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Sunset over the Shuswap Lake, British Columbia.
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love the light reflecting on the water.
a friend of mine was going home on the train after a long day at work....the sun setting...on its last minutes....and a child points out to his mother..."look mom...the Day is going away"
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I'm glad you like it. Sometimes I don't know why I post this stuff, lol, because landscapes aren't my forte, but it's nice when someone comments like you did, with a little story 
Thank you!
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aw i really do like it
lol sometimes i wondered why i post some of the things i posted
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I chalk it up a lot to 'because I can'.
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Very pretty shot! wonderful bright colours and reflections
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This is pretty, but I think the rocks in the foreground are a tad too dark for my tastes. You could lighten them up a bit in photoshop, and I think that would benefit the picture. I do like that the dark clouds are repeated in the water though, it's pretty dramatic.
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Yeah, I was actually working on that right now with the rocks in photoshop, great minds think alike I suppose
Since I know very little about anything other then color adjust and such, it's been a pain trying to figure out how to edit and keep it as natural as possible, I did most of this in lightroom, which I know how to use about as well as I know how to have a penis, which isn't very well, since I'm a girl - so I transferred this this morning in to photoshop to work on it in that thing people call LAYERS.
Thanks for the advice, awesome to know that what I am seeing wrong others are too - well not wrong, but...something that could be improved upon
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You should practice using the sponge tool and the burn tool. They give the most natural adjustments in my opinion. and lol, layers. I like barely use them unless I'm doing a lot of changes.
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I've never really used them before, it's weird. I'll paint and do all my editing on the actual picture usually - but one layer seems to be a good idea for all this stuff i'm learning because i can easily go back to the original that way and see what i changed and where i messed it up
sponge. Gotcha.
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Well it can be super-useful when you're learning, because you can just hit the little eyeball symbol and see exactly what a tool is doing and how it affects everything. So yeah for learning, I definitely give layers a 
and yeah, sponge, burn, dodge. I think they're under the eraser? I dunno, they get switched around, it's different in different versions. But I like the way they work.
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I understand dodge and burn, I think desaturate is grouped with those, is that the sponge tool?
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I think that's right.
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I'll use it then, and see - though doesn't that just make things black and white, in essence?
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basically. but you can weaken the effect, to get some really nice discoloration in specific areas.
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*nod* Still need to try this - going to do it today if I can get a moment in to load up my photoshop. I'm so pleased that I know where this tool is it's almost good enough for me, I almost don't want to go play with it 
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lol, so how's all that photoshopping coming along?
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Haven't been around to try. Lol
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Ill bet you say that to all the boys.
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Your bewitching lies, dont flatter me....
(They do)
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You had a very busy sky to work with I see....just a beautiful shot and great idea leaving the small piece of shoreline. It gives the shot that much more depth!
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The one thing I've read about over and over and over again on nature photography is to have an interesting foreground - make sure to have something that draws the eye that isn't the main focal point, in essence - I've been trying to apply that to what I do for a while now, I'm hoping to get the most out of that general idea, but it's actually pretty tricky. You find yourself wanting to just take a picture of the sky, right? But it would look better if you say, angled the trees so they are looming but not overpowering, or the rocks on the beach, etc.
I do agree that it was a very busy sky - but British Columbia sunsets are incredibly colorful
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That is truly great advice and some I am going to start incorporating more into my rise/set shots when possible. I can see that the word colorful hardly does your sets up there any justice....breathtaking my friend!
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I have a lot of links on stuff like that if you'd like to read them.....
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Feel free to send me anything you think might be beneficial to me and what I do my friend. We are all learning here I say!
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I don't wanna you declined my group invite
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I forgot to note you about that!!! OMG! I am so sorry! I just dont join groups on here anymore. Not in ANY on here now. They are just not my thing if you know what I mean. I hope I didnt offend you my friend....
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As long as you let me put your WORK in my group I don't care if you join it or not! <3
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GLADLY my friend...put any of it in there you would like! I am most honored you would want to feature my stuff in there and I cannot thank you enough!!!
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Thank you kindly - it was very dramatic to witness it - so many abrasive colors in the sky
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