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Storms are pretty good about producing gorgeous clouds.. as the front moves in you can get some neat looks, and after the storm has passed the sunset is almost always gorgeous. Other than that, I got nothing. My uncle's ranch outside of Bozeman has consistently amazing sunsets. I don't know what it is about the geography in that area but just about every evening clouds form up along the western horizon and do amazing things. I've never seen anywhere that was so consistently eye popping.
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Yeah, I just tend to look out the window around an hour before sunset. After a while, you get pretty good at spotting potential. Of course, it restricts you to places you can reach in an hour, but if I'm out somewhere special I usually plan to be finishing up around sunset anyway.
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SnowWolf posted:Do you guys have any tips for "predicting" clouds at sunset? I could always look outside and guess, but if I can reasonably expect a great sunset, it makes it an easier decision to drive 45 minutes - 1 hour to a photo spot. So far from the light research I've done, it seems that colder, high altitude clouds tend to be better in regards to Rayleigh scattering and you can tell those clouds on infrared satellite forecasts like this I use a combination of http://www.wunderground.com/ and http://photoephemeris.com/ to plan shoots.
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I purchased a Canon T3i and Understanding Exposure. Have just started delving into each. I only have a kit lens and the nifty fifty. These were shot by hand on the 50mm, with aperture priority and no editing other than clicking on "I'm Feeling Lucky" in Picasa. I didn't really get as much sharpness and clarity as I thought I would have. Would a tripod have helped in these conditions? Any feedback would be much appreciated.  IMG_0201 by dusteroff71, on Flickr  IMG_0210 by dusteroff71, on Flickr  IMG_0244 by dusteroff71, on Flickr
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SnowWolf posted:Do you guys have any tips for "predicting" clouds at sunset? I could always look outside and guess, but if I can reasonably expect a great sunset, it makes it an easier decision to drive 45 minutes - 1 hour to a photo spot. So far from the light research I've done, it seems that colder, high altitude clouds tend to be better in regards to Rayleigh scattering and you can tell those clouds on infrared satellite forecasts like this Living in the PNW and in a pretty great Valley area is what helps me get clouds. The key to sunset color is to wait for the sun to dip, thats when colors get their best. Sunrise colors get intense just before it breaks the horizon.
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Hughmoris posted:I purchased a Canon T3i and Understanding Exposure. Have just started delving into each. I only have a kit lens and the nifty fifty. These were shot by hand on the 50mm, with aperture priority and no editing other than clicking on "I'm Feeling Lucky" in Picasa. I didn't really get as much sharpness and clarity as I thought I would have. Would a tripod have helped in these conditions? Any feedback would be much appreciated. Tripod might have helped with the horizon being horizontal.  Sharpness is pretty good for being handheld and the colors are spectacular. Composition is a bit iffy.. should probably crop so the boat and sun are along the thirds.
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Hughmoris posted:I purchased a Canon T3i and Understanding Exposure. Have just started delving into each. I only have a kit lens and the nifty fifty. These were shot by hand on the 50mm, with aperture priority and no editing other than clicking on "I'm Feeling Lucky" in Picasa. I didn't really get as much sharpness and clarity as I thought I would have. Would a tripod have helped in these conditions? Any feedback would be much appreciated.
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xzzy posted:Tripod might have helped with the horizon being horizontal. Thanks for the feedback. When I uploaded the pictures to my computer and saw the lopsided horizon, I wanted to slap myself. All in all, I'm happy for my first outing with my new hobby. I just wish I knew jack about the basics of photo editing. I feel like with some basic corrections, the photos could be that much better. Here is probably my favorite shot from the morning. I thought about cropping it but I just love the wide range of colors:  1-IMG_0194 by dusteroff71, on Flickr
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Hi guys, I heard you like really heavy-handed postprocessed HDR landscapes  Moody Ringsted by AFBK, on Flickr
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Hughmoris posted:Thanks for the feedback. When I uploaded the pictures to my computer and saw the lopsided horizon, I wanted to slap myself. All in all, I'm happy for my first outing with my new hobby. I just wish I knew jack about the basics of photo editing. I feel like with some basic corrections, the photos could be that much better. That's definitely the best of the bunch, just keep the composition in mind next time. The rule of thumb is if you don't know what to do, put the most interesting parts of the scene somewhere on the rule of thirds lines. Or if you're not using a prime lens, zoom out a bit so you can fix it with cropping later.
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xzzy posted:That's definitely the best of the bunch, just keep the composition in mind next time. The rule of thumb is if you don't know what to do, put the most interesting parts of the scene somewhere on the rule of thirds lines. Eh, I think it's fine. Like all "rules," the rule of thirds is only a guideline, and one of the easiest ways to break it appropriately is when you have a landscape and shift the horizon to direct more attention to either the land/water or to the sky. The clouds are fairly interesting with a strong color gradient in the sky, so for them to take up the majority of the picture seems okay, since it doesn't seem like anything of interest on the water is being cut off.
