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05-DEC-2008 Brent

Serenity Now

Puget Sound, Seattle, WA


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ctfchallenge12-Dec-2008 05:05
Thanks Doug, Carole, and Aam :-) Believe or not I didn't pump the saturation on this one Aam- we get some crazy sunsets this time of year and the colors really get wild once the sun dips over the horizon.
~Brent
aam1234 11-Dec-2008 18:10
While I love the colors I think they are a bit too saturated (to me). Good framing.
ctfchallenge09-Dec-2008 04:05
Wow! Beautiful colors in those clouds and a nice background for the trees and bushes framing the scene! CJ
COAmature 06-Dec-2008 18:20
I'd say you have the sunrise/sunset formula nailed down. -Doug
ctfchallenge06-Dec-2008 16:50
I like that rhyme YB- could have used it back in the Ryme Thyme challenge :-)
~Brent
ctfchallenge06-Dec-2008 11:44
Red sky at night,
photographers delight.
YB
Rod 06-Dec-2008 05:40
Now you're just showing off Brent, focusing manually indeed, wotever next:-)
ctfchallenge06-Dec-2008 05:08
Thanks Rod, this was converted with DPP using the standard style. Our sunsets really do get this wild. I focused this manually and tried to get the trees as sharp as possible. No noise reduction here. I really miss using Lightroom to do my conversions (they don't have a plug-in for 5D2 yet). I tried to convert the RAW to DNG which Lightroom can use but couldn't get the converter to work. Supposedly CS4 can do the conversion now and I suppose I will upgrade- though Lightroom should have it soon.
~Brent
Rod 06-Dec-2008 04:35
Where did you focus for this picy & did you try focusing on the trees at all? What picture style are you using? Questions, questions:-)Nicely done mate.