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Post by bhorton on Oct 24, 2007 6:25:41 GMT -5
Another one. On the dark side, tried to lighten it up a touch.  |
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Post by hankyorke on Oct 24, 2007 13:22:11 GMT -5
Here are a couple from me... Matt feel free to tweak away I am still getting used to my camera   |
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Post by hoosierhunter2 on Oct 24, 2007 15:58:51 GMT -5
I hear you brother.... That was last night wasn't it? I ran out and snapped a few myself!!! ;D Beautiful sunset!!! I should have shot mine off a tripod with a long exposure for more detail! I'll tweak that first one alittle, but it's a pretty good picture the way it is!
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Post by hankyorke on Oct 24, 2007 16:09:09 GMT -5
Yes it was last night and I was ankle deep in mud trying not to shake... I gotta get a tripod  |
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Post by hoosierhunter2 on Oct 24, 2007 16:26:17 GMT -5
Here are 2 edited photos, the first one was done with Picasa 2, I sharpened it, and brought the shadowing up some to darken the image to where there is nothing in the horizon to distract from the sunset, just a dark silouette of the horizon. The 2nd photo was done in Photoshop, I put a deep yellow filter on it to bring out more of the yellows in the sunset, also sharpened the edges only, and again brought the shadowing up to darken the horizon to where it is dark and nothing to distract from the sunset. Again very subtle changes to the original, it really was a good photo with nice composition (again the good 1/3 horizon, 2/3 sky), and the horizon is level (not a crooked photo), the exposure really was good for the photo, so really good out of the camera! It was a beautiful sunset last night!! You can tell alittle bit of a quality difference with the Picasa 2 and Photoshop editing as the Photoshop is superior, but the Picasa 2 is a great quick fix editing software. Also on your photos, the first one is awesome! The second one I believe there is a composition conflict with the tree in the foreground really taking away from the main thing of the photo and that is the sunset. To me when taking photos of the sunset, the sunset is the main focus and anything in the photo should be accenting that or add to this, like for example a reflection in a lake of the sunset, or a dramatic horizon that adds to the sunset (like mountains or city skyline, or any other horizon features to accent the sunset), you'll notice on an earlier post I had with a sunset, the road and telephone poles are directing you to the sunset, so it doesn't take away from the main thing, it really helps to accentuate the main thing! Hope this helps some! ;D   |
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Post by bhorton on Oct 25, 2007 19:21:32 GMT -5
Alright I'll put up another one. This one is of Winnie hunting the other day, Hoosiercanuck's girl.  |
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Post by hoosierhunter2 on Oct 25, 2007 19:35:56 GMT -5
Rut Roh!!! Brent's putting the watermark on his photos now!!!! ;D We're going to have to pay to play now!!! ;D Brent, that photo looks like you were shooting into the sun? That's a tough angle... The dog looks a little underexposed, kind of dark. This would have been a perfect time to use fill flash to help illuminate the dog and bring out some detail on her. Nice composition though.... I would have liked to see that same one with a lower camera angle to see more of the horizon if possible or just the surface of the water.  |
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Post by bhorton on Oct 25, 2007 20:05:01 GMT -5
Nahh. dont worry about the watermark, I was just playing around with it to see how to do it. I cropped the image a bit, the pond bank is behind her, just above her head in the original. The sun was at about the 11 o'clock position. Fill flash would have come from where? Flash on the camera? Its hard to get a dog to pose!!!
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Post by hoosierhunter2 on Oct 25, 2007 21:12:51 GMT -5
Brent,
Yeah dog's are hard! It's a hard habit to get into, but when you are shooting into direct sunlight, try popping the flash to get some fill flash, or you could change to spot metering and that way it will meter the subject only and not pattern metering which takes the overall image and averages it out, which it struggles when shooting into direct sunlight. So either fill flash or spot metering would help. Hope that helps some?
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Post by bhorton on Oct 26, 2007 6:22:35 GMT -5
Brent, Yeah dog's are hard! It's a hard habit to get into, but when you are shooting into direct sunlight, try popping the flash to get some fill flash, or you could change to spot metering and that way it will meter the subject only and not pattern metering which takes the overall image and averages it out, which it struggles when shooting into direct sunlight. So either fill flash or spot metering would help. Hope that helps some? Thanks Matt, I'll try to bracket some photos next time, take one without flash, one with flash, and one changing the metering. I had it set to meter the entire image. I'll remember to change it to spot and or use the flash next time. Thanks for your help bud! Brent |
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Post by quackingtim on Nov 26, 2007 2:34:59 GMT -5
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Post by hankyorke on Dec 9, 2007 16:52:26 GMT -5
A couple of decent shots from this year... A Great Morning  A Little Chilly  |
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Post by hoosierhunter2 on Dec 9, 2007 18:24:09 GMT -5
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Post by hoosierhunter2 on Dec 10, 2007 21:05:17 GMT -5
another one.  |
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Post by hoosierhunter2 on Dec 11, 2007 1:01:43 GMT -5
Some more I played with this evening... Some geese running traffic on our spread!  Picking up the spread!  J.B. with some ducks  |
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Post by ispfowler on Dec 11, 2007 16:08:29 GMT -5
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Post by bsutravis on Dec 12, 2007 16:28:18 GMT -5
Great stuff guys! I hadn't even been paying much attention to taking the camera out. Guess it's time to get serious!!!! Some awesome pics on there!!!!
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Post by jwkimber45 on Dec 20, 2007 10:31:03 GMT -5
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Post by choppy on Dec 20, 2007 11:03:36 GMT -5
Those are some sweet pics JW! That one with you chessie's eyes bulging is awesome!
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Post by hankyorke on Dec 20, 2007 20:36:14 GMT -5
My 10 year old YLF  |
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