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12/22/2004 12:51:36 PM · #1

I shot these images on Monday and Tuesday in the Laurel Mountains of PA. It was -10 degrees with the wind chill. I was hoping for some good snow photos but we only got about 2-3 inches.

There are the best 3 photos I captured during sunrise. I am not overy happy with them. Hoped they would be a little more dramatic.

Any suggestions/comments would be great. Feel free to play around with the pics...but please let me know how you did it!

Brock

Canon PowerShot Pro1

12/22/2004 12:53:13 PM · #2

an ND split filter in +2 works great for getting more from your sunsets and sunrise shots...as will some post processing to highlight the natural colors you saw with your naked eye..

12/22/2004 12:56:00 PM · #3

actually I did have a split ND +2 filter.

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

12/22/2004 09:19:52 PM · #4

anyone else with some suggestions?

awpollard

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

12/22/2004 09:39:41 PM · #5

Originally posted by BADDBOYY21:

anyone else with some suggestions?

Have you tried the Opanda Filter program yet?

It's free...let's you apply all kinds of Hoya, Cokin and Kodak filters.

Opanda Site

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

12/22/2004 09:53:54 PM · #6

Here is just a quick tweak in PS on a couple of your photographs. What do you think?

deapee

Kodak V803

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

12/22/2004 09:57:36 PM · #7

from what I've noticed, the dslr's seem to capture way better photos than a p&s for example -- with the right amount of post-shot adjustment. I guess the p&s cams just do a ton of processing more than the dslr for example. No doubt those originals, tweaked properly (curves mostly), will just pop and come together.

respilot

12/22/2004 10:30:32 PM · #8

Hi guys, I'm new to this. Just got my D70 two weeks ago, still learning how to use the camera itself.

Message edited by author 2004-12-22 22:32:07.

Plexxoid

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

12/22/2004 10:39:51 PM · #9

Originally posted by BADDBOYY21:

I'd suggest just playing around with levels. Or you can make a layer that's black and white, raise the contrast, and after doing levels for the entire image, do levels for different levels of luminance. That's always interesting. Be sure to feather about 100 pixels or more before leveling a portion of the picture.

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

12/23/2004 12:21:52 AM · #10

Originally posted by SDW65:

Here is just a quick tweak in PS on a couple of your photographs. What do you think?

I love the second photo...what did you do?

I downloaded the opanda filters..gonna give those a try also.

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

12/23/2004 12:48:41 AM · #11

Originally posted by BADDBOYY21:

Originally posted by SDW65:
Here is just a quick tweak in PS on a couple of your photographs. What do you think?

I love the second photo...what did you do?

I downloaded the opanda filters..gonna give those a try also.

If you click on the picture I tweaked I put a step-by-step way of doing what I did. I hope it helps.

jmsetzler

Sony Alpha a6000

Sony 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 E-mount

12/23/2004 01:54:24 AM · #12

I think the primary issue here is that there is nothing interesting to anchor the scene itself. You can play around with the color and filtering all you want, but the landscape itself is too drab to support a strong photo.

kyebosh

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8L

12/23/2004 02:16:38 AM · #13

faidoi

Pentax K10D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

12/23/2004 04:09:17 AM · #14

Does the D70 have bracketing features? This may have help by using the resulting images to form one.

garlic

Canon EOS-10D

Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX Aspherical DG DF for Canon

12/23/2004 06:07:01 AM · #15

I like the second image best. I would try the following to brighten up the foreground:

Select most of the forground with a selection brush but leave some space unselected at the top of the forground.

Feathers 30-100pix. Depending on the size of your original file.

Levels - brightening it up a bit.

Hope this may improve it though it actually looks pretty fine as it is.

Merry chrismas, Garlic

lode

Nikon D70

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

12/23/2004 06:42:50 AM · #16

Originally posted by BADDBOYY21:

anyone else with some suggestions?

Get yourself a polarizing filter. That spices up the colors in any landscape shot making colors amazig. If you like landscape shots this simple piece of glass will be of good value ;D.

nova

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM

12/23/2004 06:55:38 AM · #17

Originally posted by respilot:

Hi guys, I'm new to this. Just got my D70 two weeks ago, still learning how to use the camera itself.

How ya doin' respilot! Congrats on the new D70, and welcome to DPC. I'm sending you a PM with a friendly DPC suggestion (check your email).

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