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Naples Sunset Today
From the beach in Naples Florida today:
http://mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_30407w.jpg Comments welcome. -- m-m photo gallery: http://mhmyers.com |
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In article , Tony Cooper
wrote: On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:55:32 -0500, M-M wrote: From the beach in Naples Florida today: http://mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_30407w.jpg Comments welcome. Very nice, but a couple of comments: straighten the horizon, crop most of the shore view at the bottom, and clone out the tiny bird on the right. The colors are great, though. It looks like a fairly long exposure, and that makes the water look interestingly silky. That allows the sky color to dominate. Good choice. Thanks, Tony. Great points. The shutter was actually pretty fast, 1/800 @ ISO 800. -- m-m photo gallery: http://mhmyers.com |
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On 12/10/2013 9:55 PM, M-M wrote:
From the beach in Naples Florida today: http://mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_30407w.jpg Comments welcome. I'm jealous. Are the birds starting to come in? Do you live near there? -- PeterN |
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On 12/10/2013 9:55 PM, M-M wrote:
From the beach in Naples Florida today: http://mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_30407w.jpg Comments welcome. My comments. It's a nice sky. The dark foreground is distracting to my eye, and the horizon is not straight. If it was my image I would crop out all the land in the foreground, slightly apply the clarity & sliders in ACR & make a slight levels adjustment to put the pelican into a full silhouette. Something like this: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97242118/DSC_30407w.jpg -- PeterN |
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In article , PeterN
wrote: On 12/10/2013 9:55 PM, M-M wrote: From the beach in Naples Florida today: http://mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_30407w.jpg Comments welcome. I'm jealous. Are the birds starting to come in? Do you live near there? The pelicans seem to be always there. Often there are more dolphins. This is the same spot I captured my luckiest shot yet: (again, uncropped, right from the camera): http://mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_8893ff.jpg -- m-m photo gallery: http://mhmyers.com |
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On 12/11/2013 8:47 AM, M-M wrote:
In article , PeterN wrote: On 12/10/2013 9:55 PM, M-M wrote: From the beach in Naples Florida today: http://mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_30407w.jpg Comments welcome. I'm jealous. Are the birds starting to come in? Do you live near there? The pelicans seem to be always there. Often there are more dolphins. This is the same spot I captured my luckiest shot yet: (again, uncropped, right from the camera): http://mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_8893ff.jpg Great catch. Both you and the dopphin -- PeterN |
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On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:19:00 -0500, Tony Cooper
wrote: : On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 21:55:32 -0500, M-M wrote: : : From the beach in Naples Florida today: : : http://mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_30407w.jpg : : Comments welcome. : : Very nice, but a couple of comments: straighten the horizon, crop : most of the shore view at the bottom, and clone out the tiny bird : on the right. The colors are great, though. My advice would be to crop about half (not most) of the shore, and also some on the left (maybe enough to maintain the original aspect ratio). The tiny bird may not survive the rotational correction, which may be as much as 3°; if he does, cropping him out may work as well as cloning him out. Bob |
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Naples Sunset Today
FWIW, I especially *like* the shore. It has that
unique lighting one sees at the moment before dark. I find that evocative. I also like the gentle swells. Those two put me in the scene, at the moment. I could do without the bird, and beautiful sunsets, like cute babies, are a dime-a-dozen. I think the shot would be more interesting, and very intimate, with just a hint of "residue" sunset, cropped just above the low cloud bank, and maybe just a tad of brightening on the shore. Maybe I'm slightly swayed because I'm sitting in a chilly house, waiting for a northeaster to hit, so I want to be on that beach. Thank you for the image. |
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On 12/14/2013 1:04 PM, Mayayana wrote:
FWIW, I especially *like* the shore. It has that unique lighting one sees at the moment before dark. I find that evocative. I also like the gentle swells. Those two put me in the scene, at the moment. I could do without the bird, and beautiful sunsets, like cute babies, are a dime-a-dozen. I think the shot would be more interesting, and very intimate, with just a hint of "residue" sunset, cropped just above the low cloud bank, and maybe just a tad of brightening on the shore. Do you mean something like this? (Not a sunset, but the principle s the same.) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97242118/acadadian%20dawn.jpg Maybe I'm slightly swayed because I'm sitting in a chilly house, waiting for a northeaster to hit, so I want to be on that beach. Thank you for the image. -- PeterN |
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Naples Sunset Today
"PeterN" wrote in message
... | On 12/14/2013 1:04 PM, Mayayana wrote: | FWIW, I especially *like* the shore. It has that | unique lighting one sees at the moment before dark. | I find that evocative. I also like the gentle swells. | Those two put me in the scene, at the moment. | I could do without the bird, and beautiful sunsets, | like cute babies, are a dime-a-dozen. I think the | shot would be more interesting, and very intimate, | with just a hint of "residue" sunset, cropped just | above the low cloud bank, and maybe just a tad of | brightening on the shore. | | Do you mean something like this? (Not a sunset, but the principle s the | same.) | | https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97242118/acadadian%20dawn.jpg | Not really, but that's certainly an interesting one. It looks almost Martian. I assume the colors have been enhanced? It's interesting how your image really does look like dawn -- hopeful, optimistic. And the other photo really does look like sunset, with a sense of ending, intimacy. Yet presumably the same light/image could be achieved at either time. ...Maybe it comes down to what the eye of the beholder was looking for. |
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