Sunset/Sunrise...

[shreeda]

These were the natural colours? Or did you post process?

Those are completely natural colors. No tweaking done on that front.
Edit: Best part is, I had to force my friends to wait for me for a long time! It was all too cloudy till this uncovered itself :)

[KrishnenduKes]

Those are completely natural colors. No tweaking done on that front.


Looks stunning!

[shreeda]

Looks stunning!

All thanks to mother nature!

[Bishal]

http://www.thephotographer.in/darkroom/attachment.php?attachmentid=2468&stc=1&d=1318278552

[shreeda]

^^^ Clouds look dramatic Bishal! Me likes :)

[Bishal]

^^^ Clouds look dramatic Bishal! Me likes :)

Thank you :)

[KrishnenduKes]

Yes... dramatic for sure. Good capture.

[Bishal]

Yes... dramatic for sure. Good capture.

Thank you Ken da :)

[Bishal]

http://www.thephotographer.in/darkroom/attachment.php?attachmentid=2471&stc=1&d=1318414402

[7-methyltheophylline]

Nice. Very beautiful composition.

[Bishal]

Nice. Very beautiful composition.

Thanks a lot :)

[KrishnenduKes]

Nice. Very beautiful composition.

There was not much to compose there! :D :D

[debangshu]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6114/6269239995_0c4794ed39_z.jpg

[powerslave]

What I woke up to yesterday.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6056/6271667916_5ceec1718f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garagenoise/6271667916/)
Wayah Sunrise 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garagenoise/6271667916/) by power slave (http://www.flickr.com/people/garagenoise/), on Flickr


The only PP done is on the fauna at the bottom. It was underexposed, pushed it up 1.2 stops in Lightroom. The actual sky itself looked more beautiful than that.

[anirban]

What I woke up to yesterday.
The only PP done is on the fauna at the bottom. It was underexposed, pushed it up 1.2 stops in Lightroom. The actual sky itself looked more beautiful than that.

WOOOW! You woke up to this!

[powerslave]

Yup spent the night at 'friend's friend's' wood log cabin from the 1920s on top of a 5000ft mountain. It was amazing.

[sandeep_141]

@Powerslave- Awesome shot :)

[synn]

What I woke up to yesterday.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6056/6271667916_5ceec1718f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garagenoise/6271667916/)
Wayah Sunrise 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/garagenoise/6271667916/) by power slave (http://www.flickr.com/people/garagenoise/), on Flickr


The only PP done is on the fauna at the bottom. It was underexposed, pushed it up 1.2 stops in Lightroom. The actual sky itself looked more beautiful than that.


That's pretty brilliant. Imagine taking that on some good ol' Velvia 50... :)

[shreeda]

@Powerslave and @debangshu, Lovely shots.

[powerslave]

Sandeep, Shreeda: Thanks :)

Synn: Oh man, the possibilities!

Synn, tomorrow, I'm going to buy a film body off of fleabay and some Velvia 50 just for kicks. :D

[Bibudesh]

@Power- thats a powerful landscape. Made my day, thanks for sharing!..

[powerslave]

My pleasure Bibudesh, and an awesome signature to boot.

[KrishnenduKes]

What I woke up to yesterday.


The only PP done is on the fauna at the bottom. It was underexposed, pushed it up 1.2 stops in Lightroom. The actual sky itself looked more beautiful than that.

I do not care what I wake up to... But I sure would like to shoot like this. :)

[powerslave]

Well, who's stopping you? :p

[KrishnenduKes]

Well, who's stopping you? :p

Shots like these!

[synn]

I'm sure there are mountains that Powerslave hasn't scaled yet. :p

[anirban]

Another winter day has come and gone away...
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z7227fbkbzw/Tr_ssPrU9hI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/pmsEZdUa4Os/s640/IMG_2405_2.JPG

I wish I could do a lot more justice to the beautiful sunset this evening.... :( A little more zoom capability might have helped too. One kilometre down the road, one minute later, to get a better vantage point, and the sun was gone for the day... Learnt a valuable lesson in timing!

