Red+Blue Sunset

[bardya]

Hi,
I got 3 pictures of the sunset in my backyard at different shutter speeds...i like the one with 2sec, but which one seems better? I added some color saturation in postprocessing!!!!

Exposure: 4 sec (4)
Aperture: f/22
Focal Length: 80 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/229/5...f44d4142_b.jpg


Exposure: 2 sec (2)
Aperture: f/22
Focal Length: 80 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/219/5...12a8e8d0_b.jpg


Exposure: 1.3 sec (13/10)
Aperture: f/22
Focal Length: 80 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/221/5...fff57b01_b.jpg

[clockdoc]

Hi,
It is hard to tell the effect of the different shutter speeds since you have done some post production work. My vote goes for the first one at 4 seconds. I am happy to see that you are experimenting with such concepts. Try shooting them with less foreground objects and they may be useable at some future date as stock clouds or sunsets in a composite photo. Since you mentioned saturation, let me share a test I did a while back. We don't get many nice cloud formations in my area of the USA. So I decided to manipulate this one a bit to make it more interesting. I'll leave the technique to another posting but I'll give you some clues. Besides the fact that I did boost saturation, note the tips of the tree branches. Here is the photo:

[bardya]

i liked the idea of having a silhouette..that would enrich the pic!!! just the sky would have been too bland....wudn't it??
nice thing u've done there...looks spectacular!!!!

[clockdoc]

I see your point. I wasn't sure if you were just testing out exposures for the sky and happened to include the house and trees for scale.