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    Twilight Saga :)

    For your observed pros and cons...

    [img]Twilight Saga :)[/img]

    Thank you very much

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    Re: Twilight Saga :)

    Slightly off horizontal and there seems to be a little bit of halo around the silhouette edge. You could perhaps experiment with cropping to see if this gives you an image you find more pleasing. I like it, I think it is a great show of colour and an interesting silhouette. Thanks for posting.
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    I wonder about cropping to a different size ratio.

    The upper quarter of the sky is virtually the same orange tone, so is it necessary to have so much sky?

    Would cropping square or maybe 5 x 4 ratio actually produce a stronger image?

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    Re: Twilight Saga :)

    Hi Nandakumar,

    I love the scene and colours and as with every image there are crop variations that can be looked at.

    What I find distracting is the halo around the building and strangely this does not appear around the highest two turrets. There's also a fair bit of noise in the sky low down. I think that with minimalist images like this the the image quality has to be has to be good as the eyes detect imperfections so easily.

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    Re: Twilight Saga :)

    It's a lot of sky. But it's beautiful. I always include more sky than every/anyone else thinks I should. I like it. I wonder if you can fix the halo business. I also wonder what this would look like if you brought up just a little color and light on the building silhouettes ( maybe you can't) - if you could, would it spoil it or enhance it?

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    Re: Twilight Saga :)

    Very nice silhouette.

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    Re: Twilight Saga :)

    Quote Originally Posted by clive kirby View Post
    Slightly off horizontal and there seems to be a little bit of halo around the silhouette edge. You could perhaps experiment with cropping to see if this gives you an image you find more pleasing. I like it, I think it is a great show of colour and an interesting silhouette. Thanks for posting.
    Clive
    Thank you very much Clive; actually i had adjusted the horizon level; i think a bit more is needed there; I love a vast sky even if it is blank;that is why i preserved it vast; the noise and halo both resulted from multiple adjustments i carried out; i must switch on to RAW shooting i think

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    Re: Twilight Saga :)

    Quote Originally Posted by Geoff F View Post
    I wonder about cropping to a different size ratio.

    The upper quarter of the sky is virtually the same orange tone, so is it necessary to have so much sky?

    Would cropping square or maybe 5 x 4 ratio actually produce a stronger image?
    Geoff; thank you very much; i will post a squarish one too; regards

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    Re: Twilight Saga :)

    Quote Originally Posted by Stagecoach View Post
    Hi Nandakumar,

    I love the scene and colours and as with every image there are crop variations that can be looked at.

    What I find distracting is the halo around the building and strangely this does not appear around the highest two turrets. There's also a fair bit of noise in the sky low down. I think that with minimalist images like this the the image quality has to be has to be good as the eyes detect imperfections so easily.

    Grahame
    Thank you very much Grahame; well analyzed. I agree very much with all your points.

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    Re: Twilight Saga :)

    I like the large sky.

    Shooting RAW files wouldn't help with the issue of the halos unless they were introduced by in-camera sharpening when shooting JPEGs. An image that has such strong contrast and so little tonal variation probably needs no sharpening, whether done in the camera or during post-processing.

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    Re: Twilight Saga :)

    Quote Originally Posted by Downrigger View Post
    It's a lot of sky. But it's beautiful. I always include more sky than every/anyone else thinks I should. I like it. I wonder if you can fix the halo business. I also wonder what this would look like if you brought up just a little color and light on the building silhouettes ( maybe you can't) - if you could, would it spoil it or enhance it?
    Mark, thank you very much; regarding the vast sky, we are birds of the same feather I tried to give some highlights on the buildings etc there; but it was as if noise mistook that as an invitation for them and so had to shut the door Regards

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    Re: Twilight Saga :)

    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowman View Post
    Very nice silhouette.
    John; thank you very much

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    Re: Twilight Saga :)

    How about this please?

    [img]Twilight Saga :)[/img]

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    Re: Twilight Saga :)

    Is this better please?

    [img]Twilight Saga :)[/img]

    Regards

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    Re: Twilight Saga :)

    ahem..... ahem......

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    Re: Twilight Saga :)

    I like them both,Nandakumar. I like the last one but only slightly better.

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    Re: Twilight Saga :)

    Quote Originally Posted by mknittle View Post
    I like them both,Nandakumar. I like the last one but only slightly better.
    Mark, i am so happy; thank you very much

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