[shreeda]

Another winter day has come and gone away...


I wish I could do a lot more justice to the beautiful sunset this evening.... :( A little more zoom capability might have helped too. One kilometre down the road, one minute later, to get a better vantage point, and the sun was gone for the day... Learnt a valuable lesson in timing!

Don't be disappointed bro! I'm sure you have given the best you could there. Don't let the limitations of the tool bog you down mentally. Keep hustling :)

[zwaltek]

one from salton sea, california. around 6pm

http://www.nopsir.org/public/img/matthieu_09/1111/645_20111105_015.jpg

[anirban]

Don't be disappointed bro! I'm sure you have given the best you could there. Don't let the limitations of the tool bog you down mentally. Keep hustling :)
Thanks for the encouragement! Will keep trying. Its all in the mind, I know...

one from salton sea, california. around 6pm


Sir I can only see the upper half, that too if I copy the image link and open in a new tab....anyone else having problems viewing?
BTW isn't Salton Sea the dying sea where you had shot an office chair and a lady some months back?

[KrishnenduKes]

Another winter day has come and gone away...

I wish I could do a lot more justice to the beautiful sunset this evening.... :( A little more zoom capability might have helped too. One kilometre down the road, one minute later, to get a better vantage point, and the sun was gone for the day... Learnt a valuable lesson in timing!

That is a nice one Anirban.

one from salton sea, california. around 6pm



I can see all of this beautiful shot.

[synn]

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6236/6346823595_95eea40f35_z.jpg

We don't get too many sunsets like this in this city. The sky was brilliant throughout the day and as I was heading home after work, I was in two minds as to head to the gym as per my original plans or to head home, grab the camera and shoot, as I ended up doing. I reached the vantage point a few minutes before the light show ended, quickly arrived at the composition I wanted and started shooting. I'd have never forgiven myself, had I chosen the gym instead of this.

[anirban]

We don't get too many sunsets like this in this city. The sky was brilliant throughout the day and as I was heading home after work, I was in two minds as to head to the gym as per my original plans or to head home, grab the camera and shoot, as I ended up doing. I reached the vantage point a few minutes before the light show ended, quickly arrived at the composition I wanted and started shooting. I'd have never forgiven myself, had I chosen the gym instead of this.

Beautiful one Sir!

And thanks Krishnendu sir, I feel a lot better with that compliment of yours :)

[powerslave]

Pretty good processing man. Share your PP if you don't mind. I know it'll be along the lines of our recent discussions, but still.

Critique: I'm not saying it'll be easy, but can you eke out more detail from the buildings?

[synn]

No problem. I started out with a tone mapping from two exposures, one ETTR and one overexposed(Not HDR) in Photomatix, but might as well avoided that since I ended up crushing the blacks anyway. :D Basically, I went for medium contrast and a very balanced histogram in photomatix.

Did the customary DxO color mapping, back into lightroom and pushed the yellows further away from the reds to have more depth in the gradients. Since the rain clouds had some blue reflected in them, I lightened the blues as well.

Funny thing, I had plenty of detail in the buildings. But as I was processing, I felt that the sky is the star of the show and keeping the buildings light would just prove to be a distraction. I REALLY do wish that the residents of those buildings switched on a few lights though. Damn treehuggers... but I digress.

That's what I felt today though. I'll try bringing back some of the detail into the buildings and see how that goes.

[powerslave]

Cool. Yeah I'd like to see the result sans photomatix (HDR) when/if you feel like posting it.

[KrishnenduKes]

We don't get too many sunsets like this in this city. The sky was brilliant throughout the day and as I was heading home after work, I was in two minds as to head to the gym as per my original plans or to head home, grab the camera and shoot, as I ended up doing. I reached the vantage point a few minutes before the light show ended, quickly arrived at the composition I wanted and started shooting. I'd have never forgiven myself, had I chosen the gym instead of this.

Quite stunning actually.

And I do agree that I would have liked the buildings in front to have lit up.

