First sunrise

[whitey]

So the kids woke me up early on Sunday morning - so I tried a sunrise for the first time.

Should I crop out the dam in the foreground? What about pp - this is straight out of the camera.

[Steffen]

Should I crop out the dam in the foreground?

No, not at all, leave the damn dam in! It sets this image apart from a bazillion other sun{set,rise} shots. It's a great capture, and doesn't appear to require any PP (unless you want to go all candy-colour, which would move the image a lot closer to the bazillion).

Cheers
Steffen.

[Pehpsi]

Looks great as is. Well composed, too.

[whitey]

Thanks Guys, my aim is to minimise PP.

[wazonthehill2]

I would have grad a portrait orientated shot as well with more lake and relection and less dark edges.
Looks good.
Also play with white balance settings and view results, ie cloudy or shade can produce good effects, and tugnsten looks real interesting

[whitey]

I would have grad a portrait orientated shot as well with more lake and relection and less dark edges.

Sorta like this one?

[CraigVTR]

Great shots

[zafra52]

I like the first posting better because it has deeper colour and more shadows and this contributes to create a mood.

[jdear_89]

i would have to agree with zafra, i much prefer the first post - the higher clouds contribute to the mood and i prefer it in landscape format.
James

[colin_12]

I like the first as well. I would consider croping out some of the top of this though.
Regards Colin

[sirhc55]

Why screw around with a perfect shot Just a thought, I did not know that cameras existed for the first sunrise

[Steffen]

Why screw around with a perfect shot Just a thought, I did not know that cameras existed for the first sunrise

Apparently, He was a smart fella, creating cameras *before* there was anything beautiful to shoot...



Cheers
Steffen.