P&S Challenge 2
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by pixelpig:
Beautiful sunset! I remember when I 'discovered' noise reduction--it can make a huge difference.

Watermelons
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by pixelpig:
Nice! Not many photogs get this many melons in one spot at one time!

Day 1 P&S
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by pixelpig:
I've tried several times to write a comment for you that might make sense & not sound too crazy. I would never think of using flash & shooting at night to get a black BG. I feel like I might have a chance to learn something here, just not sure what it is! I kind of like the glowing edges.

P&S Challenge 2
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by tnun:
Great colours and nicely composed with attractive variety of foregreenery, especially the water plants. bassbone did a nice job with the noise, too.

P&S Challenge 2
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by bassbone:
The blues, purples and reds and the way you have used the shore as a frame for the photo are all excellent. I am just a bit put off by the level of noise in the sky. I tried my hand at a simple noise 'scrub' using Noise Ninja and this is what I got from your photo...

Original for P&S challenge, day 1
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by robinssong:
Yep this crop will make everyone happy! :) Such a beauty! It really pops!

P&S Challenge 2
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by robinssong:
The colors and pattern on the water are lovely. The framing and composition really add the artistic touch! Nice one!

P&S Challenge 2
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by icu1965:
I love your FL sunsets! The noise doesn't bother me too much because my eyes go right to the orange sky. I always think it's hard to get a good setting in low light.

Original for P&S challenge, day 1
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by k4ffy:
much better crop. feels a lot more natural.

P&S Challenge 2
by MelonMusketeer

Comment by bobonacus:
Very nice tranquil scene, lovely colours. I like the framing on the right.

It is a little noisy and as a test as I have no specific noise software myself I installed the noise ninja plug in and the Neat Image plug in and both produced very impressive results on your photo and a quick shot from my camera at 1600 ISO! The Neat Image was a slightly better result in both cases (just using all the default settings) and it is free for non commercial use on images less than 1024*1024.