Lighthouse Park (Long exposure day shot)

[kevin99989]

comments welcome!!

[asnow]

I love the overall soft look to this. Nice long exposure and processing.

[NorthStone]

I think this would be a candidate for monochrome.

[Wicked Dark]

While I like it, I find its lack of contrast and dynamic range not in keeping with the potential drama. Too much fill light it seems. Where are the shadows?

[Marko]

WD echoes my first instinct here. This scene, while pretty, lacks additional punch because there are no blacks.

[Mad Aussie]

I love the sky and water. However, the golden land just doesn't seem to fit to me. I'd be changing the colour balance here to lessen that yellow and go more towards blue. I do think the land area could do with some contrast as well.

[kevin99989]

hmmm - interesting. When I did the post processing for this image, I did it with the intent to recapture how I saw the scene when i was there (6:30am ; sunrise was 6:25am that day). I did in fact use fill light - not a whole lot, but enough

Thanks for your comments - I shall revisit my original .raw image and see - i'll be back!

[kevin99989]

This came from my original RAW file with no VIB (saturation) increase (at 0), slight fill light (at 10). Some sharpening on the clouds. That's it. For comparison purposes...

[Iguanasan]

I think, for brightness you want something in the middle of those two. The first shot looks a bit washed out and the second shot doesn't give me that sunrise feeling. Love the soft silky feeling to the water and that little spiral is cool. I'd also consider cropping it just above the lighthouse giving the lighthouse just a "titch" of breathing room. I find the 50/50 composition feels a little off.

Good on ya' for getting up early and it look like it was a beautiful day.

[kevin99989]

How about this one??

Colors were strengthened (VIB+), contrast increased; fill light was used more sparingly this time (1/2 as much as the first photo above)