Ascending Into the Clouds

Any thoughts or comments are greatly appreciated!

If you have time, try that HPF on this... You have a winner here once we get it sharpened... And anytime on the help, dude... That's why we're all here! BTW, is this Cape Hatteras?

Dennis--Thanks for the critique. I'm slammed busy (have a big presentation on carpal instability TUE) right now but should be getting less busy for a few weeks after that. My goal is to really work on learning post-processing...adjustments, dodging and burning, HPF, sharpening, etc. I honestly feel like my greatest lack of knowledge right now has to do with sharpness. I don't really understand "sharpening" an image and have a hard time just looking at them and determining what needs to be sharpened and how much. I imagine that as I learn more and more about it my eye will start to see it and I'll understand it more and more. Thanks for your help--I'm glad you like this shot! I have had this ready to post for the last week and kept not posting it because I thought it would get smashed in the ratings and critiques like some previous shots I've posted that were similar but it's doing well. I've said it a hundred times, my top 5 rated photos on this site all sat on my computer for at least a month before posting them because I didn't know if they were good enough. I probably have 50 top rated photos on DVD that I've never even converted to JPEGs! :)

 

Oh yeah, lastly, this is not Hatteras...this is Morris Island Lighthouse, just off the coast of Charleston, SC. If you click on the folder I put it in you'll see 25 or 30 other pics of this lighthouse...it is definitely one of my favorite Charleston structures and photo hotspots! If you are interested, you can learn about the lighthouse and the efforts to repair/restore/stabilize it at www.savethelight.org

 

Thanks again for everything--I owe you!

Moment is perfect...

 

p.s. viskas siaip gerai, bet kiek galima ta pati vaizda daryti?

Antanas--Thanks for your comment. Now, what in the world does your "ps" say? I've searched everywhere on the internet to try to find a program to translate it but can't. Thanks again for stopping by!

Excellent vision! Regards.

Tyler,

This is undoubtedly one of the best shot of yours. Aesthetically very strong and the colors are also very intense. I find the image quite sharp, the lighthouse may use a bit sharpening, but the softness on the waves is expected. Have you also taken pictures with the same composition just before the sun came up?

 

one small critique is level the horizon sligthly. Other than that there is nothing to add.

 

Regards

+Lalit

 

PS: Thanx for commenting on photo.