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View Full Version : Smoke-filled skies in SoCal DrRoebuck 10-22-2007, 09:57 PM I took a bunch over the last couple days, and this one's probably my favorite. My eyes are still irritated from being out there during this. http://www.velocipedia.org/public/rbr/critique/fire.jpg http://www.velocipedia.org/public/rbr/critiques/fire.jpg MB1 10-23-2007, 02:49 AM It is nice allright but I like it better with about half of the foreground cropped away so that fab setting sun and the sky are the main features. The water in the front is only a place holder and really doesn't add enough to justify all that space. Overbeyond 10-23-2007, 07:25 AM I'm not a big fan of most sunset shots but I do really like this one. It has great mood and stillness to it. Thankfully we have tons more to look at than a lot of the usually burned out yellow spheres. I disagree totally with my friend MB1 regarding a crop. Crop it and ruin it. StreetDoc 10-23-2007, 08:03 AM Wow I like it a lot! I feel bad for the Firefighters bustin' there ass out there. No way I could do that. slee320 10-23-2007, 09:35 AM Great. The sky is so surreal. The reflections in that lower third are just beautiful. I think they add a lot. And am I wrong or are those reflections (bottom and lower left) strangely - wonderfully - complimentary to the sky in the upper right? To me, the whole comp balances out nicely. I tend to think I like it as is. Just personal preference. GB1 10-23-2007, 10:43 AM Great shot. I'll try a few tonight myself! Gb jkriminger 10-23-2007, 10:47 AM great shot..I like as is...the land and palms also give some scale to the rest of photo. DrRoebuck 10-23-2007, 11:58 AM Great shot. I'll try a few tonight myself! Gb I was actually thinking about you. Hope everything is ok for you down there. If so, I look forward to seeing some Torrey Pines photos. DrRoebuck 10-23-2007, 12:12 PM I like to try people's suggestions in this Forum, so here's a cropped version. I don't like it as much, as the coastline in the original balanced the image for me. http://www.velocipedia.org/public/rbr/critique/fire_crop.jpg And here is another shot, but zoomed in to 200mm. The sun is more dramatic, but there's less sky (and therefore less smoke). http://www.velocipedia.org/public/rbr/critique/fire_zoom.jpg GB1 10-23-2007, 12:47 PM DrRoebuck - hey where are you? LA area? The winds are picking up again in south SD, but we'll see DrRoebuck 10-23-2007, 01:02 PM DrRoebuck - hey where are you? LA area? The winds are picking up again in south SD, but we'll see Yep. In LA. Not too personally affected by the fires. I hope it keeps away from you down there. |