Smooth sunset

© Rajasekar Alamanda

Smooth sunset

Uploaded: September 18, 2009

Description

This was shot at the Great Falls over Potomac river in the Washington DC area.

I used a polarizer filter and neutral density filter stacked on my 18 70 lens.

I manually blended two exposures, one exposed for sky and the other for land. Played with multiple layers blended with screen and multiply modes to enhance highlights and shadows.

Comments

Tess L. Yee September 18, 2009

Gorgeous image with wonderful color & details, Rajasekar! I used to hike the Great Falls area (on the Virginia side). This is stunning! #1181843

Carolyn J. Connolly September 18, 2009

Beautiful sunset scene, Rajasekar...and you captured and edited it very well here!! The tones, textures, lighting, depth, veiling of the water and composition all are outstanding!! Great presentation, too!! :o) #7953872

Richard D. Love September 18, 2009

Excellent HDR, Rajasekar. Just a beautiful image with DD effects.

Rick #7954480

Rolando Rosito September 19, 2009

Wonderful image Rajasekar #7956608

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