”Saguaro Valley Mesa Arizona “ Incorporated all the great feedback

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Pic4me

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Took in the great feedback, I shot this picture during the golden hour the sunset was coming from the right side. This was just before the sky exploded.
f/20
iso-200
5 exposures -2 -1 0 +1 +2
Focal length 55mm
Aperture priority



”Saguaro Valley Mesa Arizona “

 
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Pic4me

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Tracsoft - Don Kuykendall said:
Very nice. The light is beautiful and the scene is wonderful. Now we want to see in another post the shot where the sky exploded.
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Thanks everyone.
Ok Don here you go this was about 20 min later….

Sunset 8-9-13.jpg
 
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wud

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Wow! Almost looks like its from another world, havent ever seen a landscape like that. Beautiful, both pictures, very well done.
 
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Rick M

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I really like the foreground, but the sky/clouds don't seem right and take away from the image (first Image). The sky also looks soft, f20 is too small and probably causing diffraction, personally, f11 is my max. What HDR program are you using?
 
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Dave_W

The Dude
I believe much of the "softness" is ghosting and CA. Ghosting and chromatic aberrations are can really affect the final HDR image. The thing I like about HDR Pro is you have an opportunity to address the chromatic aberrations before the compilation is run. I used to ignore that page and just hit "Create HDR" but have found it makes a huge difference if you spend a minute or two adjusting the red/cyan and blue/yellow, for whatever reason, it also cuts down on what I call "the vibrational" look, for lack of a better term, that isn't really ghosting but gives it an aura effect. Actually, I think it's call "aura", now that I think about it.

At any rate, take a moment next time you're compiling your HDR and adjust the chromatic aberrations and I suspect you'll like the results.
 
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Pic4me

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Sorry I have been away for a few days busy at work.
Rick My HDR program is Photomatix pro 4.2. The sky was just starting to change. I have a problem with the 110-112 temps making my horizons fuzzy. Still trying to get around that….Dave I skip right over the final adjustment area, I will try one with those adjustments. Thanks
 
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