Undecided

Since purchasing my new Nikon D80 (Camera), I’ve wanted to do a Sunset (I admit that most of these shots are tired shots that have been done thousands or millions of times by others much more skilled than I…  but I wanted to do them at least once to know what it was like, and to try to capture one of those moments I lived through myself.)

	Here is my attempt at a sunset.  I took the photo using the Camera RAW setting and tweaked it a bit.You might also notice that compared to the original version, there is a bit of lens-flare on the original to the left of the sun.  I healed that out of the final version to remove the distraction from the eye.
	Here is that same photo without tweaking. You can tell that I took a bit of warmth from the photograph and added a bit of vignetting to the edges.

I can tell I’ve let my shape slide when I try to tackle these hills.  150-200 feet along a 12-15% grade (rises 12-15 feet for each 10 feet you move horizontally) and I’m winded.

At least I’m getting the exercise going after these photos.  Hopefully I’ll feel driven enough to go get more photos on a daily basis and my shape will improve.