Making an obstacle part of the composition

Texas summer sunsets are some of the biggest and most spectacular. Living close to a reservoir , I can grab my camera and walk along the levy to witness the sunset sometime. However, when there is nothing but a beautiful sunlit sky and no interesting foreground one is left to ponder is there anything at all to include in your composition?
To add to the complexity, Imagine a series or power plyons and power lines running acorss your sky. The question becomes shoud you even take a shot. Not wanting to miss the fire in the sky, I decided to make the powerlines a part of my composition. Sometimes it helps to include the unavoidable as a part of your composition.
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By Kaushik Dwarakanath

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Perspective makes a great deal of change

On a recent visit to Rialto Beach in the pacific northwest coast I was looking for something different to shoot. On that particular afternoon the sunset turned out to be obsured by thick clouds. As I started walking back along the beach, I observed the retreating waves and the patten it was creating. That was all I needed to squeeze a couple of shots above. I liked the lay of the tree debris in the first shot above pointing towards the sea and the patterns formed by retreating wave added something to the second shot. Not to mention the rich colors rendered on a fuji velvia transparency film. The second shot was a mere few paces away from the first. So the moral of the story is that a small change in perspective makes a huge impact on the picture
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By Kaushik Dwarakanath

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Shafts of Sunlight

Shafts of sunlight peering through those ominous clouds can create interesting spotlights on a landscape. I was blessed to witness one on a visit to Hurricane Ridge (Olympic National Park). Hurricane Ridge is about half hour drive up the mountain from Port Angeles on the North Western tip of olympic peninsula. On a clear day one can take in grand vista of glacier capped mountains that includes Mt Olympus. On this particular day we had clear sunlight for a few minutes with some clouds rolling in later on. This shot was taken from the visitor's center while sipping a glass of coffee before the clouds rolled in.
Used a 2 stop ND Grad to emphasize the cloud cover and avoid some hight lights being blow out. Commetns are welcome.
KD

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