Ruskin Florida

[K9Kirk]

Little Harbor Marina and the Sunset Grill in Ruskin, FL.

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[Dean_Gretsch]

#2 is nice.

 

[Warhorse]

Yep, #2 for me too.

 

[K9Kirk]

#2 is nice.

Yep, #2 for me too.

Thanks guys!

 

[Jeff1548 48]

Number two for me.....................

 

[K9Kirk]

Number two for me.....................

Thanks, Jeff!

 

[stapo49]

Yep number 2 a keeper. Florida appears to be a great place for a photographer? Everglades one day beautiful seascapes the next.

 

[K9Kirk]

Yep number 2 a keeper. Florida appears to be a great place for a photographer? Everglades one day beautiful seascapes the next.

It's funny, I'm fascinated with Australia! I'd love to do a "walk about" (the adult version, lol) with my camera and an aboriginal guide and see all the cool places there, maybe learn how to work a didgeridoo.

 

[stapo49]

Yep number 2 a keeper. Florida appears to be a great place for a photographer? Everglades one day beautiful seascapes the next.

It's funny, I'm fascinated with Australia! I'd love to do a "walk about" (the adult version, lol) with my camera and an aboriginal guide and see all the cool places there, maybe learn how to work a didgeridoo.

Australia does have diversity. You have everything from deserts to rain forests to snow topped mountains. Once you leave the cities there there are vast expanses with very few people. I think there is only 30 million people in the whole of Australia.

If you come to Perth let me know and I will be your tour guide.

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[Winona]

The sunset is beautiful!

 

[Photo Lady]

so beautiful.. love the twilight photos of florida best

 

[edsland]

All nice, definitely 2 is a keeper

 

[bulldurham3]

Don't get me wrong, Kirk, these are "nice" pictures but because of both color casting and a lack of mid-tone contrast, they are a bit flat and lacking in that one extra step in wow effect. I did as I have suggested in my verbiage and your original is in the right half on both. The reason I didn't do the sunset is removing the color cast only marginally boosted either. Note that the whites in both images are now white or a relative shade thereof and not "blueish-toward magentish."

 

[K9Kirk]

Don't get me wrong, Kirk, these are "nice" pictures but because of both color casting and a lack of mid-tone contrast, they are a bit flat and lacking in that one extra step in wow effect. I did as I have suggested in my verbiage and your original is in the right half on both. The reason I didn't do the sunset is removing the color cast only marginally boosted either. Note that the whites in both images are now white or a relative shade thereof and not "blueish-toward magentish."

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Thanks, my eye is a development in progress and your opinion helps. One more thing to add to my list of things to check for. Also, one thing I've noticed is I have a habit of not zooming in on particular things when editing and I'm not seeing certain details/differences as easily. All this squinting is wrecking my eyes, lol!

 

[smoke665]

A few suggestions on editing.

• Editing should never be an afterthought. Knowing beforehand the direction you plan to go is as important as camera settings and composition. SOOC images are not always possible, but the closer you get the less editing is required. I can't say I always practice what I preach, but I can say not practicing this has created a whole lot of unnecessary editing for me.
• Get in the habit of carrying a set white balance cards https://www.amazon.com/Calibration-Exposure-Photography-Included-Instruction/dp/B012TI52FS and learn to shoot them whenever your light changes. Having a known set of cards makes it much easier to set white balance. If you don't manually set your white balance in camera, then shoot a test shot and learn how to set the WB to that test shot in post and sync all the others in the series to it.
  
• Shoot for maximum data in the file for the scene. You can't manipulate what isn't there. Learn how to read a histogram.