Sunset on the ~French Rivera~ by Nikon

D80, 70-300 VR @300mm. Squeezed the levels histogram in PSE.

http://www.mhmyers.com/d80/cannes3.jpg

 

Sorry, but you needed a Nikon for that?

 

It's all I had.

 

It's a beautiful shot. Rather than giving any of the credit to Nikon,
you should take it all yourself. After all, you chose the equipment!

 

Thanks, but I thought if I put "Nikon" in the subject line then all the
Canonistas out there might click on it to see the competition.

 

LOL! That's so true ...

 

Nice shot. But that's the photographer, not the camera.

Cheers,
Alan

 

It might have been a nice postcard if you knew anything about composition. It
reminds me of the luminous quality obtained in garage-sale Elvis on Velvet
paintings, or something that might be bought in a novelty Rec-room Posters shop
for $3.50 a sheet. A pity that you destroyed what little composition you had
available to begin with in the camera or in editing.

Why I even bother wasting my time clicking on these lame links I'll never know.
I just keep hoping to see something that will finally live up to the any hype
about it. You'd think I would learn that that's never going to happen, at least
not on the internet. It's nothing but fools thinking that the higher their
equipment costs the more it is going to magically turn them into a photographer.
When all it really manages to accomplish is turn them into something to laugh
at, the humor level directly proportional to their investment.

 

Nice rant. How would you make it better? Please put some more substance
in your criticism.

I do think the composition was a bit off and it is improved in this shot
taken 19 seconds later:

http://www.mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_8324w.jpg

(I don't think I should try to match the rudeness level of this poster)

 

I like that composition better. I think his complaint is about the
over-saturated colors, which I do think are a bit much. This one of mine
is not manipulated, in fact it's a straight out of the camera D200 jpeg
at lowest contrast & saturation settings:
http://edgehill.net/nature/california-desert/pg7pc41
You might consider doing yours without the curves to exaggerate the colors.

Thank you!

 

Complete and utter nonsense.

Welcome to my kill file, and I suspect many others'.

 

I did not touch the saturation. That's the way it was!

 

I prefer both of your shots over Furman's.
Allen

 

Hey M&M!
Who's competing??? ;-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Marcel

 

M&M,
You (and others) might help me with this:
I thought it was dangerous to the camera and eyes to shoot in the sun.
What's the proper approach, please?
By the way, great photos Nikon or otherwise.
Marcel

 

It is very dangerous 99% of the time. However when the sun is _very_
near the horizon the atmosphere filters it and you can look at it
without damage to your eyes.

 

You said you "Squeezed the levels histogram in PSE" if that was an
increase in contrast, it would increase saturation too without changing
the mode of an adjustment layer.

So do I, just was looking for similar sunset colors to see if it was
comparable regarding contrast & saturation & to show those kinds of
colors without any adjustment. I'm not opposed to adjustments in
general, it's easy to overdo sometimes though. Just exploring the
possibility here.

 

This one (from another thread) has no adjustment or cropping:
http://www.mhmyers.com/d80/DSC_8324w.jpg

 

Alright then Siskel was mistaken about the 'velvet elvis' look. Thanks
for clarifying!

 

Speaking of lame! You just described your own post. Goodbye.
Allen