Sunrise at Oxbow Bend

[Paul Kammen]

I spent a few days here last fall and this was sunrise one morning. Though shooting some HDR, this is a single exposure. Thanks for any feedback.

Paul Kammen

7DII, ISO 250, f 14 0.3 sec exposure, 35mm.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Hey I've been there!! What a super location I thought Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons was magical and so is the lighting on this image. I may be tempted to reduce purple and magenta just a little - not to eliminate just reduce slightly and I would crop some water off the base to a little below the snow reflection.
There appears to be some noise in the image, I wouldn't have expected this at ISO 250.

[John Mack]

Great colors in this one. The sky and water look quite noisy. The composition is right on. Like the geese as well.

[Paul Kammen]

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback. I think the noise was from post processing as I ran "detail extractor" on NIK which tends to enhance noise...here's another version I think is a little better.

35mm on the 17-55, f14, ISO 250 0.3 sec exposure.

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[Paul Kammen]

And one more...

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[Andrew McLachlan]

The 3rd version works better for me. When using Detail Extractor or Tonal Contrast on landscape imagery I find it almost essential to erase any effects of the filter from the sky, water, or other similar textures that will become noisy when the filter is applied.