F-15 at sunset please c+c

haven't posted here in forever, just wanted some C+C on this shot, I am thinking on donating a framed print to the fighter squadron i work at for an event prize.

PLease feel free to re-process this for me, just mention what magic you did..
TY!

-keep in mind these are guys that see this jet everyday, and dont want a regular shot of it.

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Super cool photo. I wish I had access to these kinds of shots. Great work. I love the heat lines in the sunset from the jets.

nice shot

That's a nice one! If you shot raw, it's easy to tone down the hot sky at the top with this: Use a Layer Mask to selectivly lighten/darken part of a pic. It's easily reversible: Airport runway shoot
You can do it with a jpg too, but it's not as nice a result.

Or with a bit more work, you can just put in the sky you want: Mustang & B-17 + PS

Perfect, I love shots like this and this is one of the best I’ve seen. congrats

Nice shot, I would probably crop some of the bottom out to get the plane lower in the frame.

Thats perfect mate, i wouldn't change a thing

thanks alot for the comments. i have good access to these jets, so i have many chances to practice.

I have a whole series of sunset shots, but i like this one quite a bit.

i messed around with darkening the hot part of the sky, but i never really nailed it.


(edit) it looks really sharop in an 8x10 frame, too.

Thats waiting to be printed for the office for you man. Great shot.

Can be done, but not easy with a blown jpg. You'd have to clone "good" sky to a 2nd layer & then blend it. Shots like this are why I always shoot RAW. And shots like this: Why I love RAW - '53 Ford Sunliner

Nice work,I like it.

Great shot

Very very nice, I like it as is and would be happy if it was mine. thanks for sharing.

Just amazing!

PhotosGuy wrote in post #2379995
Can be done, but not easy with a blown jpg. You'd have to clone "good" sky to a 2nd layer & then blend it. Shots like this are why I always shoot RAW. And shots like this: Why I love RAW - '53 Ford Sunliner

That is an idea, I do have about 30 shots of sky during that same sunset. I shoot all raw+large JPG then ditch the raws after i cull through the garbage, and process the larges. I fear i have probably dumped this raw by now.

I shoot like a maniac, and absolutely despise all the work that goes into doing one raw conversion (i'm still very slow).

I am not as quality driven as some people, i just like taking lots of pics. One day, ill be able to go out and shoot 10 RAWs and nail 8 of them from an artistc standpoint... but for now it takes me 10 jpgs just to get it framed right, lolz

thx again, i will practice shooting less and thinking more. That is definately something i've been wanting to do for a long time.