[synn]

Yep, after me and Manas had that convo, I dodged the buildings and slept on it. Woke up this morning and liked what I saw. Here you go:

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lupgoaJ3Uu1r4gjm7o1_r1_500.jpg

(Stupid Tumblr compressed it like crazy)

[KrishnenduKes]

Yep, after me and Manas had that convo, I dodged the buildings and slept on it. Woke up this morning and liked what I saw. Here you go:

(Stupid Tumblr compressed it like crazy)

I do not like!

[powerslave]

You need to show Ken a larger size.

[synn]

When I reach home. Don't have the large size image with me at the moment, but it is as tack sharp as the original, only with brighter buildings.

[amvj]

Sunrise - Marina Beach. Not a colourful sunrise shot though.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6103/6376194393_ba82d89b27_b.jpg

One of the dirtiest beach I have visited. Go to the beach on Monday morning to find out.

[KrishnenduKes]

Sunrise - Marina Beach. Not a colourful sunrise shot though.


One of the dirtiest beach I have visited. Go to the beach in the Monday morning to find it.

Oh wow! That is a good shot. A GND -4 would have helped your cause a lot.

Ps; India has some of the dirtiest beaches in the world. We just do not have a beach culture.

[powerslave]

Which is a saddening saddening thought.

[KrishnenduKes]

Tried a little manipulation with your shot Gokul.

Pumpkin on the beaches... Halloween!!!

http://www.thephotographer.in/darkroom/attachment.php?attachmentid=2494&stc=1&d=1321887303

Hope you do not mind.

[Cyclops]

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6115/6377379035_a3ab67fd23_z.jpg

Gokul, hope you don't mind me working a bit on it!

[KrishnenduKes]

Gokul, hope you don't mind me working a bit on it!

Super Aroon!!

Damn! We all working on this guy's shot which by itself is a lovely composition. Taking full liberties. :D :D

Sorry Gokul.

[Devaiah PA]

Super Aroon!!

Damn! We all working on this guy's shot which by itself is a lovely composition. Taking full liberties. :D :D

Sorry Gokul.

That picture is very well composed, can be played a little bit using the raw file.....
But what is going on here is not good

[amvj]

@everyone: I don't mind others editing any of my photos. It's a good learning from all of you guys. :)

[synn]

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6115/6377379035_a3ab67fd23_z.jpg

Gokul, hope you don't mind me working a bit on it!

Sorry Cyclops, that's not doing it for me. It's just screaming "Overprocessed HDR". :(

[powerslave]

No offence to anyone's edits, but the original's the best so far. :)

[KrishnenduKes]

Sorry Cyclops, that's not doing it for me. It's just screaming "Overprocessed HDR". :(

Aren't HDRs overprocessed in general?

What about Jay Patel's HDR work? And such other similar people who are critically acclaimed?

No offence to anyone's edits, but the original's the best so far. :)

Hahaha! :D :D

[Cyclops]

Sorry Cyclops, that's not doing it for me. It's just screaming "Overprocessed HDR". :(

Thanks Synn, but this is a jpeg image & I didn't try HDR! I just played with levels & curves & Brightness & Contrast & Vibrance sliders... I just copy pasted the image into PS & worked on it!

But, it might be over-cooked, but I like vibrant images or contrasty B&Ws!

[amvj]

Location: Marina beach. Sunrise.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7026/6464139431_af1d30ba52_b.jpg

[KrishnenduKes]

Location: Marina beach. Sunrise.


I am not falling for it again.

[powerslave]

What's going on here?

Nice warm sunrise.

[amvj]

I am not falling for it again.

:D Ken your critics are important. I agree that previous beach photo was very bland and since it's a JPG there was no room to properly increase the colours.

Thanks PS. This shot appeared a bit over-saturated in my office monitor. More: http://www.thephotographer.in/darkroom/showpost.php?p=29753&postcount=391

[KrishnenduKes]

:D Ken your critics are important.

What I meant was I nearly got tempted to re-process this one too.

