[Recovered Thread: 73637]

[Hards80]

i the 2nd shot.. you are shooting directly into the sun.. there is really not much you can do to prevent flare in some lenses when doing so.. the flags that i told you about work when the sun is above or to the side of the shot, like in the 1st image you posted..

btw- i do like that 2nd image quitea bit.. i think you could open up the foreground a little bit in photoshop to bring out more detail.. but the texture is nice in this one..

-dustin

[Hards80]

also using any filter increases your risk of flare.. so you may retry without the filter on it..

a multicoated filter is better than one that is not coated, but they will all increase your risk for flare..

[belibeli]

Excuse me, but I don´t understand what "open up" means. I will do it without any filter next sunset shot.

[mad_grll]

In this case it means "brighten" . Like the picture...But the foreground really needs a boost in luminosity...

Bye bye.

[belibeli]

Like this?.

[Reanimator]

i preffer the first version

the lens flare on that can be taken out with clone tool in photoshop, by selecting the right size brush and spray patterns, and spending a bit of time, zoom in to do it.

id be more than willing to give it a go for u but would prob need full image

[belibeli]

I´ll try again. I couln´d understandlast phrase.

[Hards80]

belibeli,

when i said "open up" i meant make the shadows lighter.. so use the shadows/highlights tool and brighten the shadows.. or usea layer mask and brighten the whole image and then using the black brush unmask the sky to keep its darker colors..

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dustin

www.hardwickphotos.com

[belibeli]

I think it was what I did in the second one.

[Hards80]

yes, you did do that to the 2nd one..

it looks a lot better.. nice editing!

-dustin