[thingie] Sunsets/Sunrises

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Sharing some of the sunsets and landscapes (esp during sunset) that i've shot in the past 2 months and more to come! comments and critiques would be great (:



Sunset - West Coast Park - 23 Feb 2009

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After the Rain - Clementi West - 1 Mar 2009

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Colors of the Setting Sun - West Coast Park - 18 Mar 2009

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The End of the Day - Clementi West - 23 Mar 2009

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As the Light Fades Away - Pandan Reservoir - 19 Apr 2009

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As the Sun Sets - Pandan Reservoir - 23 Apr 2009

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Out in the Open - Lower Pierce Reservoir - 24 Apr 2009

[Pinoy]

Wonderful series. Love the post processing done on the pix!

:Later,

[night86mare]

good effort,

way too much saturation on the latest few, it is getting more and more unnatural, if yuo do not realise

[dxsibo]

nice n power dr! me like it

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Originally Posted by Pinoy Wonderful series. Love the post processing done on the pix! thanks (: :Later,

Originally Posted by night86mare good effort, way too much saturation on the latest few, it is getting more and more unnatural, if yuo do not realise

i know. i meant to do it that way esp for the 5th and 6th pictures. 5th one was to bring out the serenity of the day, the 6th was the drama of the sunset. Guess it was my way of interpreting the scene. thanks for the reminder! (:

Originally Posted by dxsibo nice n power dr! me like it

thanks (:

[SilverPine]

Good job you have done here with sunset at different location.

For sunset the color of the sky is more warm, in yellow, orange and red color with less blue sky (normally after 6:30pm to 7:20pm). I think most of the picture here were taken before 6:30pm which the WB were toward daylight.

Cheers.

[thingie]

Originally Posted by SilverPine Good job you have done here with sunset at different location. For sunset the color of the sky is more warm, in yellow, orange and red color with less blue sky (normally after 6:30pm to 7:20pm). I think most of the picture here were taken before 6:30pm which the WB were toward daylight. Cheers.

thanks. can quite assuredly tell you that with exception for #2 and #7, the rest were taken between 6.30-7.30. (:

i had help with CPL and GND filters as well as through post-processing to achieve the look. The skies are not always less blue heh!

[SilverPine]

Originally Posted by thingie thanks. can quite assuredly tell you that with exception for #2 and #7, the rest were taken between 6.30-7.30. (: i had help with CPL and GND filters as well as through post-processing to achieve the look. The skies are not always less blue heh!

thingie, you are right after I went thru my sunset photo during the period of Feb to Mar, during the period that you took your photo, the sky were very blue even after 7pm.

Cheers.

[night86mare]

Originally Posted by thingie i know. i meant to do it that way esp for the 5th and 6th pictures. 5th one was to bring out the serenity of the day, the 6th was the drama of the sunset. Guess it was my way of interpreting the scene. thanks for the reminder! (:

there is nothing wrong with saturating the sky to bring out drama, i'm fine with that, but take a look at the pandan reservoir picture,

the rock in the foreground is positively turning blue, is that natural?

you can always use layers, instead of an whole-picture approach, it is the extra effort that goes that long mile. maybe your pictures will look acceptable at web size, but when larger, you are going to have a lot of problems with artefacts and what-not, because of improper saturation handling.

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Originally Posted by night86mare there is nothing wrong with saturating the sky to bring out drama, i'm fine with that, but take a look at the pandan reservoir picture, the rock in the foreground is positively turning blue, is that natural? you can always use layers, instead of an whole-picture approach, it is the extra effort that goes that long mile. maybe your pictures will look acceptable at web size, but when larger, you are going to have a lot of problems with artefacts and what-not, because of improper saturation handling.

alright noted (: will look at it over again.

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Not quite a sunrise or sunset, but thought I would share anyway:



Fury from the Skies - Pandan Reservoir - 10 May 2009

[night86mare]

very nice, lose the foreground which contributes nothing but blackness, and it will be better

[Yapster]

Originally Posted by thingie Not quite a sunrise or sunset, but thought I would share anyway: Solitaire - 42 Fury from the Skies

Nice~ The orangish tint brings out the "fury" well.

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Originally Posted by night86mare very nice, lose the foreground which contributes nothing but blackness, and it will be better

Alright noted!

Originally Posted by Yapster Nice~ The orangish tint brings out the "fury" well.

thanks!