Fiery Sunrise

PaulFromthePrairies · Nov 12, 2011

Amazing sunrise, It only lasted about 10 minutes. Wish I would have grabbed the zoom lense and tripod.

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Millbrook Sunrise by 70NetRT, on Flickr

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WesternGuy · Nov 13, 2011

Nice images Paul. Out prairies sunrises and sunsets can give us some really colourful surprises. My only comment is that they look a little oversaturated to me. How did you process them and are you working with a calibrated monitor - just curious?

Cheers,

WesternGuy

timputtick · Nov 13, 2011

Like the second one alot. Like to see some foreground detail though.:thumbup:

PaulFromthePrairies · Nov 13, 2011

Thanks for the comments.

Both of these images were from the camera produced .jpg (I usually shoot both raw and .jpg). I tried to play with the raw images and couldn't get it to look right (my post processing skills are limited).

I agree having more foreground detail would make it a better photo. I tried a number of apperture/shutter speed settings but the sky was becoming a bit washed out when the foreground was more visible. If you have any suggestions I would love to hear them. Perhaps HDR would have been the answer.

Paul

cgipson1 · Nov 13, 2011

what is that weird repetitive shading in the photos that looks like bad cloning? Overly saturated also.....

PaulFromthePrairies · Nov 13, 2011

No cloning or post processing involved. I didn't mess with the in camera saturation settings.

That is what the sky looked like that morning. Amazing sunrise, kinda had the Gates of Hell look to it early on.

Paul

WesternGuy · Nov 13, 2011

PaulFromthePrairies said:
Thanks for the comments.

Both of these images were from the camera produced .jpg (I usually shoot both raw and .jpg). I tried to play with the raw images and couldn't get it to look right (my post processing skills are limited).

I agree having more foreground detail would make it a better photo. I tried a number of apperture/shutter speed settings but the sky was becoming a bit washed out when the foreground was more visible. If you have any suggestions I would love to hear them. Perhaps HDR would have been the answer.

Paul

Don't know if HDR is THE answer, but it is always something to try in these high range situations. I have shot sunsets in HDR with good results, so I would guess that sunrises would be good for that too. Next time...:thumbup:

Cheers,

WesternGuy

photo guy · Nov 13, 2011

I love #2 the most. Nice farm scene. Would look nice on a calender. My best friend is a farmer and I also know someone who is a retired farmer. #1 just seems a little too dark in the foreground. Nice work though, awesome colors.