Sunsets on cruise ship
Jan 21, 2014 15:18:42 #
I was just wondering if there would be a better way to have taken these shots as I was on a cruise ship and wouldn't have made sense to use a tripod to get more detail, maybe I just need to look at doing some better editing or maybe there just wasn't a better shot to be had, I always compare my shots to others and then its hard to be pleased.
Jan 21, 2014 15:48:10 #
I really like the first one. I like that you have a low horizon. Colors are good and you timing, getting the sun hidden behind the cloud, is really good.
Jan 21, 2014 15:50:42 #
Thanks, I'm still trying to understand really what makes an impressive picture, when I see shots on here, I just wonder if its my talent that's lacking, creativity or just the camera. I guess I just need to be patient and that will take care of most of it.
Jan 21, 2014 16:10:39 #
It could be your PP that needs a little more uff. Would you mine if I show you what you have.
Thank you. Just a little bit of time in LR, adjusted contrast and clarity, then a small amount of Vign. to bring the eye to the sunset.
Thank you. Just a little bit of time in LR, adjusted contrast and clarity, then a small amount of Vign. to bring the eye to the sunset.
Jan 21, 2014 16:24:26 #
Jan 21, 2014 16:25:32 #
NKN_RKY wrote:
Thanks, I'm still trying to understand really what makes an impressive picture, when I see shots on here, I just wonder if its my talent that's lacking, creativity or just the camera. I guess I just need to be patient and that will take care of most of it.
You were on a ship. Not much to see out there but sea and sky, so you have to take shots of what is out there. Not the most dramatic sunsets, but not bad, and you got the horizons dead-level. Would you like to see one of them cropped a little differently. with intensified color, and in a frame? You could take a fresh look that way.
Jan 21, 2014 16:33:19 #
Jan 21, 2014 16:34:43 #
Wow that looks great Bill, obviously editing is half the battle or perhaps more, great work.
Jan 21, 2014 16:38:22 #
Bill Houghton wrote:
It could be your PP that needs a little more uff. Would you mine if I show you what you have.
Thank you. Just a little bit of time in LR, adjusted contrast and clarity, then a small amount of Vign. to bring the eye to the sunset.
Thank you. Just a little bit of time in LR, adjusted contrast and clarity, then a small amount of Vign. to bring the eye to the sunset.
Is clarity the same thing as sharpness?
Jan 21, 2014 16:38:59 #
NKN_RKY wrote:
Yeah sounds good, I'm here to learn, very limited on ideas on editing.
Here's another view. Colors intensified a bit, cropped to move sun slightly off center and place ocean on the bottom 1/3 of frame, with sky filling the rest. Frame put on in Picasa.
Jan 21, 2014 16:41:56 #
Jan 21, 2014 16:59:39 #
Clarity - is a lot like sharpness but it does has a different effect. I find when adjusting sharpness in most programs it increase the noise in most JPeg's. It has it's own slider in Light Room and find it useful to some degree along with the contrast slider.
Jan 21, 2014 17:00:03 #
NKN_RKY wrote:
Nice work, do you use picasa quite a bit?
No, but Linda from Maine used the museum matte frames and told us how to find it. Easiest way I have found so far to put a nice frame on something. It's a free download!
Jan 21, 2014 17:08:21 #
Thanks for the great input. Now to edit the other 1000 photos I took on the trip, lol.
Jan 21, 2014 17:18:31 #
NKN_RKY wrote:
Thanks for the great input. Now to edit the other 1000 photos I took on the trip, lol.
It's a great thing to do on winter days. Have fun!
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