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Removing sun from photo: does it strengthen image?

Removing sun from photo: does it strengthen image?

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Burnt to a Crisp said:
Mark Scott Abeln said:
I would have waited a few minutes and taken another shot. After all, this is photography.

I've seen a lot of pretty spectacular image edits, but sometimes these edits, while attempting to look naturalistic, have noticeably glaring defects which shatter the illusion. Fake sunsets, fake sun rays, and fake full moons are rather common, but often the lighting or the perspective is terribly wrong. The effect can be uncanny and disturbing, or it makes the artist look incompetent or having poor taste.
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MisterBG said:
Burnt to a Crisp said:
Mark Scott Abeln said:
I would have waited a few minutes and taken another shot. After all, this is photography.

I've seen a lot of pretty spectacular image edits, but sometimes these edits, while attempting to look naturalistic, have noticeably glaring defects which shatter the illusion. Fake sunsets, fake sun rays, and fake full moons are rather common, but often the lighting or the perspective is terribly wrong. The effect can be uncanny and disturbing, or it makes the artist look incompetent or having poor taste.
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Mackiesback said:
MisterBG said:
Burnt to a Crisp said:
Mark Scott Abeln said:
I would have waited a few minutes and taken another shot. After all, this is photography.

I've seen a lot of pretty spectacular image edits, but sometimes these edits, while attempting to look naturalistic, have noticeably glaring defects which shatter the illusion. Fake sunsets, fake sun rays, and fake full moons are rather common, but often the lighting or the perspective is terribly wrong. The effect can be uncanny and disturbing, or it makes the artist look incompetent or having poor taste.
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Burnt to a Crisp said:
Mackiesback said:
MisterBG said:
Burnt to a Crisp said:
Mark Scott Abeln said:
I would have waited a few minutes and taken another shot. After all, this is photography.

I've seen a lot of pretty spectacular image edits, but sometimes these edits, while attempting to look naturalistic, have noticeably glaring defects which shatter the illusion. Fake sunsets, fake sun rays, and fake full moons are rather common, but often the lighting or the perspective is terribly wrong. The effect can be uncanny and disturbing, or it makes the artist look incompetent or having poor taste.
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Burnt to a Crisp said:
Some insightful observations there, Mark.

So, I gather you find the photo without the sun less realistic.
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I viewed the photos on my smartphone, so I didn't have an opinion either way. I was just giving a general warning about such fakery.
 
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I like #2 better. I've never seen sunset colors with the sun still so high in the sky! :-)

I'm not a fan of the fake sun in the pic. It just looks wrong.
 
I think it looks much better with the sun in its natural position. Using the latest technology, I was able to add it back:

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This looks much better than the poorly rendered sun in image #1.
 
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