Evening is Nigh - REPOST

Gallery: LandscapePosted March 10, 2011173 views9 comments

Folks, this was taken in southern Utah one evening a couple of years ago when I was still shooting with the D200.

To my mind's eye, Western skies can be so awesome.

This was taken at f/2.8, ISO 100, 1/30s, 60mm lens.

I cleaned a few specs from the sky and when I processed this I used the freebie Photo Tools 2.0 from OnOne software. The selection was Color Chrome and I reduced the opacity to about 60%.

Would really appreciate your comments on the effect of the software used to enhance the coloring since I rarely use this package.

Thanks,

Carol

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on March 10, 2011 at 1:31 PM

Carol,
I don't have any experience with that software, but I'm glad you reduced the opacity. Looks like one of those "photo art" filters that must have been super-saturated. (I noticed that Nik's Simplify filters defaults increase saturation like crazy, too.) By toning it down, you made this more like a straight, but spectacular sky shot. Makes me think of launching the space shuttle.

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments

Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on March 10, 2011 at 2:36 PM

Beautiful clouds Carol. I don't too much care for the jet contrail in the sky, but these days it is almost impossible to find a shot in the sky without them.

Registered on March 24, 2010, 73 Posts, 1268 Comments

Comment posted by Rodrigo Sandoval on March 10, 2011 at 2:43 PM

Hi Carol,
Indeed a wonderful sky. I agree with Wayne about the oversaturation of colors and also I think a bit of sharpening could also help.

Registered on April 4, 2009, 13 Posts, 254 Comments

Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on March 10, 2011 at 3:47 PM

Carol - While I'm not familiar with the software, the sky color seems a bit over saturated, though the upper left seems quite dark compared to the rest of the exposure. The plane contrail doesn't really add to the overall composition for me, tough you might have been using the image to judge color.

Registered on September 17, 2010, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments

Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on March 10, 2011 at 11:54 PM

I am not familar with the software Carol. Great eye to find this abstract in the sky. I'm an not sure about the effect of the software. I wish I could be of more help.

Michael

Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on March 11, 2011 at 3:48 PM

Made a decision that onOne software, even if the effect is reduced, doesn't really cut it.

Reprocessed this image lightening the ULC using a control point in Viveza 2, and applying curves..

Let's see what you think.

Thanks,

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on March 11, 2011 at 11:40 PM

The repost is better Carol. It looks lighter with less saturation.

Michael

Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on March 14, 2011 at 9:42 AM

Carol:
Like the re-post better. Nice abstract.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Jay Levin on April 6, 2011 at 9:40 PM

Carol,
I would recommend a different approach for shooting sunsets. Set the white balance to Kelvin 10,000, and you will get an awesome magenta sky. Barbara and John Gerlach have taught this trick to their students and readers. Click on the second shot in this gallery, and you will get my attempt at this:
http://www.pbase.com/drjaysel/photographs_taken_at_the_gerlach_fall_color_workshop_in_the_mich
Obviously it's all done in camera without the help of third party software.

Registered on April 24, 2009, 21 Posts, 184 Comments