Beautiful Day

Beautiful Day · 08:39 PM

Here in portland, just had to get out and try to learn some clear skies photograhpy. I always find clouds and dynamic skies fascinating but believe it or not, the skies here in oregon are often clear in the summer time. Guess today was a preview.

As always, comments appreciated! Everytime I go out I try to be a little bit better photographer.

ps. Also of note, I was standing on the broadway bridge today, looked down and saw a sea lion in the water! First marine mammal i've seen in a river so far from the ocean thats not a bottle neck for salmon (ie the columbia river dams). I wouldn't be surprised if its travling to one of the tributaries like the clackamas or even the santiam (long ways to go!). I'm an environmental science major and was shocked to see this!

SuperAkuma · 03-11-2009, 09:10 PM

Originally posted by jmbradd

Here in portland, just had to get out and try to learn some clear skies photograhpy. I always find clouds and dynamic skies fascinating but believe it or not, the skies here in oregon are often clear in the summer time. Guess today was a preview.

As always, comments appreciated! Everytime I go out I try to be a little bit better photographer.

ps. Also of note, I was standing on the broadway bridge today, looked down and saw a sea lion in the water! First marine mammal i've seen in a river so far from the ocean thats not a bottle neck for salmon (ie the columbia river dams). I wouldn't be surprised if its travling to one of the tributaries like the clackamas or even the santiam (long ways to go!). I'm an environmental science major and was shocked to see this!

Great shot. The color of the sky is really beautiful. But I think the image is a little bit over saturated. You can get away with the sky being over saturated but the house stands out too me for me. I would bring down the orange and red just a little.

daacon · 03-12-2009, 05:30 AM

It is a great shot and colors are good. I agree on the saturartion though. the upper right hand corner of the pic (looking at it) just looks off.

jmbradd · 03-12-2009, 09:11 AM

On my camera I have saturation set to 0 on the custom image menu and put it through the lightroom contrast enhanced pre-set.

The upper right hand is kinda messed up because I was using a polarizer and a 2 stop grad (stupid but I had never used one before and wanted to give it a go!) On my LCD it looked as if that side was too bright but now I know, it was not.

I'll try to pull some saturation out and repost when I get home.

stevebrot · 03-12-2009, 09:21 AM

Originally posted by SuperAkuma

Great shot. The color of the sky is really beautiful. But I think the image is a little bit over saturated. You can get away with the sky being over saturated but the house stands out too me for me. I would bring down the orange and red just a little.

My thoughts too in terms of the saturation. There was some splendid weather yesterday in Portland, but not THAT splendid

In regards to the sea lion...hang out on the Broadway or Steel bridges and you may see a few more of those beasts. They wander up the Willamette River following the salmon and it is not particularly unusual to see them from the bridges or sea wall in Portland.

Steve

(Enjoying the early spring sunshine just over the river in Vancouver...)

jmbradd · 03-12-2009, 11:14 PM

Ok, I think the wrong pre-set was applied to this last set...I hit "reset" and clicked on the k20d contrast enhanced preset someone posted on this forum and it looks way better.

The corner still sucks but the station no longer looks like its bleeding, at least to me.

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03-11-2009, 09:10 PM	#2
SuperAkuma Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bay Area, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 445	Originally posted by jmbradd Here in portland, just had to get out and try to learn some clear skies photograhpy. I always find clouds and dynamic skies fascinating but believe it or not, the skies here in oregon are often clear in the summer time. Guess today was a preview. As always, comments appreciated! Everytime I go out I try to be a little bit better photographer. ps. Also of note, I was standing on the broadway bridge today, looked down and saw a sea lion in the water! First marine mammal i've seen in a river so far from the ocean thats not a bottle neck for salmon (ie the columbia river dams). I wouldn't be surprised if its travling to one of the tributaries like the clackamas or even the santiam (long ways to go!). I'm an environmental science major and was shocked to see this! Great shot. The color of the sky is really beautiful. But I think the image is a little bit over saturated. You can get away with the sky being over saturated but the house stands out too me for me. I would bring down the orange and red just a little.

03-12-2009, 05:30 AM	#3
daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914	It is a great shot and colors are good. I agree on the saturartion though. the upper right hand corner of the pic (looking at it) just looks off.

03-12-2009, 09:11 AM	#4
jmbradd Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portland, OR Photos: Albums Posts: 325 Original Poster	On my camera I have saturation set to 0 on the custom image menu and put it through the lightroom contrast enhanced pre-set. The upper right hand is kinda messed up because I was using a polarizer and a 2 stop grad (stupid but I had never used one before and wanted to give it a go!) On my LCD it looked as if that side was too bright but now I know, it was not. I'll try to pull some saturation out and repost when I get home.

03-12-2009, 09:21 AM	#5
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by SuperAkuma Great shot. The color of the sky is really beautiful. But I think the image is a little bit over saturated. You can get away with the sky being over saturated but the house stands out too me for me. I would bring down the orange and red just a little. My thoughts too in terms of the saturation. There was some splendid weather yesterday in Portland, but not THAT splendid In regards to the sea lion...hang out on the Broadway or Steel bridges and you may see a few more of those beasts. They wander up the Willamette River following the salmon and it is not particularly unusual to see them from the bridges or sea wall in Portland. Steve (Enjoying the early spring sunshine just over the river in Vancouver...)

03-12-2009, 11:14 PM	#6
jmbradd Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portland, OR Photos: Albums Posts: 325 Original Poster	Ok, I think the wrong pre-set was applied to this last set...I hit "reset" and clicked on the k20d contrast enhanced preset someone posted on this forum and it looks way better. The corner still sucks but the station no longer looks like its bleeding, at least to me.