Sehr hübsch gemachte, stimmungsvolle Sonnenuntergang Szene.

Vielen dank, Horo

Beautiful sunset. The lighthouse keeper is lucky to have such nice accommodation as well - looks most inviting. :-)

Yes, a bit small, but surely cozy :)

Beautifully composed scene with fine use of light and color along with effective use of atmosphere. Of particular note is the wonderful softness of the shadows. Did you increase shadow ambience to achieve this effect?

Thanks a lot. I just enabled soft shadows in the premium render; that’s perfectly sufficient for this lighting.

Ich liebe Leuchttuerme und das Bild hier ist sowas von gelungen. Und dann noch die lieben Emmas :) Ist das James Krüss der uns den Ruecken zukehrt? aus: Der Leuchtturm auf den Hummerklippen

lach Den kenn ich nun nicht, aber ich glaub, der im Bild wird ihn kennen :)

There are many stories that the man in this image could tell you, but the one I would make up is that this is his last day on the job as he has been the lightkeeper of this lighthouse for 30 years and is now facing retirement.

During his time here, he has seen many things but the one thing he never grew tired of, was viewing that beautiful light shining up above towards the rocks below, as that often turned out to be the highlight of his day!

How is that for tying in your title with the image in my simple amateur story Lordy? lol :)

I like it. The lighthouse has been switched to automatic mode. It’s a bit sad, but a billionaire has already offered it a new job—on a planet just for billionaires ;)

Fantastic work!

thanks so much, starship64

Excellent

Thank you, anitalee

Awesome.

Thanks a lot, Gisela

Well done ...

Thanks a lot, my friend

You sure have mastered light and shadows! Another nice one:-)

And I also noticed the seagulls;-)

Thanks, max-. Yeah, those were an important little detail for me here :D

Cheers ...

Fantastic job 👍🙋‍♂️

Thanks, my friend

and then (coming off the image of that new world with the orbs on tree trunks), there's just real life. A quiet,reflective, peaceful scene by the water. A lighthouse and cottage. And a couple of gulls (I assume) quietly watching the sunse along with the man. Beautiful image. The arid empty soil gives the perfect 'ground' for the scene. And one of your signature bright yellow-gold lights coming from the sun. A very bucolic piece. Makes us want to be there...

(gulls btw---when we studied animal calls (as musicians) they told us the gull call was one of the loudest and most obnoxious of the group. Guess what: It is. Compared to a robin or nightingale? Gulls are the mafia hitmen of the specie. Loud and vulgar, they eat whatever they can get their beaks into, they "mob"---that's what ornithologists call it---and they're embarrassing at parties. These gulls, however, came from good families...you must have good connections...)

Thanks a million, Mark. Yeah, seagulls aren't exactly quiet neighbors. But I have to admit, whenever I vacation in Ireland, it’s just part of the experience to have those guys wake you up in Dublin with their squawking before you even get out of bed :) These ones here are just catching their breath or waiting for their friends so things can get really loud ;)