Do they work, and if so which is best? It might be obvious but I feel that I need to add that it was very foggy.
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I took these two images within a couple of minutes of each other and from slightly different angles.
Do they work, and if so which is best? It might be obvious but I feel that I need to add that it was very foggy.
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Interesting... These photos look completely different on my two monitors...
On the LCD, they are lighter and it is easy to make out the boat and the ripples on the water... On my CRT (which I thought was the more accurate) they are quite dark and I can hardly see the boat... On the whole I think that they would benefit from being a tad lighter to bring out the detail... The banding around the sun is a little distracting too, but that may have happened in your JPG conversion... The top one has the makings of a very moody image... Cheers, John
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Leek I have done as you suggested but do you not think that it now looks even blockier around the sun?
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We sure did have some classic fog this morning... i live near the tree farm at Kuluin.. and it was almost spooky.. tried taking some shots to give the spooky feel but the 18-70 kit lense just wasnt doing it for me
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Yep ... There is quite heavy pixelation in the trees and reflections as well... Are those visible when you're viewing the NEF in PS... If not then you should be able to fix it by finding the right size for the JPG and by saving it at the maximum quality...Cheers, John
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Leek n othing done to this one other than to save as maximum res JPEG and resize. What do you reckon.
"The good thing about meditation is that it makes doing nothing respectable"
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Hmmm... that doesn't seem to improve it a lot...
You said saved as JPG and then resize... Did you do it in that order??? If so, try resizing while in 16bit mode, then changing the mode to 8-bit and then saving as JPG... This will minimise the loss when resizing. If not, then I'm not sure what's causing the banding / pixellation... Maybe one of our more informed gurus can help... On the other hand - maybe I just need to calibrate my monitor again 
Can anyone else see what I'm seeing??? How to correct??? Cheers, John
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I like the lighter one for the fact you can see the boat
 But then the sun goes crappy. The darker one, the sun is really good, but you can't see the boat! 
OK - try this... Wack in a graduated filter to make the sun darker, but leave the boat lighter. See how this looks
I really like the mood of these, just need a bit of 'digital darkroom' treatment and they'll sing *** When getting there is half the fun! ***
Great capture
 Looks a lot like an oil painting...agreed with the sun needing to be the darker version.Hassy, Leica, Nikon, iPhone
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OK this time I played with the curve a little to dull the bright areas and lighten the dark areas, then I resized whilst in 16 bit, changed to 8 bit and coverted to JPEG at the max resolution.
 "The good thing about meditation is that it makes doing nothing respectable"
D3 - http://www.oneputtphotographics.com
That looks a lot better on my monitor. Nearly all the blockiness is gone...
Hope it looks as good on other people's monitors...
Printing at A3 would probably bring out the detail even more... Cheers, John
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Teh very first one is the best, i think the boat introduces context to a languid but deeply mysterious and moody scene which is best left obscured and non defined. The soft green tone reminds me of a scene on a distant world.
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