Just For Fun

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 18, 2011158 views7 comments

I have made the jump to Photoshop CS5 and I was setting things up and needed a file to work on just as a test. The jump was not really needed except that I upgraded my system for extra memory (8GB now) to handle my large 4x5 scans and discovered CS3 can't access the higher memory, ergo CS5. I have a slew of new 4x5 images that I am about to start on and wanted to make sure CS5 was up and running properly to my liking.

I made this image last week during the evening of the total lunar eclipse. The eclipse fizzled out just as it was peaking due to some air atomspherics. So I waited around for sunrise and this is what I was rewarded with.

As far as PS CS5, it is already becoming a love-hate relationship. So many changes some good, mostly not good. I miss the interface I have grown to love. We'll see how long it will take to get used to this new stuff.

Enjoy.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 18, 2011 at 10:04 PM

Youssef,

You seem to have this knack for capturing these moments. If not the crescent moon, then some accent of a cloud captured at the peak of action. I think I'd trade a lunar eclipse for a moment like this. Beautiful.

Lon

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Comment posted by Jess Lee on December 18, 2011 at 10:15 PM

Nice job on hanging in there for the sunset. Of course the composition is wonderful.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 18, 2011 at 11:38 PM

Intense light and very nicely composed. Give yourself a couple of months with CS5. It'll feel natural by then. I actually like it quite a bit.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on December 19, 2011 at 12:49 AM

Intense is the word--i feel like i'm in the furnace! To be honest, its almost too intense for me--it kind of feels like you pushed the sat to the limits of 'acceptability' and in the process you've lost some of the nice cloud textures--not that they're not there (if they weren't, i would have said 'beyond the limits'

) but i feel like they'e overpowered by the color hitting me over the head. Just personal preference, really--cause most folks seem to like super-saturation. I think you can save some of the minor clipping here and still keep the intensity feel of the sunset, i'm not asking for much--really i'm not

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on December 19, 2011 at 1:52 AM

as if it is burnt

beautiful abstract

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on December 19, 2011 at 9:53 AM

Intense, saturated sky is a real eye-catcher. There seems to be a bit of a outline along the hilltops that I don't care for but the contrast is extreme and my monitor iffy. Great capture of a spectacular moment.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on December 19, 2011 at 2:04 PM

Spectacular color! The line of mountains along the bottom is just what is needed to anchor the image. Beautiful shot.

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