Nobby's at Sunrise

[deepspring]

I decided to go for a drive at 4:30am this morning to try and capture a sunrise, despite the forecast for rain by the weather bureau. I took a total of 22 shots, these two I think are my best ones, but I would like some critique on them.



Camera: Nikon D5000
Exposure: 3
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal Length: 18 mm
Focal Length: 18.3 mm
Exposure Bias: -1 EV
Flash: No Flash

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/...3584b611_d.jpg

Camera: Nikon D5000
Exposure: 2
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal Length: 18 mm
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

To be honest, I feel that I might have over done the post processing on the second one (I dodged the rocks at the front to bring out the texture).

[Gulpa]

I wont critique the photos as my monitor's a bit crook, but these shots are really nice,

Well done and good on you for waking up so early!

[deepspring]

Originally Posted by Gulpa

I wont critique the photos as my monitor's a bit crook, but these shots are really nice,

Well done and good on you for waking up so early!

LOL thanks.

[notsotechie]

Hi their no you did not over dodge to me
but if yo can increase the colour temp a bit more to the higher side and adjust it to what you have seen so im not sure if that is the colour you saw or warme
Cheers

[deepspring]

Originally Posted by notsotechie

Hi their no you did not over dodge to me
but if yo can increase the colour temp a bit more to the higher side and adjust it to what you have seen so im not sure if that is the colour you saw or warme
Cheers

Hi, thanks for the critique.

Well spotted, I deliberately set the white balance to Daylight - Full Sun and used a blue graduated filter in Capture NX2. I felt it looked nicer with the cooler colors.

Here's what it looks like with the white balance correctly set to Daylight - Cloudy and with a graduated neutral density filter...

[notsotechie]

I see so you would rather have it a bit of a colder look than when it should be warmer look
well wonder what other thought of it good work in the PP

Cheers

[deepspring]

Originally Posted by notsotechie

I see so you would rather have it a bit of a colder look than when it should be warmer look
well wonder what other thought of it good work in the PP

Cheers

Sorry for the late replay, I didn't get an email for the response.

Thank you for the kind words.

[deepspring]

Just for a bit of fun, I decided to convert the second image to black and white using the recommended channel mixer settings from this site (Kodak Tri-X 400), some dodging, unsharp mask, and a curves adjustment for a contrast...

[SuperDan]

FANTASTIC
#2 is awesome!

and the bwc conversion does great for it!

[deepspring]

Originally Posted by SuperDan

FANTASTIC
#2 is awesome!

and the bwc conversion does great for it!

Thank you!