Winter Dawn, virtually straight from camera...

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

02/28/2006 09:18:43 AM · #1

Took a little blue out of the foreground; the rest of it is straight from camera. Temperature around 15 degrees...

Pity there's no way to crop it square :-)

R.

saracat

Pentax K10D

02/28/2006 09:24:42 AM · #2

Gorgeous shot, bear.
Makes me GLAD you won't crop it square!!
:)

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

02/28/2006 09:41:46 AM · #3

So where was this weather a week and a half ago, LOL?

Beautiful sunrise Robert!

Kivet

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

02/28/2006 09:52:47 AM · #4

Most definitely a beautiful morning and Im with Saracat in being glad you wont crop it, give the rest of us a chance would you? :)

02/28/2006 02:11:03 PM · #5

Originally posted by kirbic:

So where was this weather a week and a half ago, LOL?

Beautiful sunrise Robert!

Well, it was BRIGHTER for sure, but it was WAY colder, and yesterday it was so windy I got blown off the playing field (so to speak); I drove allt he way back to P-Town for a low-tide Truro Beach shot and the further North I got the windier it was. At Truro the wind was at least 50 MPH and the the wind-blown sand was scouring my skin, so I elected to behave responsibly and didn't even take the camera out.

THIS morning it was still as cold as a grave-digger's kiss, but at least the wind was down. Unfortunately, no cliuds, so I just took my dawn shots then returned my frozen fingers and disgruntled dog to a more amenable locale, for which, I might remark, I received precious little thanks from her.

R.

02/28/2006 02:42:35 PM · #6

Uhh, Bear? I'm not coming to visit until it gets a tad warmer, if that's OK with you. Though I do have to say that it appears to be absolutely gorgeous this time of year there. Wonderful colors!

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

02/28/2006 02:51:51 PM · #7

Originally posted by Melethia:

Uhh, Bear? I'm not coming to visit until it gets a tad warmer, if that's OK with you. Though I do have to say that it appears to be absolutely gorgeous this time of year there. Wonderful colors!

Makes you more sensible than Kirbic, I'd say :-)

R.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

02/28/2006 02:54:50 PM · #8

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Makes you more sensible than Kirbic, I'd say :-)

R.

Well ThAT's not sayin' much! ;-)

02/28/2006 03:13:56 PM · #9

Ah, but that silly Kirbic guy is from Wisconsin, right? It's cold there too, or so I've read on the Internet and you *know* everything they put on the Internet is true!

02/28/2006 03:30:59 PM · #10

Originally posted by Melethia:

Ah, but that silly Kirbic guy is from Wisconsin, right? It's cold there too, or so I've read on the Internet and you *know* everything they put on the Internet is true!

Good point; out of the ice-tray into the freezer, as they say...

R.

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

02/28/2006 03:37:11 PM · #11

I have, in the distant past, lived in places like Wyoming and Nebraska, where it does indeed get a bit chilly at times. But my past two assignments have been to Florida and Texas, so I suspect the ol' blood has thinned a bit. If it gets below 50F here we all break out winter clothes. Heck, it even dropped below freezing at night twice so far! (It's currently a balmy 79F at the moment.)

Of course, our scenery tends to be bit more bland than in your neck of the woods....

digitalpins

Canon EOS-60D

02/28/2006 03:43:44 PM · #12

awesome shot love the colors

02/28/2006 05:08:30 PM · #13

Beuatiful. I got this one while driving this morning...

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

02/28/2006 05:32:52 PM · #14

Originally posted by NathanW:

Beuatiful. I got this one while driving this morning...

That's one humongous nice sky! Care to send me the original jpg to play with? Email's in profile...

Robt.

sherpet

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

02/28/2006 07:39:53 PM · #15

Hi Robert.....Love this image so much have now added it to "My Favorites".....

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

03/01/2006 07:53:36 PM · #16

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

That's one humongous nice sky! Care to send me the original jpg to play with? Email's in profile...

Robt.

Thanks. I actually sent you four files of almost the exact same thing. You might want to use one other than the one I did.

marklovell

Pentax K10D

03/01/2006 08:05:14 PM · #17

Originally posted by NathanW:

Beuatiful. I got this one while driving this morning...

You took a photo whilst driving?!

03/01/2006 09:23:45 PM · #18

Here's Nathan's original, uncropped. Neat Image and Focus Magic to smooth and sharpen. Foreground desaturated in bkue/cyan channels. Gradient on top. Hue/sat in red and magenta. Just a quick plunge.

03/01/2006 09:39:14 PM · #19

I need to learn that "gradient on top" thing just in case I ever get a picture with interesting clouds in the sky.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

03/01/2006 09:42:51 PM · #20

Originally posted by Melethia:

I need to learn that "gradient on top" thing just in case I ever get a picture with interesting clouds in the sky.

I promise to give you a hands-on lesson when you visit :-)

R.

Edit to add; it's actually MOST useful when you don't HAVE any interesting clouds in the sky...

Message edited by author 2006-03-01 21:43:42.

Kivet

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

03/01/2006 09:48:10 PM · #21

Ive been trying to figure out the gradient thing, its touch and go but I think I'll eventually get the hang of it. Just not yet...

03/01/2006 11:42:12 PM · #22

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Originally posted by Melethia:
I need to learn that "gradient on top" thing just in case I ever get a picture with interesting clouds in the sky.

I promise to give you a hands-on lesson when you visit :-)

R.

Edit to add; it's actually MOST useful when you don't HAVE any interesting clouds in the sky...

That not having interesting clouds thing happens a lot around here. So how much trouble is it to get to where you are from Boston? On rare occasions (well, once, so far) I have to go to Boston for work related stuff....

03/02/2006 02:48:01 PM · #23

Originally posted by marklovell:

You took a photo whilst driving?!

I have in the past, but not in this instance. The photography while driving doesn't work when you're driving a bus. I actually pulled over for this one.

Now...taking pictures from my van while driving is another matter. Those are easy to do.

03/02/2006 02:49:56 PM · #24

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Here's Nathan's original, uncropped. Neat Image and Focus Magic to smooth and sharpen. Foreground desaturated in bkue/cyan channels. Gradient on top. Hue/sat in red and magenta. Just a quick plunge.
R.

Dang it. I wish I was better at Photoshopping. I pretty much just "auto" everything. I don't have a clue what I'm doing. Heck, all I did to the one I posted was crop it and resize it (I might have even sharpened it).