#69..redone...

JAG

Any better? Which of these processes do you prefer?

1. This is the original pano images no filters


2. glamour filter


3. mystifying filter

konomaniac

My vote is for #2 - it has the richest color without being over done. The 2 red spots in the cloud on the upper left (all 3 pictures) are a little distracting (I spent more time trying to figure out what they were than looking at the rest of the scene).

StueveShots

I love #2...but I agree about the red spots. What a great sky! Well done.

red_zone

I like #2 as well... there are a lot of layers of clouds there, something I didn't get with the original post in your first thread. The original is pretty spectacular on its own, but I like what you've done in #2. #3 just seems too flat.

lkbart

Like the color pop on #2 but it would look better with the 2 red spots dimmed or cloned out.

oldtown_dreamer

WOW. i would've been thrilled to capture something like #1 and would've called it a day. but you actually took that as a starting point and improved on it. WOW

gotta ask tho, you're not thinking this is an 'ordinary' sunrise/sunset. right?

sapphire73

I have a slight preference for #3 with the rich hue of the sky but also like the brightness above the horizon in #2.

Looking at them again, is there a green cast in the yellow light above the horizon in #2 - on the left side? Perhaps it is just my new, uncalibrated monitor.

JAG

thanks all for your replies. I still haven't decided on whether I want to try another idea I have floating in my head or just go with one of these.

As for the two spots...those were actually in the clouds and that also lends to the uniqueness of this theme. It is purely God's creation of how he painted the sky that morning. So as you can see I am not leaning toward the 'ordinary' with this. I debated with myself over removing the spots but felt that then, this would be an ordinary sunrise? So I am still debating...which is really a struggle.

In todays digital photography, its easy for us to remove things or even add things to make it 'perfect' to what we think would be the norm. But yet to leave them on, makes the viewer stay longer on the image to figure out what they actually are. Which is what I did when I saw them in real life! Its not just that the clouds that morning were unique...but those two spots made for even more mistery of the way the sky looked. Am I making sense?