new and improved!!!

[prlaserbean]

i hope you guys like this one... i had to race the sun to get it. i left work... and i said wow, beautiful sunset, gotta find a beach.. and i drove faster than i should have till i got.. well, here.

 

[LaFoto]

It was worth the speeding, wasn't it?
Still a tad blown in the brightest part of the sky, but ... that is the sun for you!

And an advice on the side: when you link your pics from Photobucket to here, click on the third of the offered URLs, the one that reads "IMG-code". That will immediately wrap the

 

[prlaserbean]

when i was shooting, is there any way i could have made that not so bright? what should have i metered from?

 

[LaFoto]

You could have done the normal metering and then tell the camera to underexpose by 1 or even 2 stops.
Don't know what you are working with, but deliberate underexposure is also possible with a good many compact digital cameras (like with my Powershot, for example). Or you could have metered EXACTLY for that bright spot in the sky? But you might have lost a lot in the shadow parts then .......!?!?! :scratch:

 

[prlaserbean]

yes, i dont think of underexposing when... well, just never. i have an Olympus E-500, still figuring it, and digital photography out. thanks for that tip with the photobucket.

 

[ShootHoops]

I like it.

 

[xfloggingkylex]

without HDR (heck even with) you're always going to blow the sun out. The question is how much. This could use to be a little darker because I think it would make the sky more dramatic, and I think it could use slightly less water. It's a cool picture though, and great scenery for a sunset.

 

[winstainforth]

Shoot RAW, you can then correct when processing the image.

 

[jimiismydaddy]

I like the amount of water, great depth of the picture. Beautiful