I've been in northern CA winterizing the place and visiting galleries that carry my book and/or photography but also looking for fall colors. Not a lot of luck with the fall colors but went to Castle Lake in the late afternoon shortly before the sun ducked behind the mountains and got some color. This is a shot I took into the sun...just to see what I'd end up with. I had to deal with lens flare but I kind of like it....for the sun scatter on the lake and color. I guess it could be a mood image.
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Thread: Into The Sun - Did it Work?
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22nd October 2011, 06:04 PM #1
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Into The Sun - Did it Work?
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22nd October 2011, 06:14 PM #2
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Re: Into The Sun - Did it Work?
Nice coloring, and yeah... it worked for me...
Nice job...
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22nd October 2011, 06:28 PM #3
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Re: Into The Sun - Did it Work?
Other than the text blocking one of the prime locations the eye is drawn to, I think it would work well, Chuck.
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22nd October 2011, 08:37 PM #4Moderator
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Re: Into The Sun - Did it Work?
What Frank and Joie said
Better than many of mine, you have an interesting shadow backdrop
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22nd October 2011, 08:52 PM #5
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Re: Into The Sun - Did it Work?
He has seen the light; I've been trying to get this for ages. Photography is about light, nothing else, so why not try to capture it. Cool shot
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22nd October 2011, 09:13 PM #6
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Re: Into The Sun - Did it Work?
Thanks all...I came very close to dumping this shot in camera when I saw the expected lens flare. It was against the dark cliff backdrop so I thought I could clone it out without too much trouble. Photography is about light and sometimes you get lucky when you push the envelope and shoot into the sun.
The lake is a cirque (glacier carved) and is located above 5000 feet. It freezes over in winter and I've seen ice on it at the end of May. I don't fish any more but it's good for fishing.
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22nd October 2011, 11:27 PM #7
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Re: Into The Sun - Did it Work?
Couldn't agree more - the text really spoils what is a great photograph.
Originally Posted by FrankMi
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23rd October 2011, 12:12 AM #8
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Re: Into The Sun - Did it Work?
Hi Chuck,
What do you think of this as an alternative? To my eye, it gets it closer to the rule of thirds - makes it more panoramic - and kills the very distracting writing.
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23rd October 2011, 01:19 AM #9
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Re: Into The Sun - Did it Work?
I think it's an excellent crop Colin. I was thinking I may try for a 10x20 print out of it. Thank you!!!
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23rd October 2011, 02:54 AM #10
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Re: Into The Sun - Did it Work?
This is an experiment to see if I can post an image from my website without the watermark showing. I watermark my "for sale" images as a measure of protection. I am aware of the pros and cons of the practice. I am using a crop similar to the excellent suggestion of Colin and posting it before I apply the watermark. After it's posted here I will go back to the website and apply the watermark and hope it doesn't carry over to this forum site. Here goes:
NUTS!!! As soon as I refreshed the CIC website (gave it a beer) the watermark appeared.
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23rd October 2011, 10:22 AM #11
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Re: Into The Sun - Did it Work?
Unfortunately, the photo is never stored here -- it's just a link to the image that our browsers request from the host Originally Posted by CNelson
If in doubt, a quick/dirty way is to simply upload a copy to TinyPic.
Glad you liked the crop!
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