POTM Possible POTM Entry

The other day i took this shot from my balcony. Unfortunately my building blocks the sun so i am only getting the reflected light off the clouds. But here it is.



Post processing done was some tweaks to the saturation and obviously cropping all done in paint.net.

Exif Data

Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shutter Speed: 1/200 Sec
Lens Aperture: F/8
Focal Length: 68mm
ISO Speed: ISO-100

 

Beautiful picture!

Not quite sure i I like the houses in the front, though. Maybe you cold cut them away, or simply paint them black?

(Just a suggestion. I have no idea what I'm talking about )

 

Something like this then ?



Thanks for the comments.

 

I quite like the crop...it helps.

 

hrmm ... better.

i would have left like 10% more at the bottom and gradient to black ... would have given it a more substantial base and left another layer of treetops ...

 

I will try doing the recrop but i am not sue if i can do the black gradient thing as i don't have photoshop. But if you know of a way to do it in paint.net i am all ears.

 

How about trying out the gimp or some other free image editor?
Anywho: Nice picture. Much prefer it uncropped as I think the foreground matters a lot in the composition. Perhaps you could lighten the foreground a bit or otherwise try the dark gradient as mentioned but having the dark to weigh in the bottom is crucial for composition imho.

 

looks like i am being forced to isntall my copy of PSE 3.0 ah well.

 

Can you burn/dodge in paint.net?

If so you could burn in the building and a bit of the snow and get something like this (hope you dont mind):

 

not a problem, and no paint.net has no burna dn dodge feature but PSE 3 does and i own a copy of that i just don't like installing it.

 

Ok so i installed photoshop elements 3 which has dodge and burn as well as gradients. I have never used these tools before so here is the results.



Also we had an amazing sunset so i snapped some pics here they are. Let me know what you think. I think they are pretty but that's just me.







Let me know what you think. If anyone wants these cropped version in their full size i have copies i could put up for download.

 

I really like the first and the last ones.

The third one have a nice effect with the sun, but I'm unsure if I like it or not.

 

I agree, the last one is one of the best.

 

oooooo

can i get a copy of the last one @ 2560x1024? need a new wallpaper for work

as for the original - like the saturation on the sky, however i think you might have over-done the foreground a bit ... i was thinking a bit more along the lines of Ben's take on it. you need the sky AND the foreground to be interesting to create the dramatic contrast.

 

when i get home i will see what i can do.

If anyone else wants a copy go here -> http://hosted.filefront.com/mikemaher/

download sunset2.jpg

 

danke

 

the first and last ones of the 2nd crop are very good candidates.

 

I really like the 1 crop, good stuff