I was on my way out of the airport when I saw the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus in harmony as the sun set. I've read about it in the news, but didn't expect to actually see this. Shot with my P&S Panasonic FX500 at 27mm, aperture 5.6, exposure of 8s, and ISO 100. Only after processing was a 50% reduction. Any critique would be appreciated.
I tried setting white balance using levels in Photoshop, but this is what I got. Any help in correcting the rough blue to black sky transition would be greatly appreciated. I think it has to do with my sampling of a grey car with the eyedropper tool.
Thanks for the quick response paulhodson. You are right, I tried to white balance the first image and the second image is the result. I like the warmness of the first image, but the sky is too dim. I recall that the lower sky was a beautiful shade of blue as I took that photo, so I was trying to recreate that. After looking at your image (thanks a lot), I concluded that I don't really like the picture white balanced. I do like the sky though.
I googled ACR, and the links are pointing to Adobe Camera Raw. I am surprised you can use ACR with jpegs. Learn something every day. I'm going to get Lightroom and see what it can do. Thanks for the welcome!
