to everyone for their comments and suggestions on my other photos, they are much appreciated. As always, I appreciate any comments and suggestions that you post for this photo.
Looks like a J22. We have lots of those at club. Always very competitive. Like the shot with sun setting. Very nice.
May 27th, 2011  
A nice relaxing scene at the end of your day ... and to greet me at the start of mine.
May 27th, 2011  
beautiful photo, very nice!
May 27th, 2011  
Such lovely colours! Wonderful :)
May 27th, 2011  
Cool...
May 27th, 2011  
@jrichardson30 Thank you for you comment and the information.
May 27th, 2011  
Serenty is hard to capture you have done well Linda.. :)
May 27th, 2011  
Beautiful colors!
May 27th, 2011  
Love this evening scene so peaceful at the end of the day ! The lights in the distance show up well & the silhouette of the sailors on the boat look like they are just having a chat & a drink !
May 27th, 2011  
I love sailboats - the whole scene is so peaceful and beautiful!
P.S. I don't know how you edit your photos (if you do), but you can always tilt horizon to perfect straight line :) Someone gave me this advice and I always stick to it now. You can do it in picnik or photoshop. It works either way, really, who cares for horizon when the photo is so good? :)
May 27th, 2011  
I didn't notice the slight slope of the water until naladka mentioned it but a lovely picture anyway. As an ex sailor I appreciate the calm conditions in which to take down the sails and clear away ready before that well earned G&T.
May 27th, 2011  
@naladka Thanks for the comment and advice. I have not tryed to change the slope and really did not notice until you mentioned it. It was quite a challenge taking the photos yesterday, dodging the folks, their dogs, etc. Some of the folks on the dock were slightly inebriated, so I was glad that I was not alone! A lot of them just happened to walk between me and the boats and ruined several shots! I have Photoshop elements, but do not know how to do much more than crop, adjust the brightness and contrast by using the auto feature.
@janek Thanks!
May 27th, 2011  
Lovely, serene pic!
May 27th, 2011  
Beautiful colours!
May 27th, 2011  
Thankyou so much for following. This is a lovely peaceful scene.
May 27th, 2011  
Love this...so pretty and peaceful!
May 28th, 2011  
Gorgeous! Love the colors
May 28th, 2011  
I love the peaceful feeling I get while looking at this.
May 28th, 2011  
Reminds me of the Orinoco Flow music by Enya. Sail away, sail away, sail away. Colours are lovely; subdued and pastel-like.
May 29th, 2011  
cool capture! love the peacefulness of this photo!
May 30th, 2011  
i love the colors and the form
June 2nd, 2011  
beautiful. adding as a fav!
June 2nd, 2011  
Love this.
June 4th, 2011  
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