And Yet Another Sunset of SJDS

Submitted by NicaNix on 4 May, 2006 - 06:10.
And Yet Another Sunset of SJDS

The Pacific sunsets are so awesome, it probably has inspired millions of sunset photos ... and here's one more from SJDS.

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Digital Massage

Submitted by NicaNix on 4 May, 2006 - 06:24.

John, the joy of digital cameras is that you can take 100 shots of the same thing with various different settings, etc. and keep just the one that turns out ok! Sunset shots are a challenge that requires adjusting exposure settings, shutter speeds, etc.

Also, I run my original pictures through ACDC photo imaging program. It has a number of filters and adjustments that can take a mediocre picture and turn it into something fabulous.

In this photo, though, I seem to recall that very little adjustment was necessary. It was just one of those Kodak moments that made its way right into the camera!

Too good

Submitted by NicaNix on 4 May, 2006 - 06:56.

I knew ... I just knew someone would find the combination of key words like "massage" and "ACDC" too good to pass up commentary!

I've always been curious about such a name for a program. Actually, it is officially called ACD See, but abbreviated to ACDC. The company is ACD Systems. They started out in the CD-ROM cataloguing industry, and became the defacto program people for decoding JPEG photos in Mosaic, one of the first web browsers. So, that's where the CD part of their name comes from. When they made a stand-alone program to catalogue and edit photos, they called it "See", hence the ACD See name. But, the acronym is certainly interesting, to say the least!

John, I'd gladly tell you my secret, but truth is, I don't know exactly what setting I used, other than for sure I turned off auto flash. Most likely I set the exposure one click off of standard, or something like that. I just kept taking pictures, adjusting the exposure setting until I got something I liked. The feedback is instant on a digital camera ... so nice!

By the way, that photo was taken with a little Canon PowerShot A40 3.0 mpix camera.