[Cyclops]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6673596415_68d734dbfc_b.jpg

[Vicky]

wow!

Love it Aron!

[powerslave]

Loving the mood Cyclops.

[anirban]

Whoa! Beautiful one Arun!

[Cyclops]

wow! Love it Aron!

Thanks Vicky!

Loving the mood Cyclops.

Thank you, Powerslave!

Whoa! Beautiful one Arun!

Thanks Anirban!

[shreeda]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6673596415_68d734dbfc_b.jpg

Beautiful image! Nice colours.

[Cyclops]

Beautiful image! Nice colours.

Thank you very much, Shreeda!

[7-methyltheophylline]

That's a glorious shot, Cyclops! Keep up the great work.

[Cyclops]

That's a glorious shot, Cyclops! Keep up the great work.

Thank you buddy!

[7-methyltheophylline]

Sunrise over Airoli, Navi Mumbai. I had to move around quite a lot to avoid getting any buildings into the shot!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7162/6693612553_022b158d58_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/akshay_charegaonkar/6693612553/)
Sunrise over the Airoli Mangroves (http://www.flickr.com/photos/akshay_charegaonkar/6693612553/) by Akshay Charegaonkar (http://www.flickr.com/people/akshay_charegaonkar/), on Flickrckr

[Cyclops]

I love this shot, buddy!

[Deltaone]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/MasterMD/DSC_2745.jpg

[surya@64]

@ Cyclops, Nice image and correct exposure on the Sun. Do i see a horizon tilt in your image...?

[anirban]

With 'development', getting an unrestricted view of the sunset is difficult...
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6706159241_d66b2080bb_z.jpg

[Cyclops]

@ Cyclops, Nice image and correct exposure on the Sun. Do i see a horizon tilt in your image...?

Prakashanna, not sure if its the horizon tilt as the lake perimeter is a bit curved & zig-zaggy... Does it need correction?

[Cyclops]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7028/6714722429_873fa6dc1c_b.jpg

[surya@64]

@ Cyclops, If that is the case...you can ignore it...

Your second image of reflection need lot more DOF.

[shreeda]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7027/6718501919_d6ff7253bd_b.jpg

[Cyclops]

Your second image of reflection need lot more DOF.

Thank you, Prakashanna... I'll ensure that during the next shoot!

[7-methyltheophylline]

Great shot, Shreeda.

Here's a sunset from Mumbai.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6720366141_c45e223ffa_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/akshay_charegaonkar/6720366141/)
A Mumbai Sunset (http://www.flickr.com/photos/akshay_charegaonkar/6720366141/) by Akshay Charegaonkar (http://www.flickr.com/people/akshay_charegaonkar/), on Flickr

[shreeda]

Great shot, Shreeda.

Here's a sunset from Mumbai.



Thanks man. And Mumbai's sunset is beautiful too! Add to it silhouettes of birds. Nice image.

[Deltaone]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/MasterMD/DSC_4374_DXO.jpg

[Nakul]

@Detlaone : lovely texture

[Devaiah PA]

Nakul

Where are you these days?


One from my end, shot during last week Photoworkshop for Rotary Club.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6742850565_3e3fc50e17_z.jpg

[Nakul]

Where are you these days?



Being a silent spectator.. :)

[rajr]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7143/6796692605_34742161e9_b.jpg

[KrishnenduKes]

Not a bad one Raj!

[Deltaone]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/MasterMD/DSC_5418.jpg

[rajr]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7178/6917431041_84677f1b30_b.jpg

[KrishnenduKes]

Typical Raj shot and very good.

I liked your earlier watermark though!

[Deltaone]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/MasterMD/DSC_5421-1.jpg

[anirban]

A quick snap from Banshankari Bus Stand, Bangalore, at the end of a long tiring day

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7055/6930837527_472ab377ed_z.jpg

[KrishnenduKes]

Hey Delta, you back!!!

That is a good one.

[Deltaone]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b384/MasterMD/DSC_5931_DXO.jpg

[KrishnenduKes]

Lot of sunsets these days Delta...

