Sailboats At Sunset.

I know the boats are a little out of focus but I liked it. Any comments?

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Nice color - where was it taken?

Thanks! it was taken at the city docks in Fernandina Beach, FL.

I love the shot, but I thought it needed a little help. If you don't mind, here is my PS help, applying some curves and a slight USM.

I hope you like it. If you don't, please let me know, and I'll remove my version of your pic.

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I like it, but would personally cut a the top and bottom off.

No this looks alot better. That was one of the probs with my shot was the boats were soft. What is curves and USM? I thought that USM was the focusing motor in my lens.

I'm very new to doing anything with the photos after ive taken them other than putting them in an album. this is my first digital camera.

Thanks Sixshot,


I cropped like you suggested and it does give it a more panoramic look. thax for the advice.

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Love the cropped one better!

KAC

My personal preference if for the second one, though the cropped version does look quite good too

Thanks for the comments and encouragment guys!

USM does mean Ultra Sonic Motor (Canon), but it also means Unsharp Mask (Digital editing). Confusing for new people to digital.

The Curves dialog box, like the Levels dialog box, lets you adjust the entire tonal range of an image. But unlike Levels, which has only three adjustments (white point, black point, gamma), Curves lets you adjust up to 14 different points throughout an image’s tonal range (from shadows to highlights). You can also use Curves to make precise adjustments to individual color channels in an image. (from Photoshop help)

honestly, i like the first version best (original post). High contrast, sharpness and punched up colors aren't always appealing IMO. The original shot has a very calming mood to it. The blues are awesome!

Sydor25 wrote:
USM does mean Ultra Sonic Motor (Canon), but it also means Unsharp Mask (Digital editing). Confusing for new people to digital.

The Curves dialog box, like the Levels dialog box, lets you adjust the entire tonal range of an image. But unlike Levels, which has only three adjustments (white point, black point, gamma), Curves lets you adjust up to 14 different points throughout an image’s tonal range (from shadows to highlights). You can also use Curves to make precise adjustments to individual color channels in an image. (from Photoshop help)

Ahhh! Thanx Sydor. Now I feel a little silly about confusing USM (ultrasonic motor) with unsharp mask I will have to learn how to use the curves and usm.

Thanks cmM, My wife likes the original the best as well. In fact I think we are goin to make a print for the living room.

btw, i think ur horizon is a little tilted towards the right, but that might be my eyes