James Ford, Evening Warmth (PLACES 2021)

A golden view of the Tasman sea. Shot around 8pm on an evening flight from Auckland to Wellington in November 2020. The angle of the sun setting and the height of the plane made the sea take on a golden hue. While the golden hue and vibrant sunset were lost when I converted the image to greyscale, I've tried to recreate the feeling of the original image by blending in a single golden hue back into the monochrome image. A panorama of 6 images, shot on a Fujifilm X-T3 at 50mm, F/4.5, 1/2000s, ISO 640. Post production in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Images have been resized for web display, which may cause some loss of image quality. Note: Original high-resolution images are used for judging.