[Nakul]

On the way to Kolli Malai TN :

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu97/VenomInc2009/DSC_0009.jpg

[KrishnenduKes]

On the way to Kolli Malai TN :



Very strange colours there... green fog and all...

[Nakul]

Very strange colours there... green fog and all...

Changed the white balance to 'Daylight', not good with the slider on white balance.
I did play with the graduated filter in lightroom.. Maybe a side effect of that ?

[Bibudesh]

Changed the white balance to 'Daylight', not good with the slider on white balance.
I did play with the graduated filter in lightroom.. Maybe a side effect of that ?

Did you get the originals right?

Nothing can beat a correct original image straight out of the camera. In literal sense this 'quite a good composition' is totally spoiled due to PP.

Also there is a heavy noise in there which I suppose has been unknowingly induced by lightroom.

[Nakul]

Did you get the originals right?

Nothing can beat a correct original image straight out of the camera. In literal sense this 'quite a good composition' is totally spoiled due to PP.

Also there is a heavy noise in there which I suppose has been unknowingly induced by lightroom.

Yes. Will run through the workflow again I guess.

[Bibudesh]

Yes. Will run through the workflow again I guess.

Would recommed to see the scenary through your camera and not through the lightroom..
I would love to see the original image (with slight 'corrections') .. I am sure this image has an appeal.

These comments are coming from my experience.. I was an avid 'manipulator', but realised it was not photography after seeing the originals of great photographers.

[Nakul]

I recommed to see the scenary through your camera and not through the lightroom..
I would love to see the original image (with slight 'corrections') .. I am sure this image has an appeal.

I am making all these confident comments since I have gone through the stages.. I was an avid 'manipulator', but realised I was not doing photography after seeing the originals of great photographers.

Here is the workflow :
1.Apply graduated filter to the top section of the image, decrease the exposure.
2. Change the white balance
3. Adjust contrast ( just used the preset for Medium contrast).
I haven't added/played with the saturation or hue or any of that setting. Kinda of clueless. I will be more than happy to share the originals and see you work on it. Can you PM me your email ? Will send the RAW file to you.

[Bibudesh]

Here is the workflow :
1.Apply graduated filter to the top section of the image, decrease the exposure.
2. Change the white balance
3. Adjust contrast ( just used the preset for Medium contrast).
I haven't added/played with the saturation or hue or any of that setting. Kinda of clueless. I will be more than happy to share the originals and see you work on it. Can you PM me your email ? Will send the RAW file to you.

Adjust the WB if it was not correctly set in the camera. Otherwise use the grey point to adjust it. CaptureNX2 is the best software to understand Nikon RAW.
For contrast adjustment, if you use the contrast slider then it may end up with blown up highlights. Make use of curves, levels instead.
Again, change the setting only if it is required, not every picture needs a PP if camera setting in field was correct. This is something which needs major attention rather than PP.

[KrishnenduKes]

Would recommed to see the scenary through your camera and not through the lightroom..
I would love to see the original image (with slight 'corrections') .. I am sure this image has an appeal.

These comments are coming from my experience.. I was an avid 'manipulator', but realised it was not photography after seeing the originals of great photographers.

I agree with you.

[ashishtamhane]

On the way to Kolli Malai TN :


I simply love this! Very alien atmosphere here. Good for me!

[Nakul]

Adjust the WB if it was not correctly set in the camera. Otherwise use the grey point to adjust it. CaptureNX2 is the best software to understand Nikon RAW.
For contrast adjustment, if you use the contrast slider then it may end up with blown up highlights. Make use of curves, levels instead.
Again, change the setting only if it is required, not every picture needs a PP if camera setting in field was correct. This is something which needs major attention rather than PP.

Reminds me a conversation with Devaiah and Prakash.



I simply love this! Very alien atmosphere here. Good for me!

Alien atmosphere ? Arrgghh! I failed miserably then!!

[surya@64]

@ Nakul,

Keep things simple...for some great Images...!!:)