Olympic Mountains and Puget Sound Sunset

[kkerrick]

Hi guys, this is my second post here on this site. Here is a photo I took while at Lincoln Park in West Seattle while on vacation. It's a multi-stitch panoramic with my X100s. The colors kept changing and this was the moment I thought this was it. I couldn't believe the colors when looking on the back of my cameras. I'm just glad I was there to see this. Anyway, work is something I always have to contend with, but I am getting back into photography, plan on getting better, and finding an online community to share.

Here is a link to the photo: https://flic.kr/p/xVsdQk

Kevin

[PeterAit]

Lovely photo, and brings back memories of my trip to that area many years ago. I will say that the colors are a wee bit overdone for my tastes, but then again you were there and I was not.

I have found the LuLa forums to be invaluable in my development as a photographer. There are a few know-it-all pissants here, as on any forum, but for the most part folks are helpful and convivial.

[DwayneOakes]

Nice pastel colors.

[sdwilsonsct]

I like the contrasting sky colours.

[kkerrick]

Thank you. I find color extremely hard to learn and master. First is the issue of color management, but more cumbersome is aesthetic of it and developing a good 'taste.'

Anyway, I went back to take a look at what I did regarding color. Here is what I did: I was moved the color temp down about 1000k. I found my auto white balance to produce a tone too warm. Then I applied lens correction, stitched, and finally a slight tone map to the mid-tones. Still, the final panoramic looks almost identical in color and tone to the original raw file.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Nice sky.