Love the Sunset Cliffs area, very nice mood. Would have loved to have a bit more space at the bottom (feels cramped right now) and slightly more muted palette.
GroovyGeek wrote:
Love the Sunset Cliffs area, very nice mood. Would have loved to have a bit more space at the bottom (feels cramped right now) and slightly more muted palette.
Hey groovy,
Thanks for the comments, I always appreciate constructive suggestions. I can easily go bigger, and do have a version like that. I had a need for a 16 X 9 and this is what I came up with.
The colors that evening were intense. Below, is the RAW file, just converted to JPEG for posting. No color enhancement done. The water was from the last of a three shot exposure to get some blur but it also showed more blue from the lighter exposure. The two exposures were had blended so no HDR.
I can, and probably will do a number of variations of the scene.
It looks like you are local. Maybe we will run into each other out shooting one day.
1bwana1 wrote:
The colors that evening were intense. Below, is the RAW file, just converted to JPEG for posting. No color enhancement done. The water was from the last of a three shot exposure to get some blur but it also showed more blue from the lighter exposure. The two exposures were had blended so no HDR.
Your image, your decisions. I was just expressing personal preference, hopefully you did not perceive it as a criticism. In the age of Photoshop we don't need to take what nature gives us. I almost always manipulate tonal values rather heavily in my images to guide the eye to where I want it to go, but I am also not shy about modest to moderate hue/saturation manipulations. Most of the time I am boosting things (my preferred color balance is to start with a very neutral rendering and add color where needed, my in-camera WB is set to neutral), but in instances like that I do not hesitate to take things down. But that is just me.
GroovyGeek wrote:
Your image, your decisions. I was just expressing personal preference, hopefully you did not perceive it as a criticism. In the age of Photoshop we don't need to take what nature gives us. I almost always manipulate tonal values rather heavily in my images to guide the eye to where I want it to go, but I am also not shy about modest to moderate hue/saturation manipulations. Most of the time I am boosting things (my preferred color balance is to start with a very neutral rendering and add color where needed, my in-camera WB is set to neutral), but in instances like that I do not hesitate to take things down. But that is just me.
Groovy Geek sent me a nice PM making some suggestions on improving the image. One suggestion was to check the Red Channel in the histogram to see if it was clipping as this sometimes adds an unrealistic cast to red colors in the image. Sure enough, it was clipping. Once I backed of the reds to remove the clipping the color did in fact become more realistic. It is great to learn new things. Thanks Groovy!!!
Below is my latest version incorporating the composition back to as shot (still need the 6 X 9 for a friends wall), but I do like my original framing best. Thanks to all who posted comments and suggestions.
Steve
Oct 31, 2018 at 09:55 PM
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Hopefully you were shooting that wicked sunset tonight. I had to work late, it was killing me to see it through the office windows. We have not had one like that for quite some time.
Yep, I was at hospital reef, La Jolla. I was sitting in my family room and saw it developing. So, my Wife and I shot down the hill shot the sunset, then went to dinner.
It was so intense, no one will believe it is not all photoshop.
And I do prefer your first crop - 16:9?