Pata Mora, Argentina

[carloshpvp]

This one I couldn'tdo it without the flare. I wonder however what could have caused the noise in the sky as the photo was taken at base ISO and I brought the shadows out in PP.


Pata Mora 02 by Carlos Henrique Pereira, on Flickr

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured even with all of the flare, I would've placed the light source further to one side of the composition. See here regarding noise.https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tu...mage-noise.htm

[Dave Humphries]

I wonder however what could have caused the noise in the sky as the photo was taken at base ISO and I brought the shadows out in PP.

Was the capture RAW or jpg Carlos?
Is this a significant crop? (doubtful given 14mm Focal Length on Nikon D7000 - at 100 iso, 1/60s, f/22)
How dark was that sky before you brought up the shadows in PP?

If it were mine, to slightly improve the composition, I would be tempted to take a little off the right hand side, which addresses the point John raised. I would do that part crop, then a little clone tidying up to remove the remaining stray branches of the closest bush, but I appreciate not everyone might be comfortable with this idea.

Cheers, Dave

[Wavelength]

I really like the starry light streaks, which make this image something special

[carloshpvp]

Thank you John and Dave for your valuable inputs.

I thought of moving the sun in the frame in order to reduce flare and improve composition, however, I didn't have much room to move over the floor - there were a small cliff to my left and a lot of harsh bushes around, and resulted that I didn't like the result of the other options and ended up accepting the interference of the flare and the relatively centered sun. The cloning could work, I hadn't though about it before.

The photo was taken in RAW and no crop applied to it. The sky was bright and the floor was dark, so I though bringing out the shadows would only affect the floor. Maybe the pushing in contrast and vibrancy resulted in the noticed noise in the sky. I think I need to try double exposure for further blending in PP next time.