Still trying this sunset thing

[Kyle]

Took these at Algonquin Park earlier this year.

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2.

3.

Early morning mist .. this was the view from my campsite. Also made it very cold due to the wind.
4.

c&c welcome of course. Trying to get better at this landscape thing!

[bnnrcn]

These are all good shots Kyle IMO they all need levelling the horizons. I would also brighten the water just a little bit to see how it works in #1. My best is #3.

[Shadowman]

Nice efforts.

[Kyle]

Thanks John and Binnur for your comments. I'll try to make those edits when I get home tonight.

[Downrigger]

Good work... I like the first, best and agree it might be worthwhile to level, and brighten the water. I don't see the mist in the third, but pulling up a feature like that would be difficult. I think it is very difficult in general to get sunsets and sunrises "right". They often entail a larger dynamic range than a single image can handle. I have experimented a little with hdr, but so far the problem with these is that they tend to look like hdr, which is not a result I want. Often the air seem alight which is a very elusive feature to capture.

[Polar01]

Kyle before I make an suggestions, what post production software are you using? Yes it was a late, cool, and windy start to spring up in Algonquin this year.

Cheers: Allan

[Kyle]

Here are 1 and 3 fixed up.
Mark, there is mist in 4. It's hard to see but it's there. I wasn't up early enough to get a really good shot of it (6am is apparently not early enough).





Allan, I have photoshop and Lightroom. I primarily use Lightroom.

[Polar01]

Kyle sometimes when I get an image like your 1st. Here is what I do, in either LR or ACR open the file, now add a grad to the top part of the sky bring it down to the top of the trees and lower the exposure about 2/3rd's of a stop. Now to the overall image increase the exposure by that 2/3rd's or more, use the shadow slider to bring out some more detail in the shadows. Try this as a starting point. Remember you can always adjust the grad lighter or darker as needed.

Cheers: Allan

[bnnrcn]

Hi Kyle I really like the edit #2 ( original #3) very much, nice colours and composition. Edit #1 (original #1) is nice too but the crisp water makes the FG a bit distracting.

Here are 1 and 3 fixed up.
Mark, there is mist in 4. It's hard to see but it's there. I wasn't up early enough to get a really good shot of it (6am is apparently not early enough).





Allan, I have photoshop and Lightroom. I primarily use Lightroom.