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Stars and Sunrise

Postby aim54x on Sat Sep 07, 2013 10:43 pm

These were taken whilst I was away over the last weekend.

First attempts at shooting the stars (Zenitar 16mm f/2.8)
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Re: Stars and Sunrise

Postby Remorhaz on Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:16 am

The third is really nice Cam - liking that
The first two whilst OK I reckon need some proper foreground to make them work properly
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Re: Stars and Sunrise

Postby zafra52 on Sun Sep 08, 2013 6:06 pm

They are all nice photos, but the 3rd is the winner.
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Re: Stars and Sunrise

Postby aim54x on Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:06 pm

Remorhaz wrote:The third is really nice Cam - liking that
The first two whilst OK I reckon need some proper foreground to make them work properly


These were with the camera pointed straight up...there really was nothing to put in the foreground (we were on beach to get away from the light pollution).

zafra52 wrote:They are all nice photos, but the 3rd is the winner.


thanks, that was one of those "test" shots that just worked.
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Re: Stars and Sunrise

Postby biggerry on Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:27 pm

Nice pastels in that 3rd one Cam , nicely spotted and captured.

The last image is crying out for a portrait crop or vertical panorama :) great looking sunrise..

Also dial down the border and sig on these images, its at the point of distraction imo, mainly due to the contrast, maybe just give it 50% opacity or something..
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Re: Stars and Sunrise

Postby aim54x on Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:50 pm

biggerry wrote:Nice pastels in that 3rd one Cam , nicely spotted and captured.

The last image is crying out for a portrait crop or vertical panorama :) great looking sunrise..

Also dial down the border and sig on these images, its at the point of distraction imo, mainly due to the contrast, maybe just give it 50% opacity or something..


Ty Gerry (border is part of my generic resize for web action). I would never dream of printing with that.

Can you do a mock up of that vertical pano crop...I must be silly but I am not seeing where to take the scalpel at the moment.
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Re: Stars and Sunrise

Postby Matt. K on Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:23 pm

Zenitar? The Russian Leica? :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Re: Stars and Sunrise

Postby biggerry on Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:18 pm

aim54x wrote:
Ty Gerry (border is part of my generic resize for web action). I would never dream of printing with that.

Can you do a mock up of that vertical pano crop...I must be silly but I am not seeing where to take the scalpel at the moment.


I would have included some more on the bottom, but this is the general gist.

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Re: Stars and Sunrise

Postby aim54x on Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:20 pm

biggerry wrote:I would have included some more on the bottom, but this is the general gist.


Thanks Gerry, there isnt any more beneath what is there....but I agree it does feel like it needs a bit more bottom
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Re: Stars and Sunrise

Postby ozimax on Wed Sep 11, 2013 3:03 pm

All brilliant Cameron.
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Re: Stars and Sunrise

Postby aim54x on Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:02 pm

ozimax wrote:All brilliant Cameron.


Thanks Ozi
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