most overshot location:day 2

[den9]

i edited it a lil, messed around with the aperture and didnt expose it as long. the whites dont seem as blown out as last time, still a little orange i remembered to set the white balance this time. what can i do to improve this?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/LBCsublime9/ph.jpg
f/14
30 seconds
iso 200
white balance incandescent

[jspek]

much better. i still have to get down there.

[den9]

when i went down there there were 2 news vans for the 10 o clock news, i was waiting for a fight, anchorman style.

btw i edit that photo a lil bit, its not that sharp either.

if any1 can photoshop that up for me that would be awesome.
im gonna keep goin down until i make it "perfect". im tryin to enter a photo contest

from lookin at my last shot compared to this one, i can say it seems little dark, i cant see the trees that well.

[WhiteXFire]

Before:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/LBCsublime9/ph.jpg
After:
http://www.mdljhu.com/private/images/ph2.bmp

[D Money]

wow, Marc that pic is sick!!

[WhiteXFire]

wow, Marc that pic is sick!!

It's his picture...

Just trying my ps hand.:thumbup:

[den9]

how do u get the sky to be really smooth, i guess surreal looking?

[grimm]

It's his picture...

Just trying my ps hand.:thumbup:

I liked the before pic. The sky is too grainy compared to the rest of the pic in the edited version.

Saddly it's only going to get as good as the lens on you're camera. But it's pretty darn good :)

[den9]

I liked the before pic. The sky is too grainy compared to the rest of the pic in the edited version.

Saddly it's only going to get as good as the lens on you're camera. But it's pretty darn good :)

i was thinkin the same thing

[DuBTEK3060]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/LBCsublime9/ph.jpg

i had my go in photoshop with it, i think i went overboard tho..lol...i tend to do that, if you dont like it let me know and ill take it down...

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y199/tek20thae/City.jpg

[WhiteXFire]

Well, it's not like the editing made it any more grainy. It's just as grainy as the original, only more noticeable because the sky isn't as dark. We're editing a small res version compressed as a jpg, it's bound to happen.

[den9]

thats a good point, i dont care if any1 edits it u can leave it up

[DuBTEK3060]

i tried.....and failed...

[95legenddriver]

After:
http://www.mdljhu.com/private/images/ph2.bmp

boosted some contrast LOOKS great however the detail in the trees is lost there might be a lil to much noise in the original

next time you shoot try turning on a noise reduction (if your camera has is , i know the D50 does)

should help allot with the grain

also in photoshop the chanel mixer may help (blue channel contains noise)

[Jess'03WRX]

That's an awesome pic. I wish I was better with the camera. I can't even take a decent picture of my dog.

[RyanG]

noise ninja is your friend - sorry i forgot i was signed in as area1320 - twizhimself

[BoM]

have you tried layers with different exposures to get the trees...
It would be easier if you shoot it for both exposures (trees and background).

[dt98gsr]

have you tried layers with different exposures to get the trees...
It would be easier if you shoot it for both exposures (trees and background).

Not saying you didn't already know this but that would be called an HDR (High Dynamic Range photography). And it could definitely bring out the details in some of the darker areas where it is lost at this exposre.

Different exposure levels will show/hide different details but when combining or layering an image shot at multiple different exposres more detail is visible.

Example of an HDR (http://www.hdrsoft.com/)

[den9]

how do i get rid of the noise, im shooting 200iso, would a better lens help