More backdrop than aircraft

I was at my son's highschool football game taking pictures last week - glanced up and saw this USCG C-130H on its final into the former McClellan AFB. I took the picture more for the sky than the C-130 - autumn sunset looks nearly red/white/blue.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/AzG9​ZV

Have you considered a more interesting crop?

I think I'd crop about 20% off the left side to give it some room to move into.

Yes - but the image seemed sufficiently grainy that i didn't want to make it worse . . .

I do appreciate the feedback though. I fired off a few shots of it - I'll see if I can improve on it. Thanks!

ddk2001 wrote in post #17768882
Yes - but the image seemed sufficiently grainy that i didn't want to make it worse . . .

I do appreciate the feedback though. I fired off a few shots of it - I'll see if I can improve on it. Thanks!

As to the grain, remember that you don't have to sharpen all of a image: A few words on SHARPENING:

PhotosGuy wrote in post #17768887
As to the grain, remember that you don't have to sharpen all of a image: A few words on SHARPENING:

Yes - thank you. But having used Aperture for some time, which is no longer integrated into Apple's new "Photos" application - and having tried Photoshop on the free trial offer - I'm stuck in limbo with no "real" editor and am relying on the relatively modest tools in Photos (Not that I was adept at Aperture or Photoshop).

Better crops?

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/AAVY​Xg

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/AxDp​13

Yes, better. I like #2 best because the brighter area behind the C-130 helps to pull the eye there.
Here's the free version of Adobe CS2 which includes Bridge.

PhotosGuy -

Thank your for the C&C and the link. Very much appreciated.

Regards,
D

PhotosGuy wrote in post #17768951
Yes, better. I like #2 best because the brighter area behind the C-130 helps to pull the eye there.
Here's the free version of Adobe CS2 which includes Bridge.

The "free" version doesn't work with the newer version of Mac OS X (later versions of Yosemite). It apparently only works on OS X 10.4 - 10.6 (Power PC machines). I have 10.10.xx . . .