Sunset to late

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Sunset to late

Postby MHD on Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:15 pm

One of the most annoying things:
You are on a bus watching a spectacular sunset...
Next time I am just getting off a few stops to early and walking home!!

Here is what I managed to get as the sunset was waning
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Unfortuanetly the tower was lit quite brightly so it blew out a bit...

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Does it look a little sqewiff?
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Postby big pix on Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:24 pm

The shot looks fine to me ......maybe a slightly tighter crop and loose a lot of the trees on the RHS . the lighting in the foreground looks great so make it work for the space it uses, and a little bit of a straighten, a little blue off the top to make the sunset stand out a bit more ........ great color

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Postby MHD on Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:27 pm

yes... I cursed the sodium light till I saw they bought up the foreground....

I WANT A 70-200/2.8VR!!

It would have been the perfect lens for that shot.
(Taken with the kit at 70mm)
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Postby big pix on Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:37 pm

I have taken the liberity to show cropping but a bit more work with PSCS will give you a lot more..........

big pix Hope you like what I have done

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Postby Manta on Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:57 pm

Outstanding shot MHD; one wonders how much nicer it would be with the 'right' lens. :wink:

I love the colouration, despite the fact that you think you missed the best of it. (What we don't know won't hurt us :wink: )

Obviously you gave my fellow Queenslander some great material to work with and he's done a fantastic job. Excellent work Big Pix - the first is my favourite; beautifully balanced.

You guys should collaborate more often!
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Postby big pix on Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:10 pm

OR maybe this ........ I hope all this helps ........ big pix

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MMMM......even too fluro for me but a bit different.......
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Postby Manta on Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:14 pm

Ooooh yeah....just a bit too fluro BP but, hey, it's all good fun!
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Postby MHD on Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:55 pm

I like your crop (I tend to conserve MP a bit and am a bit scared on the cropping)


Hmm... that is one saturated pic :)
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Postby mudder on Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:57 pm

I tend to not crop enough too, but I'm really surprised just how much the shot has changed with the crop of the right hand side...
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Postby coolbeer6 on Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:20 am

hi MHD , i grew up in canberra , o'connor and have seen that tower in simala poses ,, ill be there again 16 april for my moms 70th , i hop i get the time to take some shots of my old stomping ground in-between socialising.. thanks for taking me back there ......
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