Clean air

[Scott Murray]

Here I am adding two photos, one that is basically straight out of camera and one that I have edited quickly, please inform me if I have done the right thing.


Unedited full capture

Edited and cropped.

 

[cbay]

I like them both with a slight edge to the cropped. If you would have had a remote flash fire under the trees on the left then the first probably.

 

[sonicbuffalo_RIP]

I like the edited version better. It looks 3D like....and doesn't appear as flat as the first non-edited image. Nice shot Scott!

 

[Scott Murray]

I like them both with a slight edge to the cropped. If you would have had a remote flash fire under the trees on the left then the first probably.

Umm have you ever chased a lightning storm? No chance of a remote flash anywhere lol

 

[cbay]

Umm have you ever chased a lightning storm? No chance of a remote flash anywhere lol

I'm sorry, was just an uneducated thought.

 

[RON_RIP]

Edited

 

[Skwaz]

Second without a doubt brilliant photo Scott

 

[paul04]

I like them both, the white of the cloud in the 1st one, and the clarity of the stars and the night sky in the second shot.

 

[Lovin Our Life]

Second one for me, but they both stand on there own.

 

[Moab Man]

Second

 

[Whiskeyman]

Second. Both are good... I do think the trees in the foreground detract from the second shot. I also understand that the shot may not have been possible to take without those trees in the foreground. (Just my $0.02 worth.)

I'm looking forward to possibly getting out to take some lightning shots this summer. I would be pleased to do half-as-well as you do.

WM

 

[MartinCornwall]

Both great shots, prefer the second crop but I think it would be better with the more natural looking white cloud from the 1st shot.

 

[Scott Murray]

This a better colour? I think I bumped the white balance last night.

 

[Vixen]

I still like the second shot. I LIKE the purplish colouring in the clouds and the sky was nicer in that shot

 

[Blacktop]

I like the cropping on the second shot, but the colors on the first, but that's just my taste.

 

[Blacktop]

This a better colour? I think I bumped the white balance last night.

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Yes, that's it mate.

 

[FlyingFlanders]

That's it!, my thoughts exactly, the brains an amazing thing, what you consciously think about a shot is only a fraction of what it works out to tell you what 'feels' right, particularly with colour temperature. The orange tint in the clouds isn't normally possible in nature at this time of night because we just know the sun is on the other side of the planet to us, so our brain says "mmmm like it but..."
Whereas the more neutral colour in this gives it that natural dirty dramatic and sinister and 'Clean air' look that we know is 'real'.
Fantastic shot mate, I want one!


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[Scott Murray]

That's it!, my thoughts exactly, the brains an amazing thing, what you consciously think about a shot is only a fraction of what it works out to tell you what 'feels' right, particularly with colour temperature. The orange tint in the clouds isn't normally possible in nature at this time of night because we just know the sun is on the other side of the planet to us, so our brain says "mmmm like it but..."
Whereas the more neutral colour in this gives it that natural dirty dramatic and sinister and 'Clean air' look that we know is 'real'.
Fantastic shot mate, I want one!


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Not sure which part of the world you refer too and welcome to the best NIKON forum on the web.

 

[FlyingFlanders]

Lol, the opposite side to wherever you are at night ;-) thanks for the welcome, btw I'm in Northampton England


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