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yvonne



Registered: August 2008
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Thinking this was a bit bright - anybodys thoughts?
· Date: Sun September 28, 2008 · Views: 3306 · Filesize: 30.9kb · Dimensions: 399 x 600 ·
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Kev

Registered: February 2008
Posts: 2,722
Sun September 28, 2008 8:32pm

I would have prefered to see a landscape ratio here.
Yes, you were still a bit late...probably 15-20 mins before actual sunrise would have produced the nicest colours/effect...and less problems with the direct SUN factor.
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yvonne

Registered: August 2008
Posts: 438
Sun September 28, 2008 9:00pm

Thanks Kev - appreciate that. I'll sort things out better for sunrise/sunset next time round. I'm fiddling around with shutter/iso etc , also - back to the manual!
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swozt

Registered: June 2008
Posts: 339
Mon September 29, 2008 10:46am

As Kev said, the sun is too bright for my liking.


You can also note the 2/3 rule (again pointed out by Kev).


And personally, I prefer "Landscape" for such pictures rather than "portrait" unless there is some other tall subject that renders portrait more appropriate.
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yvonne

Registered: August 2008
Posts: 438
Mon September 29, 2008 2:50pm

Yip, I've got the message! Thanks guys, all comments welcome.
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geofflaw
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Registered: December 2007
Posts: 1,445
Mon September 29, 2008 8:46pm Rating: 7.00 

Brilliant colour. I disagree about the landscape format, I think you can have upright landscapes and often they look more exciting. I do agree that you have cut the picture in half which is not normally a good thing.


Have you tried darkening the picture down? After all the rocks are almost black already, the only thing is if the sun is too burned out, it may just accentuate the white. I prefer this nice bright picture to the other grey ones.


Landscapes are not easy.
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yvonne

Registered: August 2008
Posts: 438
Tue September 30, 2008 10:17am

Thanks Geoff, I did shoot this in portrait so no cropping involved. I have been back and shot some more sunrise/sunset pics but colours not as fantastic as first day which is disappointing as did manage to arrive well before sunrise/sunset times. However, its all good practice and I will persevere! What I did discover is that I need to get a more heavy duty tripod as my existing one is not strong enough to hold 70-300 macro lens I recently bought and shots were out of focus and useless. Changed lens last night to original 18-55 and shots were much sharper and dop appeared better - encouraging. I'll take your tip and try and darken picture down a bit as colours are true and I didn't photoshop any of pics.
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