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Hughmoris posted:Thanks for the feedback. When I uploaded the pictures to my computer and saw the lopsided horizon, I wanted to slap myself. All in all, I'm happy for my first outing with my new hobby. I just wish I knew jack about the basics of photo editing. I feel like with some basic corrections, the photos could be that much better. I don't know jackshit about composition or rule of thirds lines but I think this is pretty awesome. The position of the barge or whatever it is is really great, I think if you had the sun directly centered and more of the ground visible or whatever, it would look worse.
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Also, get Lightroom. I spent 8 years shooting JPG and doing no post-processing, and I'm definitely kicking myself. The great photos are still great, but there are a lot of mediocre pictures that I could dramatically improve now. And if you can't afford Lightroom yet, shoot in RAW+JPG to plan for the future. Stuff like horizon adjustment and distortion profiles is super easy in Lightroom, and its cataloging features are way better than Picasa's. You don't have to know anything, and you can feel free to mess with all sliders and see what happens because it doesn't ever touch the original image. Just try not to overdo it when you realize just how much power it gives you to gently caress with images!
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404notfound posted:Eh, I think it's fine. Like all "rules," the rule of thirds is only a guideline, and one of the easiest ways to break it appropriately is when you have a landscape and shift the horizon to direct more attention to either the land/water or to the sky. The clouds are fairly interesting with a strong color gradient in the sky, so for them to take up the majority of the picture seems okay, since it doesn't seem like anything of interest on the water is being cut off. Fair enough, it just feels like the sun is too snug up against the edge of the frame to me.
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xzzy posted:Fair enough, it just feels like the sun is too snug up against the edge of the frame to me. Doh, for some reason I was only thinking of the vertical balance of elements. Yeah, the sun could be more effective if it wasn't at the very right edge of the image. Anyway, rules are just shortcuts to acceptable images, and it's perfectly fine to break them if you have a reason to. I think most people would agree that the sun could use a little more room to breathe, but ultimately it's the photographer's call to make.
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vote_no posted:Also, get Lightroom. I spent 8 years shooting JPG and doing no post-processing, and I'm definitely kicking myself. The great photos are still great, but there are a lot of mediocre pictures that I could dramatically improve now. And if you can't afford Lightroom yet, shoot in RAW+JPG to plan for the future. With the Canon Digital Photo Professional that comes bundled the settings that are made on the camera are kept when opening the photo, picture styles (landscape, portrait and other profiles) and settings that adjust the JPG file also adjust the CR2 file. The difference there would be that it is possible to remove anything made in the camera for the CR2 files compared to the JPG file. It is not as good as Lightroom but one good thing is that DPP keeps the profile for the RAW file from the camera, similar to how the JPG would have been processed in the camera. It is an alternative to Lightroom. I do not know how the bundled software that comes with any other brand of cameras works but I guess they do the same thing for their brand.
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copen posted:
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whaam posted:It's beautiful and spring-like there already isn't it? Pretty much but we have had a strange winter (even milder than usual) and very dry. In the last few weeks we have had more typical weather (rain and snow up in the mountains) but things are starting warming up.
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El Laucha posted:
This is quick and dirty, but a rotate and content-aware-fill later, this is what happened. It works out ok I think. 
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try it with a lime posted:Judging by the long exposure, I'm guessing that was the best angle he could balance his camera on a thing. Fair enough, that's why I always make room in my backpack for the gorillapod or at least a towel. If I'm not hauling my tripod anyways.
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Spime Wrangler posted:
I did a double-take at the name and title. It should be wallofinsanity by untitled.
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xzzy posted:Fair enough, that's why I always make room in my backpack for the gorillapod or at least a towel. If I'm not hauling my tripod anyways. I was going to bring my tripod, but I was going on a 7 day hike and I decided not to carry a 3kg tripod. I bought a monopod that clocks at 1.1kg but I forgot the adaptor :\ (this is why I didn't throw in my gorillapod). I had to balance the camera on some rocks, I tried my best.
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El Laucha posted:I was going to bring my tripod, but I was going on a 7 day hike and I decided not to carry a 3kg tripod. I bought a monopod that clocks at 1.1kg but I forgot the adaptor :\ (this is why I didn't throw in my gorillapod). I had to balance the camera on some rocks, I tried my best. Buy a hiking pole that has a monopod head. I have something like this that I got from REI 6 years ago. I have abused the hell out of it and it still works perfectly. Weighs almost nothing as well. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=750792&gclid=COyFvf_Fjb0CFVKFfgodnQUAiQ&Q=&is=USA&A=details http://www.rei.com/product/847813/rei-hiker-shocklight-staff
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VelociBacon posted:
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