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Fires of Heaven - A Stormy Sunset

Fires of Heaven - A Stormy Sunset

Kevin Etter
Photography, Travel

I had missed a spectacular sunset the night before. We had cloudy skies the next day as well, so I decided to go out and shoot.  The photo has the Suisun Harbor Lighthouse against a background of Twin Sisters mountain at sunset.

The image is a blend of 3 different 32bit HDR photos taken throughout the sunset. One photo, taken early on, had the rays of sunlight beaming through the clouds. A little later, the sky turned pink and orange. And one final photo, to blend in the lights of the Lighthouse as they finally turned on for the night.

 

Revisiting A Composition

Revisiting A Composition

Kevin Etter
Photography, Travel

There is an appeal to revisiting local spots to practice composition and experiment with one's photography skills. One is to gauge your growth and maturity as a photographer. Another is to experiment with new techniques. 

The above photo is extensively manipulated using Lightroom's adjustment brush. I chose to use the brush rather than a gradient filter to lower the exposure of the sky because of the foreground trees spanning the height of the photo. I also added some blue to the water as that was a bit yellow from the cloudy color temperature preset. 

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