Blue Hill Sunset 14/1/07

sheeny (Al) · #1 14-01-2007, 10:30 PM

Well, comet McNaught is behind these clouds somewhere...

Couldn't see the comet so took some happy snaps of the sunset anyway. I played about with high dynamic range processing, but to be honest I don't think HDR does sunsets justice... or maybe I'm not pushing the dynamic range enough perhaps????

I was working in the range 0 to -2 stops/EV, and up to +2 to -2 stops/EV...

Anyhoo, heres a couple to look at...

The first is HDR processed from 4 photos taken at F8: 1/25, 1/50, 1/100, 1/200 sec. Converted from raw to JPG, HD merged, reduced to 8 bit, shadows and highlights, cropped and saved for the web in PS CS2.

The second is a single shot, F8, 1/80 sec. Converted to Jpeg, reduced to 8 bit, shadows and highlights, and saved for the web in PS CS2.

Al.

iceman (Mike) · #2 15-01-2007, 06:12 AM

Great images Al, shame teh clouds spoiled the comet show for you.

jakob · #3 15-01-2007, 08:33 AM

Beautyfull shots Al.
I like the first one with all the graduation in the red.

I was waiting for the Comet show too, but the Sunset didn't look anywhere like yours. Its funny that the clouds moove with the Sun, overhead was nice and clear!

I would like to know how you set the whie balance?
Do you leave it on Auto?