What’s Your Preference?

bigbearnelson · #1 (**permalink**) 10-01-2011, 03:36 PM

I took this last night after work. It is straight out of the camera.

Yellow Fire Sunset by Tallok, on Flickr

Canon RebelXT
Shutter Speed: 1/160
Aperture: f/8.0
ISO: 400

iluv2fly1 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-02-2011, 09:11 AM

I think if you edited it, you might be able to make the colors look a bit more dramatic.

I don't like the street. It is really dark and I find it distracting since I can't really see details.

travelpat · #3 (**permalink**) 10-02-2011, 11:53 AM

Do you have specific questions about your photo?

I'm a bit unhappy with your chosen exposure. It's so bright that the sky is partially blown out but not bright enough to bring out a lot of details in the foreground.

bigbearnelson · #4 (**permalink**) 10-02-2011, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by travelpat

Do you have specific questions about your photo?

I'm a bit unhappy with your chosen exposure. It's so bright that the sky is partially blown out but not bright enough to bring out a lot of details in the foreground.

I don't really have any specific questions. I think I'm at a point in my photography where I'm done thinking my works is good and I'd like to have feedback from other photographers.

I was trying to make the foreground almost a silhouette in front of the sky while having enough street visible to tell that it's there.

bigbearnelson · #5 (**permalink**) 10-02-2011, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iluv2fly1

I don't like the street. It is really dark and I find it distracting since I can't really see details.

Would the street be more or less distracting to you if it were totally dark black and the foreground were a silhouette in front of the sunset?

bigbearnelson · #6 (**permalink**) 10-02-2011, 01:32 PM

Would either of you have preferred foreground detail like in this shot?

On The Overpass by Tallok, on Flickr

It's obviously a different shot but it's an example.

travelpat · #7 (**permalink**) 10-02-2011, 05:12 PM

No

You could try a HDR the next time you're in a similar situation. I'd like to see the sky with a darker exposure, for me it's just too bright now.

bigbearnelson · #8 (**permalink**) 10-02-2011, 07:10 PM

I gotcha. I ran it through Lightroom and I still have my street but the sky is darker and a lot more detailed. Is this the kind of thing you're talking about?

Day 29 of 9 by Tallok, on Flickr