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Mt Warning sunset

Postby Big Red on Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:03 pm

taken from just south of Murwillumbah
Pentax 28-70 f4 at 1/30 f8 iso 200 70mm

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Postby avkomp on Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:29 pm

nice sky,
way too much black in the image for me though.


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Postby wmaburnett on Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:07 am

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Postby Oneputt on Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:17 am

Nice Shane. :D Where did you take this from?
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Postby Pa on Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:32 am

nice shot shane,but i think i would have cropped about an inch or so off the dark bit.
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Postby macka on Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:22 am

Lovely colours, but I agree with the others, there is too much dead space. Perhaps just a pano crop?
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Postby Manta on Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:56 am

Agreee with the others Shane, regarding the black area. Pano would be the go. To my eye, the horizon dips a bit on the right as well.
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Postby blacknstormy on Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:51 pm

Man you get around !!! Nice shot - but agreed, would work wonderfully as a pano, with a crop to get rid of 2/3? of the black.
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Postby Big Red on Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:02 pm

heres one that i had cropped earlier ...
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Postby Big Red on Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:03 pm

Oneputt wrote:Nice Shane. :D Where did you take this from?


taken from part way down the Burringbar Range south of Murwillumbah
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Postby NikonUser on Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:05 pm

I love the sky but think it's too black (even the cropped version). I'd like to see some detail in the darkness so I know what I'm looking at.

Could have been a candidate for a blended exposure?

Do you shoot RAW? If so you might be able to extract some detail out of the darkness.

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Postby Big Red on Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:10 pm

NikonUser wrote:I love the sky but think it's too black (even the cropped version). I'd like to see some detail in the darkness so I know what I'm looking at.

Could have been a candidate for a blended exposure?

Do you shoot RAW? If so you might be able to extract some detail out of the darkness.

Just my two cents.

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here a lighter pic taken at the same time... no colour in it and its still black
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