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Calling It A Day

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Title     Calling It A Day
Photographer     npaoni/Nicholas (16,110) Send mail to this user
Portfolio     nick's sunsets
Categories     Sea and Sand
Sky
Filter     Nikon NC
Lens     Nikkor Macro 105mm VR
Camera     Nikon D7000
Content advisory     G (general audiences)
Submitted     April 12, 2012 1:00:42 PM CDT
Views     402
Rating     4 Thumb-up

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from clivewade/Clive (3,987) Send mail to this user on April 12, 2012 3:28:57 PM CDT (2) Early critique

This is a dramatic landscape with some amazing colours. It is debateable whether they are realistic but do they create a great picture? My feeling is that there is a feeling of 'noise' in the image overal and the colours are a bit too exagerated but it is a good attempt none the less.

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From npaoni/Nicholas (16,110) Send mail to this user on April 12, 2012 4:05:02 PM CDT

Thanks for the critique Clive. Nick

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from svenkoerber/Sven (435) Send mail to this user on April 12, 2012 2:27:35 PM CDT (2) Early critique

I like a good sunset as much as any other photographer, and I've hardly come across one as spectacular as this. I also like the element of story that your title brings to this image. The placement of the surfer works for me - the implied diagonal between the sun and the surfer sells the asymmetry of this composition well.

When looking at this image on a color calibrated monitor with a normal gamut, I think that the saturation in the deep oranges is a bit too much. I think that there is some channel clipping going on. Also, the reflected blues on the water look almost too good to be true, given that one cannot see the sky it is reflected off of. Perhaps a little less saturation would recover both detail in the oranges and make the blues a bit more authentic. Hope you still have the RAW file around.

Also, the image has lots of high frequency detail, and I think the sharpening is a bit coarse for it. Going for a bit more subtle look with a smaller amount of sharpening and a smaller radius might make it appear less artificially rough.

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From npaoni/Nicholas (16,110) Send mail to this user on April 12, 2012 2:47:56 PM CDT

Thanks for the detailed and helpful review Sven. Nick

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