Sunset at Keywest

[thescreensavers]

PIC

I took it with a Canon SD800IS


Comments?

 

[sohcrates]

i like how you didn't center the sun like most people do. pic generally follows the "rule of thirds" which is pleasing to the eye. personally, i think it needs some level adjustments in photoshop, as well as some sharpening.

 

[MegaVovaN]

I am a complete photo noob, but colors don't look natural.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Yay! Key West is great, but the single road that you have to drive for miles to get there is kinda annoying. I can only imagine what it must be like to drive 100MPH+ down that road, with the islands and ocean whipping by you. Keep the camera handy; it's a great photo spot. Maybe try to get the sleek silhouette of a sailboat against the sun next time, rather than your modern-style boat, which IMO doesn't look nearly as graceful. I've also heard that the Dry Tortugas are really pretty

 

[thescreensavers]

^^ Ya I was on a glass bottom boat ride sun was going down and this was the only boat that was there.

 

[Raiden256]

That boat's cruising downhill...

 

[sohcrates]

Link to slightly edited image

i ran some curves processing, straightened the horizon, boosted saturdation and applied some selective smart sharpening with photoshop. picture has a little more pop now.

only thing i might do if i was really bored is try to clone stamp out the lens flare right above the sun.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Yay! Key West is great, but the single road that you have to drive for miles to get there is kinda annoying. I can only imagine what it must be like to drive 100MPH+ down that road, with the islands and ocean whipping by you. Keep the camera handy; it's a great photo spot. Maybe try to get the sleek silhouette of a sailboat against the sun next time, rather than your modern-style boat, which IMO doesn't look nearly as graceful. I've also heard that the Dry Tortugas are really pretty

Try driving half way down the outer banks of North Carolina. Very similar.

 

[Number1]

I find my eyes atracted to the boat but the boat is underexposed.
Makes the pic hard to look at.

 

[j00fek]

do you have a secret love for leo lapart?

http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/...vers/?action=view&current=IMG_0414.jpg

lol

 

[dmcowen674]

Link to our Sunset pic near Keywest last December

Camera was my old Canon A40

Our Sunset

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Originally posted by: Raiden256
That boat's cruising downhill...

I cant stand people complaining about the straightness of the horizon... Heres something new, THE EARTH IS ROUND! Not only that, but who cares?

Here's a good example http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/403...by-the-sun&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps

I would have cropped the white area because its quite distracting, but it allows you to see that to get the mountains right, the horizon needed to be at a 20º angle or so, and this is why people have a hard time making awesome photography, they follow their "book rules" so bad, they forget to check if the photo is actually good or not

 

[Literati]

Originally posted by: j00fek
do you have a secret love for leo lapart?

Who doesn't?

 

[thescreensavers]

Originally posted by: Literati

Originally posted by: j00fek
do you have a secret love for leo lapart?

Who doesn't?

Exactly

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: thescreensavers
PIC

I took it with a Canon SD800IS


Comments?

Comments? Yeah, watch your step.

 

[aphex]

We're taking a boat down to key west in two weeks...

 

[Rubycon]

What about the clouds?

They need some love too.

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: ShadowOfMyself

Originally posted by: Raiden256
That boat's cruising downhill...

I cant stand people complaining about the straightness of the horizon... Heres something new, THE EARTH IS ROUND! Not only that, but who cares?

Here's a good example http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/403...by-the-sun&qh=sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps

I would have cropped the white area because its quite distracting, but it allows you to see that to get the mountains right, the horizon needed to be at a 20º angle or so, and this is why people have a hard time making awesome photography, they follow their "book rules" so bad, they forget to check if the photo is actually good or not

That's because your picture has a curved horizon, not a straight angled horizon. Either get the curve or the straight derivative.

 

[bobsmith1492]

As for the picture itself, it seems kind of bleached out and colorless, but it may be just me.

Try this for a sunset:
http://www.caedes.net/Zephir.cgi?lib=Ca...g&width=1600&height=1200&ts=1164515280