Second Beach Sunset

[murali]

 

[AlanLichty]

I like this view of the sunset on this beach but there are some fairly distracting masking artifacts that leave halos around the clouds.

 

[Michael13]

This appears unsharp on my monitor, but what a great color show you were treated to!

 

[murali]

This appears unsharp on my monitor, but what a great color show you were treated to!

@Michael13 - Good observation. It was quite windy and it was a 20 second exposure (using 6-stop ND filter). Guess what - I shot the same scene with my iphone and it came out sharper

 

[murali]

I like this view of the sunset on this beach but there are some fairly distracting masking artifacts that leave halos around the clouds.

Hmmm... I used only one mask in LR - to slightly desaturate the water. No masking of the sky/clouds.

 

[Michael13]

@Michael13 - Good observation. It was quite windy and it was a 20 second exposure (using 6-stop ND filter). Guess what - I shot the same scene with my iphone and it came out sharper

It may be your tripod settling into the sand. It happens to me a lot. There is not often a nice rocky place to set up and the wetter the sand, the more fluid. What can you do?

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Neat sunset. Second beach is chock full of possibilities especially when the light cooperates like what you had.