Posts tagged ‘sunset’

Reader Photos

Reader Photos: Against a Backdrop of Fire

Against a Backdrop of Fire
Against a Backdrop of Fire, originally uploaded by Chris Nixon.

Photos posted in this category are selected from the contributions of members of the Photodoto discussion group at Flickr.com.

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Tips, Tutorials, Hacks

Screencast: Editing Huntington Beach Pier Sunset

A short screencast showing the power of the curves tool for enhancing contrast, increasing saturation, and color adjustment. A large final version of this photo can be seen at lightproofbox.com. This photo is from an essay I wrote called Patience, A Photographer's Ally.

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Essays

Patience, a photographer’s ally

I went to the beach on Sunday evening to try for some nice shots of the Huntington Beach pier at sunset. Shooting sunsets is always a hit or miss proposition. Sometimes you get beautiful, jaw-dropping colors and patterns in the sky. And sometimes it just gets dark. Around here this [...]

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Reader Photos

Reader Photo: David Gentiles

David Gentiles
David Gentiles, originally uploaded by Joel W. Smith.

Photos posted in this category are selected from the contributions of members of the Photodoto discussion group at Flickr.com.

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Tips, Tutorials, Hacks

Screencast: Curves color enhancement tutorial

This 2.5 minute screencast shows a simple and fast technique using multiple layers to enhance the colors in a photograph. GIMP is free photo editing software for Windows, Mac and Linux. I published the final version of this photo at Flickr.

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