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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: churly on July 15, 2013, 08:21:00 pm

Title: Sunburst
Post by: churly on July 15, 2013, 08:21:00 pm

Thanks for taking a look.  CC welcome.
Chuck

Title: Re: Sunburst
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 15, 2013, 11:14:45 pm

Nice capture!

Eric M.

Title: Re: Sunburst
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on July 16, 2013, 03:35:02 am

Yes, very good. You've even controlled the inevitable, small area of blown-out cloud so that it's inoffensive.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Sunburst
Post by: sdwilsonsct on July 16, 2013, 03:46:39 am

Very nice!

Title: Re: Sunburst
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on July 16, 2013, 04:08:44 am

I like the sky area, well done. I do not like the way the hills and the foreground came out, it seems to me that the shadows were lifted too much, rendering them in a sort of mushy and greyish tones.

Title: Re: Sunburst
Post by: churly on July 16, 2013, 08:36:44 am

Thanks for the comments!

Paulo - I have the same feeling.  I tried leaving the foreground darker but didn't like that much.  I did bracket this shot so I 'll go back and see if I call do a better job on the hills and foreground and blend that in.  The clouds were moving too much to work on the whole image. Thanks for the input.

Chuck

Title: Re: Sunburst
Post by: churly on July 16, 2013, 07:41:14 pm

Here is another effort that gives more life to the foreground and hills.
Improvement?

Chuck

Title: Re: Sunburst
Post by: sdwilsonsct on July 17, 2013, 03:32:31 am

I understand the suggestion, but for my taste there is enough foreground light in the first version.

Title: Re: Sunburst
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on July 17, 2013, 04:11:01 am

I prefer the second version, the photo is a bit more lively.

Title: Re: Sunburst
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on July 18, 2013, 03:26:29 am

The foreground light in the second version makes it look, to my eye, unbalanced.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Sunburst
Post by: churly on July 18, 2013, 04:34:30 pm

Thanks for the feedback guys.  Maybe I can back off on the light in the foreground but retain the color.
Chuck

Title: Re: Sunburst
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on July 18, 2013, 05:36:36 pm

Quote from: churly on July 18, 2013, 04:34:30 pm

Thanks for the feedback guys.  Maybe I can back off on the light in the foreground but retain the color.
Chuck

I'd be interested to see what you manage to do.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Sunburst
Post by: MTGFender on July 19, 2013, 08:39:51 am

Light and the scenery are gorgeous! Another fantastic one.
Pramote