New Year's Eve dawn

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 1, 2012114 views5 comments

The northern sky turned pink just before sunrise on Saturday. The cloud bank was relatively low, though, with blue sky above it. 7D, ISO 400, f/8, 1/30, 228mm, slight crop. C&C always welcome and appreciated.

Happy New Year!!!

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5 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 1, 2012 at 11:09 PM

Lovely pastel sky showing off the big skies of the prairie. The blue in the water looks a bit strong, a local desaturation would fix that.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 2, 2012 at 11:00 AM

This is very pretty, Rob. I very much like the mood of this. I do agree with Mark on the blue water, maybe a bit less saturation there, but it does look pretty cool!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on January 2, 2012 at 12:06 PM

I love the pastels in this scene, Rob. You captured a wonderful mood here. I too would desat the blue water just a bit.

Ed

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on January 2, 2012 at 4:14 PM

Thanks for the comments. I debated on the blue while processing, and while I left it this way originally, I will desat it a little in future versions.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 4, 2012 at 1:04 AM

Rob,

The strip of blue really makes this for me. Sure, you could desaturate a little bit, but it's the contrast with the pastels that really work beautifully. Have you considered a pano crop? The length of the blue water and line of trees are almost calling for a narrow format. But still, this works quite beautifully as presented.

Lon

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