Sunset in Ellensburg

ozbot87 · Jul 15, 2014

Apologies for the hiatus. Still shooting and lurking but not posting. Appreciate all the CC everyone!

Would love feedback on this one:

$Yakima-Ellensbirg Sunset-1 Bite Size.jpg

I feel like I could try to push out some green in the foreground...then again, I could have found a better place to take the shot, but it was right off the freeway and I could not find a better vantage point.

Canon SL1 w/ EF-s 10-18
Hoya Alpha UV Filter 67mm
16mm, ISO 320, 1/30 sec.
Lowered exposure and tweaked reds, oranges, and blues in LR. Also added Graduated Filter to enhance foreground.

Would really like some constructive criticism on this one.

DGMPhotography · Jul 15, 2014

This is very pretty. I think I would bring up the shadows, and increase contrast and clarity a bit

RxForB3 · Jul 18, 2014

Ellensburg , WA?

D-B-J · Jul 18, 2014

Too bad you didn't have any GND's with you. Beautiful scene, but I wish for something in the foreground...

Jake

Light Guru · Jul 18, 2014

D-B-J said:
Too bad you didn't have any GND's with you. Beautiful scene, but I wish for something in the foreground.

The OP said he used one.

ozbot87 said:
added Graduated Filter to enhance foreground.

Needs a stronger GND filter though.

D-B-J · Jul 18, 2014

Light Guru said:
D-B-J said:

Too bad you didn't have any GND's with you. Beautiful scene, but I wish for something in the foreground.

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The OP said he used one.

ozbot87 said:

added Graduated Filter to enhance foreground.

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Needs a stronger GND filter though.

I believe he did that in post. I mean real actual GND's...

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bc_steve · Jul 18, 2014

Do you need all that foreground? It's dark and boring. Nice sky though!

Dinardy · Jul 18, 2014

Where's all the smoke? lol

Caymex · Jul 20, 2014

possibly a grad or hard edge ND filter would have helped to hold back some of the sky, and expose the foreground better. I think its a bit too dark in the foreground, but the overall photo has potential to be very beautiful. Could be corrected in PS or LR, as well.

Light Guru · Jul 20, 2014

bc_steve said:
Do you need all that foreground? It's dark and boring. Nice sky though!

It might not be boring if we could see what was there.

ozbot87 · Jul 21, 2014

I picked up a 2-stop GND after I shot this picture (I'm piecemealing my camera kit, one component at a time). I'm hoping to try a scene like this again if the conditons are right. Per suggestion, I brought up the shadows as well as upping the contrast values as well.

I think what I am also going to do next time is also find a more symmetrical foreground. I'm not crazy about the foreground being off-balance like that.