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Testing out the new flash diffuser, LumaBurstDZ3C0801 by drjlo1, on Flickr
After an entire day of an intense, Jamaican tropical storm (buckets of rain, lightening, thunder, wind, etc.), the Caribbean clouds finally cleared and revealed this…The Lips of God Kissing The PlanetCelestial Caravan
^^^Really nice, did you use a ND filter (9 stop).
Thanks guys! Although, I always shoot in RAW, here's how I took this particular series of shots. No add on filters. My Sony A77 has a built-in, preset program for "Sunsets." It particularly warms the red and yellow tones. Although I've been adverse to using these presets, I thought "Hey. Why don't I try it? Why not?"Last night was the very FIRST time that I ever tried the "Sunset Preset," BUT... what came out of the camera was just TOO much enhancement. So, I processed the images in Adobe Lightroom 4: Balanced the B&W, Backed Off the Reds and Yellows, and Reduced the Exposure by Approximately 2 Stops. I needed to add a little touch of Green that the preset removed in order to get the image to look correct.BTW, after the processing, this IS pretty much how the sky looked down here in Negril last night. The shot is accurate. It was so awesome that travelers met outside on the cliffs with mouths hung open and lots of those "Wow!" exclamations. I have to confess... not much photography here fellas; I was just lucky to catch the moment. "Somebody" else already composed the shot for me. This was simply point & shoot... couldn't go wrong!
BTW... how do you like the electronic view finder (EVF) on the A77 compare to optical one? Take care,Buddy