North California Sunset

Mr. WonderfulMr. Wonderful Registered Users Posts: 41 Big grins
edited May 20, 2005 in Landscapes
Took this from the street outside my house. Sorry no speciel story. Comments and criticism are much appreciated.

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  • erich6erich6 Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited May 19, 2005
    These are tough shots because of the varying levels of lighting. The sky colors are nice but there isn't enough details in the highlights to make it interesting....

    Did you do this one hand-held? Seems a bit noisy like you had it in a high ISO setting. Try it on a tripod with a longer exposure and bracket your exposures to see if you can later combine dark/light areas via processing.

    Erich
  • Mr. WonderfulMr. Wonderful Registered Users Posts: 41 Big grins
    edited May 19, 2005
    erich6 wrote:
    These are tough shots because of the varying levels of lighting. The sky colors are nice but there isn't enough details in the highlights to make it interesting....

    Did you do this one hand-held? Seems a bit noisy like you had it in a high ISO setting. Try it on a tripod with a longer exposure and bracket your exposures to see if you can later combine dark/light areas via processing.

    Erich
    Thanks for being my only reply to this pic. Yes I was just on a walk and then there was beautiful clouds all over the place. At that time I didnt have a tripod (I do now). I will deffinitaly try this next time. Thanks.
  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited May 19, 2005
    Mr W,

    You did capture some nice clouds and some very nice colors thumb.gifthumb.gif The clouds have been awesome the last few days, haven't they? :D

    Thanks for sharing,
    Steve
    SmugMug Support Hero
  • Mr. WonderfulMr. Wonderful Registered Users Posts: 41 Big grins
    edited May 19, 2005
    Steve Cavigliano wrote:
    Mr W,

    You did capture some nice clouds and some very nice colors thumb.gifthumb.gif The clouds have been awesome the last few days, haven't they? :D

    Thanks for sharing,
    Steve
    Yes they have with all of the storming thathas been going on. A little off topic. Where can I host good quality pics for cheep?
  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited May 19, 2005
    Mr W,

    I have pics hosted on a couple of sites. But, I have to tell you that Smugmug has been the best for me. Easy to use, relatively inexpensive for the amount of storage you get, no compression of larger images and it's always up and working (a big thanks to the Smugmug staff clap.gif )

    You can save $5 at Smugmug by using my coupon code WMw0VlWDCj8EU :D


    If you are serious about taking pics, you really need to have an online service to be able to easily share them with others.

    Steve
    SmugMug Support Hero
  • KevinKalKevinKal Registered Users Posts: 246 Major grins
    edited May 19, 2005
    Mr W...
    Beautiful capture and fantastic colors. Did you happen to do any post-processing on this image? If not, I think that it could really "pop" with just a few minutes in Photoshop. In particular, a bit of unsharpen mask for the foreground and a curves adjustment to bring out a bit more color in the sky.

    Regards,
    Kevin K.
  • Mr. WonderfulMr. Wonderful Registered Users Posts: 41 Big grins
    edited May 20, 2005
    KevinKal wrote:
    Beautiful capture and fantastic colors. Did you happen to do any post-processing on this image? If not, I think that it could really "pop" with just a few minutes in Photoshop. In particular, a bit of unsharpen mask for the foreground and a curves adjustment to bring out a bit more color in the sky.

    Regards,
    Kevin K.
    Man I am such a photo newbie when it comes to Photoshop and wel...pic taking hehe. No there was no processing but I would love to lear how to do that. Really need someone to spend some time showing me like in a voice chat. I dont have photoshop installed yet but will soon. Can you maybe mail me how do the things you mentioned above later on? That would be wonderful thanks for the nice comments all.

    Mr. W
  • Mr. WonderfulMr. Wonderful Registered Users Posts: 41 Big grins
    edited May 20, 2005
    Steve Cavigliano wrote:
    Mr W,

    I have pics hosted on a couple of sites. But, I have to tell you that Smugmug has been the best for me. Easy to use, relatively inexpensive for the amount of storage you get, no compression of larger images and it's always up and working (a big thanks to the Smugmug staff clap.gif )

    You can save $5 at Smugmug by using my coupon code WMw0VlWDCj8EU :D


    If you are serious about taking pics, you really need to have an online service to be able to easily share them with others.

    Steve
    Thanks for the info Steve but I wont be able to sine up there until my next pay check (thanks for the coupon too clap.gif)
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