Sunset after the storm...

An early spring rainstorm rolled through the Duluth, MN area yesterday afternoon. It cleared up just in time to leave us with a beautiful sunset over Lake Superior.

The corners on images from my 10-22 seem to be very hit or miss - and in this case they missed, but I think I just need to pay more attention to them when Im focusing.

Let me know what you think - thanks!

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I really like it. Especially the detail in the rocks.

Nice sunset. Just out of curiosity, was this a composite of foreground and background? The foreground rocks look like there's a lot more light on them than would be available, judging by the background. Or maybe a light kit was used on the foreground?

The two larger rocks look cutout around the edges.
Overall something about it seems unnatural to my eye, but I do like the scene.

thetathink wrote in post #12030940
Nice sunset. Just out of curiosity, was this a composite of foreground and background? The foreground rocks look like there's a lot more light on them than would be available, judging by the background. Or maybe a light kit was used on the foreground?

The two larger rocks look cutout around the edges.
Overall something about it seems unnatural to my eye, but I do like the scene.

Yes, it was a composite - I exposed one image for the sky and one for the ground then did some layer masks. Cant wait for my GND's to get here, Im sooo sick of exposure blending...

I spent quite a bit of time working on blending them, but its more difficult than you would expect - at least it was for me. Ill go back around and do a bit more dodge/burn to give those cut-out looking edges a bit more depth.

As for the lighting, its probably more likely that I got carried away with underexposing the sky and water for drama than it is the light available in the foreground - there was plenty there. Maybe a bit of burning is order here too.

In any case, thanks for the comments - glad you liked it despite the shortcomings.

amazing scene... great shot....

MNUplander wrote in post #12031069
Yes, it was a composite - I exposed one image for the sky and one for the ground then did some layer masks. Cant wait for my GND's to get here, Im sooo sick of exposure blending...

I spent quite a bit of time working on blending them, but its more difficult than you would expect - at least it was for me. Ill go back around and do a bit more dodge/burn to give those cut-out looking edges a bit more depth.

As for the lighting, its probably more likely that I got carried away with underexposing the sky and water for drama than it is the light available in the foreground - there was plenty there. Maybe a bit of burning is order here too.

In any case, thanks for the comments - glad you liked it despite the shortcomings.

I haven't gotten any graduated filters yet either, so I know your pain!

The main thing giving it away is the tiny black fringe you can see on the edge of the rocks. Perhaps cleaning that up and maybe adding some slight glow bending over the edge of the rocks will help.

I do some cg/live-action compositing for my day job, so I'm always looking at that sort of thing, I'm sure it's not that noticeable to anyone else.

Very nice!

thetathink wrote in post #12031265
I do some cg/live-action compositing for my day job, so I'm always looking at that sort of thing, I'm sure it's not that noticeable to anyone else.

I do the same thing as you for a living, but trust me this is pretty noticeable to ANYONE. There's an extreme exposure difference between the rocks and sky which is what's giving it away that it's not natural.

MrGreen wrote in post #12031520
I do the same thing as you for a living, but trust me this is pretty noticeable to ANYONE. There's an extreme exposure difference between the rocks and sky which is what's giving it away that it's not natural.

Yah, like the other poster mentioned - it almost looks like the rocks were lit with something.

I personally like the look this image has, but I think Ill do a re-edit tonight that is less extreme.

Thanks for the comments everyone!

nice

Nice PP work and shot man!!!!

Sweet shot!

Thanks everyone!

I absolutely love the shot. One thought as I am studying composition at the moment. At first glance my eye wanders all of the scene. Nothing seems to draw me to a focal point. My eye actually went to the sunset first and then I realized the lightened area in the rocks.

Regardless ... the shot is very nicely done.