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Desert at twilight
Well, almost the desert...Jebel Hafeet, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. There is a twisty road that goes on for miles spiralling up or down the highest mountain point in Abu Dhabi Emirate. I was just coming down at twilight and loved the sky out over the desert and the artificial lights of the road and an industrial area. Nikon D200, Nikon 12-24, tripod. Quite a lot of exposures to try and get a balance with the sky and artificial lighting. As always, comments, critiques, ideas welcome...
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Wow - love this one BC!
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I love this one - wonderful colours. I can imagine it was real test for the exposure.
If I had to crit it - I would say the angle of the horizon / clouds gives it a 'leaning' feel.
Not sure how to rectify it though as to straighten it would result in the really nice orange ridge in the foreground being at an angle.
Had a wee go using the transform - distort tool in PS (hope you dont mind)
Distorted to get the horizon horizontal but keep everything else as it was
Obviously the crop would then differ. I probably should have pulled the top left corner up rather than the top right corner down.
If I had to crit it - I would say the angle of the horizon / clouds gives it a 'leaning' feel.
Not sure how to rectify it though as to straighten it would result in the really nice orange ridge in the foreground being at an angle.
Had a wee go using the transform - distort tool in PS (hope you dont mind)
Distorted to get the horizon horizontal but keep everything else as it was
Obviously the crop would then differ. I probably should have pulled the top left corner up rather than the top right corner down.
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I have re-edited the original pic to straighten up that horizon a little. Thanks for the advice, I had noticed it but over-looked putting it right! Got a bit distracted with something else...
In this instance I have just re-edited the jpg I am using for upload, will do a better fix on the original.
In this instance I have just re-edited the jpg I am using for upload, will do a better fix on the original.
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Wow - fantastic shot 
.....no critique from me....its WAY beyond my skills 
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Really like this, to be honest I did not notice the horizon way slightly sloping, may be because I have a tendency to lean to the left (nothing political) but a photographic fault.
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Originally Posted by Snapper
Really like this, to be honest I did not notice the horizon way slightly sloping, may be because I have a tendency to lean to the left (nothing political) but a photographic fault.
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Brilliant pic, i cant wait to get some desert shots in December as i'm off to Dubai
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Originally Posted by Grant H
Brilliant pic, i cant wait to get some desert shots in December as i'm off to Dubai
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