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Ed Knepley | all galleries >> Photo a Day (PAD) since 5/04 >> aug_06_pad > 8/13/06 - Manassas Station
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13-AUG-2006

8/13/06 - Manassas Station

Taken about 30 minutes before sunrise (5 AM is awfully early to get up for a PAD) in Old Town Manassas. This is where the 12mm lens comes in handy. How about this B&W version? http://www.pbase.com/ed_k/image/65083636 (It has the proper orientation IMO).

I didn't change the sky's color; this is how it was captured. Actually here is the "BEFORE" image which is quite different from this processed version http://www.pbase.com/ed_k/image/65079856 . I shoot RAW & turn off everything like sharpening, contrast, saturation, etc. (or set it to the lowest possible setting) because I don't want the in-camera auto processing as decided by Nikon to be the final factor in how my image will look. Shooting RAW is a blessing; notice that in the "before" image the color is all off because White Balance was set to Auto (needed to be incandescent). Easy fix with RAW; difficult to impossible to correct properly is this were a jpeg out of the camera.

Took several others - http://www.pbase.com/ed_k/image/65080125 & http://www.pbase.com/ed_k/image/65080128 & http://www.pbase.com/ed_k/image/65080130


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Guest 21-Jan-2007 22:44
Love it. I love dusk shots.
Scott14-Aug-2006 03:17
Great light!
Guest 14-Aug-2006 01:15
Magnificient.
Michael Weinberg13-Aug-2006 17:06
Hi Ed. Excellent night/slow shutter composition picking up not only fine color tones in the ssation, but a deep blue gradient sky as well. Nice work. All my best, Michael.
Herb 13-Aug-2006 16:19
Nice image