Vancouver Island Sunset

[Marko]

How bad is the difference? Keep in mind an 8 meg + RAW sized down to a few hundred JPG pixels won't be identical. But it should still be very good.

[Marko]

Maybe check the colour space are you working in lightroom or photoshop?

[dmacneil]

Good point about the reduction from RAW to jpg .. but I cant help but think it must be something else. The difference in the oranges and reds from lightroom to here is really dramatic. In lightroom it REALLY pops.

I tried all of the different colour space settings... so Im kinda stuck. Oh well - thanks again for your advice. much appreciated.

[Mad Aussie]

Love the first shot. Would have chosen the 2nd shot had it had the same strong colouring and dramatism in the sky as the first because I like the rocks in the foreground more.

Can only suggest the noise is from the ISO setting being too high? I usually set mine to 100 or 200 and use a longer exposure to avoid it. I realise if clouds are racing around up there or the water is moving too quickly for your intended result though that a longer exposure wouldn't be possible.