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davex
Posted 11/02/2011 - 15:21 Link
C&C welcome;
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thoughton
Posted 11/02/2011 - 15:30 Link
Great clouds in the first one! A nice scene overall actually. Mega tilted horizon though

Are the red roofs actually that red? Perhaps tone those down slightly. Also you've got some small burnt out areas in the clouds, might be worth dialling down the exposure a bit to recover those and bumping up the brightness or fill light to compensate.

A nice image though, would like to see it much larger!
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davex
Posted 11/02/2011 - 16:42 Link
Thanks for the input Tim, Have struggled with the horizon, not sure if there is a straight or even perpendicular line in Iceland.
Have a look here for a re-worked version.

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bwlchmawr
Posted 11/02/2011 - 16:47 Link
A bit late, I know, but I feel the composition is a bit cramped at the bottom. The horizon (were it straight) would divided the frame in half: not a good thing. But what a wonderful place to go to take pictures. I envy you!
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thoughton
Posted 11/02/2011 - 16:53 Link
The gallery version looks much better! You've fixed all of my quibbles anyway One last thing, after using fill light it sometimes helps to bump the contrast or black levels sliders up a bit. Contrast alone might blow your highlights again, so a bit of contrast and a bit of blacks together might also work.
Tim
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marklj
Posted 11/02/2011 - 16:54 Link
Top one looks amazingly clean and sharp. One of those places I've always wanted to visit.
Pentaxophile
Posted 11/02/2011 - 17:22 Link
I've had a play with the levels as I thought the original looked a little dim - I figured that the clouds are obviously burned in the highlight areas, so they may as well look white... I also rotated the horizon slightly

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Edited by Pentaxophile: 11/02/2011 - 17:25
Mannesty
Posted 11/02/2011 - 22:21 Link
For me, the buildings in the foreground of the first image should be sharp, but they aren't. What lens did you use?
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davex
Posted 11/02/2011 - 22:39 Link
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What lens did you use?
Sigma 24-70 2.8 DG EX @ 24mm and f8, bare in mind you are looking at a crop taken from a fair distance away, several hundred yards in distance and 200 feet above the ground.

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davex
Posted 12/02/2011 - 09:07 Link
OK folks, thanks for all the input. Have a final version for you;
Different crop, rotation, tweaked exposure, and unsharp mask.
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