Photographer’s Notes • The view from my house on the lake is west toward the Olympic Mountains. Last evening, we had one of the most beautiful sunsets I can recall. So I took several dozen shots as the sun went down. I was thinking about an entry for the August Free Study.
• As it turns out, I shot another entry for the free study earlier today, so I’m going to try to shoehorn this one into magic. Maybe it will appeal to voters as a magical sunset. lol
• Shame on me if it bombs as dnmc.
Post Processing • Color Correct (Curves)
• Increase Mid-tone Contrast (Curves)
• Reduce Noise (Neat Image)
• Resize to Higher Aspect Ratio (w/o Constraining Proportions)
• Resize (Bicubic Smoother)
• Border (Select & Stroke)
• Save for Web
Camera Data • Nikon D200
• 2006/08/14 20:15:15.7
• JPEG (8-bit) Fine
• Image Size: Large (3872 x 2592)
• Color
• Lens: VR 70-200mm F/2.8 G
• Focal Length: 95mm
• Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
• Metering Mode: Spot
• 1/320 sec - F/9
• Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
• Sensitivity: ISO 400
• Optimize Image: Vivid
• White Balance: Auto
• AF Mode: AF-S
• Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
• Color Mode: Mode III (Adobe RGB)
• Tone Comp.: Normal
• Hue Adjustment: 0°
• Saturation: Enhanced
• Sharpening: Medium high
• Image Comment:
• Long Exposure NR: Off
• High ISO NR: On (High)
Statistics
Place: 38 out of 127 Avg (all users): 5.9148 Avg (commenters): 7.2941 Avg (participants): 5.5469 Avg (non-participants): 6.0629 Views since voting: 1560 Views during voting: 432 Votes: 223 Comments: 21 Favorites: 4 (view)
Excellent sunset picture. Great saturation, almost looks like Kodachrome. There is nothing here really to improve upon. I think you already hit upon the only problem. You tried to squeeze it into a challenge on Magic & Mystery. You didn't do so bad 30 out of 127. (Top third of the class.) But you would have done much better with in in a challenge where it fit closer to the theme. Not that there is no magic in a sunset, but the voters are a picky lot.
Thats is really cool. I love the beams of light coming from the sun, even though you can't see the sun. A good mix of colors too, going from orange to blue/purple
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