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I don't know if they have been edited but in this day and age I suspect something has been done to at least one of them. I don't do any PP in my photos as I prefer the natural look, I take 99% of my photos in Jpeg as well. These were taken in august, just round the corner from where I live and are definitely SOOC apart from a resize, so it is possible to get some of those colours naturally.

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Canon 550D, 100-400 L at 100mm, 1/200, f/5.6 and ISO 100.

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Canon 550D, 100-400 L at 400mm, 1/640, f/10 and ISO 640.
 
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I've got colours like that just using my iPhone, so it is possible, but you can also buy coloured grad filters to introduce more should you need it.
 
JPEG straight out the camera... just a quick reframe/levelling:



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I think some of those in your links may have some pp ( saturation) but beautiful colours can be captured with no filters and no pp
 
When people say SOOC.. it would be really useful to know how they have their camera set-up for JPG.. vibrancy, saturation, etc. Because then, perhaps, the whole myth of the "unprocessed" and "natural" image can be finally put to bed as the myth and fallacy that it is.. ;)

If it's on the screen, in print or even if you're looking at it as a negative/transparency on a light box.. it has been processed.


Natalie, a sunset often needs a little help to look it's best. Usually the basics of vibrancy and saturation will bring out the yellows, oranges and reds close to the horizon. But I often find that a touch of a blue gradient at the top applied in post really sets it off. This is particularly the case if you include a lot of height above the horizon. It's not required if you're going for a long low shot with less sky.

 
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Are these your images if not, its against the rules to comment on other peoples who haven't posted theirs shots, so the edits are against the rules sorry not being a killjoy Id remove them
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The images are links and asking about processing rather than commenting on the quality or critiquing them in anyway so they are fine...also people have only posted there photos that I can see, not edits of the links.
 
Just Dave said:
Are these your images if not, its against the rules to comment on other peoples who haven't posted theirs shots, so the edits are against the rules sorry not being a killjoy Id remove them
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Hi Dave, Is this directed at the OP or me?
 
Just Dave said:
Are these your images if not, its against the rules the edits are against the rules sorry not being a killjoy Id remove them
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What are you talking about? They're links to images that may or may not have been post-processed (edited) and the OP would like to know what has been done..
 
Asha said:
Hi Dave, Is this directed at the OP or me?
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Forget my posting Dave....Tom has cleared up my missunderstanding in his posting!
 
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To the people that have replied, thanks! I just find it hard to imagine finding some of the oranges, reds and pinks that can be found on Flickr/DeviantArt. Guessing that being in the right time and place helps!
 
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NMWolverson said:
If this is directed at me, then I'm not sure how I broke any rules? I never claimed the images were mine, nor did I edit them. I want to try and get similar results and I was just asking if it was possible without PP.

To the people that have replied, thanks! I just find it hard to imagine finding some of the oranges, reds and pinks that can be found on Flickr/DeviantArt. Guessing that being in the right time and place helps!
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above :thumbs: my mistake :(
 
NMWolverson said:
To the people that have replied, thanks! I just find it hard to imagine finding some of the oranges, reds and pinks that can be found on Flickr/DeviantArt. Guessing that being in the right time and place helps!
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On another note have a look at my shot and final edit may interest you, what can be retrieved, shot RAW http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=378980

Im sorry I got the wrong end of the stick old age creeping in everyone my deepest apologies, I dont mind admitting I got the wrong end mass :hug2:
 
Hopefully I can give you a definitive answer to your question for at least one of the pictures because I took it...

This particular picture was taken in Kota Kinabalu in Borneo at sunset. It was taken with a little Canon Powershoot and was a long exposure in manual mode, propped up in the sand.

This is straight out of the camera. BUT... it had a very high ISO which is why you see so much noise in the pic, and my long exposure slightly overexposed which made the light more intense. Versus a DSLR, I find the handheld cameras tend to boost saturation a bit. NB. I was still very new to manual settings and was playing around. I would NOT RECOMMEND having a high ISO to take sunsets. Or I would have used a noise eliminator in post production these days (say Noise Ninja).

So - was this the colours I was seeing with the naked eye. Sadly not, the sky looked a lot darker than this to me.

The camera unlocked the magic.

Hope that helps.

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Thanks Doug, that was really useful.
Never really experimented much with long exposures, guess I need to invest in a tripod and maybe a shutter release.
 
This was shot in a panic without looking at the settings hence the low f num and poor focusing

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This is the raw image, but it didn't need tripod as it took at 1/2000 sec because I didn't think:gag:
 
It is possible to get it SOOC, keep the exposure down, perhaps a stop under what it really should be and make sure our saturation and contrast are pretty high. You will be limited to what you can achive with it though - Dave's shot is exposed on the bright side to keep the detail in the structure, thus requiring a lot of PP to bring it back down to 'normal'. Pay attention to your whit balance too, you can really alter a sunset shot just by tweaking it.
 
hi,

why not try switching up the white balance settings? Im no expert but heres my input haha

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