Are sunsets cool when you darken them like this? c&c

Ernicus · May 20, 2012

I took sunsets today, I have to go to work shortly so no time to post. I took one that I liked and cropped and adjusted levels to make it dark like this. I think it's kinda neat but not sure. Curious as to opinions and my Facebook replies will be that of "awesome pic...you should go pro" lol.

thanks in advance.

paulzeee · May 20, 2012

I'm a fan!

Tarayn · May 20, 2012

Ernicus said:
I took sunsets today, I have to go to work shortly so no time to post. I took one that I liked and cropped and adjusted levels to make it dark like this. I think it's kinda neat but not sure. Curious as to opinions and my Facebook replies will be that of "awesome pic...you should go pro" lol. thanks in advance.

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cool sunset,but did you just applaud yourself in advance? LOL

Patriot · May 20, 2012

So this is how Mars will look future huh.

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Ernicus · May 21, 2012

Mars may look like that now...quandry

My sunsets generally sucked..so maybe applause myself, maybe not. lol. I was right on one thing...Facebook loves it. lolol. Facebook is such a "feel good" book. lolz.

Joel_W · May 21, 2012

Looks under exposed. You split the photo right in half, which really hurts the overall image. Since the sky doesn't have any detail other then the setting sun, I would crop to just above the sun, which strengthens the over all image. The light really falls off in both sides, so increasing the overall exposure would really help.

Ernicus · May 21, 2012

Increasing the exposure will take away the dark effect, the color it is now didn't come out until I decreased the exposure, so it was kinda my intent.

I am still struggling with having the horizon dead center. I keep telling myself not to do it, but I keep doing it. I'll check out the crop you suggested...I am often torn to crop above sun or more sky less land.

Joel_W · May 21, 2012

Here's a very quick edit both with the crop and the exposure on both sides. I didn't change the over all exposure.

Ernicus · May 21, 2012

I guess I was missing what you were saying. Thanks for showing me.

Joel_W · May 21, 2012

Glad I could be of some help.

LizardKing · May 21, 2012

Yeap, I agree with Joel_W. In this case it seems better to include for lake and trees rather than sky... although it's not that as it is. What bug's me is the water on the right... those waves or whatever it is and in that color, is really distracting and also ruins the reflection

Anyway, overall the picture is really good. I like it a lot!

Ernicus · May 21, 2012

Yeah, it's a river so there was motion over there. I'm hoping to find a lake around here where there is decent sunset over to get good still waters.

Looking back through my other sunsets, it seems I am tending to leave a lot of sky in....so I'm going to adjust a bit in future shots. On plain skys anyway.