DSLR Photography Forum - My Backyard Sunrise

[attachment=5689] Took this shot from my backyard...What you think? Nikon D3300,1/160,F11,ISO 200

Obviously cracked the size issue. There seems a bluish cast on it, should the clouds be more red, you are getting there. Cheers. Ed.

Nice shot, but there is a huge hole in the histogram between the midtones and the darkest shadows. It also appears a bit over saturated. I made slight adjustments, so here is my take.

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(Feb 27, 2016, 09:28)EdMak Wrote: [ -> ]Obviously cracked the size issue. There seems a bluish cast on it, should the clouds be more red, you are getting there. Cheers. Ed.

Not sure but i thought sunrise get more yellowish as it rises,the sun is above the horizon.Wes

(Feb 27, 2016, 09:50)Jocko Wrote: [ -> ]Nice shot, but there is a huge hole in the histogram between the midtones and the darkest shadows. It also appears a bit over saturated. I made slight adjustments, so here is my take.

Looks nice John...Thanks

(Feb 27, 2016, 09:50)Jocko Wrote: [ -> ]Nice shot, but there is a huge hole in the histogram between the midtones and the darkest shadows. It also appears a bit over saturated. I made slight adjustments, so here is my take.

John what adjustments you use...I'm new at Ps...Wes

A reduction of the greens and an enriching of the warm tones gives the image a more realistic appearance for me:

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But, of course, I wasn't there. Smile

Cheers.
Philip

(Feb 27, 2016, 10:45)MrB Wrote: [ -> ]A reduction of the greens and an enriching of the warm tones gives the image a more realistic appearance for me:

But, of course, I wasn't there.

Cheers.
Philip

Nicely done Philip...What's the settings i could have use on camera for sunrise...thanks,Wes

Other end of the scale. Ed.

(Feb 27, 2016, 10:02)WesMal Wrote: [ -> ]John what adjustments you use...I'm new at Ps...Wes

Wes. I used Lightroom which, for all but the most fiddly of work, I prefer to use ahead of Photoshop. It is supposed to do 80% of what Photoshop can do, and in my opinion, has a much more user friendly interface. I raised the Shadows slider, reduced the Saturation slider slightly, then added back the orange I had removed from the sky, using selective saturation of the orange.

thought i'd have a go Smile

(Feb 27, 2016, 11:23)WesMal Wrote: [ -> ]Nicely done Philip...What's the settings I could have used on camera for sunrise...thanks, Wes

One way to approach this might be to set Daylight or Cloudy White Balance, ISO 100, and Aperture Priority (A), with f/8 or f/11 set to give good depth of field. Put the camera on a tripod (or stand it on something secure, such as a wall), set the self-timer and press the shutter.

Now look at the shot on the camera's rear screen, making sure that you have set the camera to show the Histogram. Don't worry about the peaks, or the middle, or the left at this stage, the important part for this shot is the right hand side of the graph. It should not be piled up against the right edge as in Histogram A, as that would mean the sunny sky is over-exposed.
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It should look more like the right of Histogram B so, if it doesn't, experiment by setting some exposure compensation and repeating the shot until it does. The result might be OK for the sky, but the shadow areas will probably be too dark. However, you can brighten the shadows in Photoshop, but be gentle as this will also increase the image noise in the shadows.

Cheers.
Philip