Maui Sunset

[John Lowin]

Splendid sunset on Maui in Lahina. Hope you like my image. C and C welcome, I'm here to learn. - John

f/2.8 1/200 ISO 100
8-23mm @ 7.7mm
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[Brian Wong]

Hi John!

Colors are wonderful, and the inclusion of the palms and the torch says Hawaiian. I would try and level the ocean. Use the ruler tool and arbitrary rotate. There is a strange white outline on the torch, suggesting an artifact from sharpening? Hope you had a good time there!

[Robert Amoruso]

John,

The torch provides a very good balancing element to the sunset and since the colors are the same, ties in nicely. As mentioned your horizon needs leveling and the sharpening halos on the silhouettes it very pronounced.

Because silhouettes are already black, they stand out well against a brighter BG and look sharp already due to the contrast differential so sharpening is not needed.

Very easy to use the magic wand tool and select the silhouette since it is black. Then invert the selection, contract it so you pull the selection away from the silhouette, feather it about 1/2 the pixel amount of the contraction, then sharpen the selection.

If you sharpen a BG copy, you can then make a silhouette selection, expand it to include the halo, feather it and mask out the silhouette.

[John Lowin]

Hi John!

Colors are wonderful, and the inclusion of the palms and the torch says Hawaiian. I would try and level the ocean. Use the ruler tool and arbitrary rotate. There is a strange white outline on the torch, suggesting an artifact from sharpening? Hope you had a good time there!

Does this look better? - John

[John Lowin]

John,

The torch provides a very good balancing element to the sunset and since the colors are the same, ties in nicely. As mentioned your horizon needs leveling and the sharpening halos on the silhouettes it very pronounced.

Because silhouettes are already black, they stand out well against a brighter BG and look sharp already due to the contrast differential so sharpening is not needed.

Very easy to use the magic wand tool and select the silhouette since it is black. Then invert the selection, contract it so you pull the selection away from the silhouette, feather it about 1/2 the pixel amount of the contraction, then sharpen the selection.

If you sharpen a BG copy, you can then make a silhouette selection, expand it to include the halo, feather it and mask out the silhouette.

Thanks Robert! - John

[Brian Wong]

Hi John!

Much better, don't you agree? What a beautiful setting! As Robert mentioned, the torch color ties in nicely with the fiery sky.

[John Lowin]

Hi John!

Much better, don't you agree? What a beautiful setting! As Robert mentioned, the torch color ties in nicely with the fiery sky.

Hi Brian, Yes. Thanks for your comments, much appreciated. - John

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey John,re-post is very nice and well handled!....crop the base to what you had in the original size wise.......and you have a winner. Colors now pop.....and as Robert mentioned....nice balance with the torch.