Sunset over the pipeline

[mattyh]

This is turning into a bit of a project! Went out for another wander along the new gas pipeline they're laying up here, took a few shots (some more to process yet, but I got talking and I'm late back :eek:).

Here's one to be going on with :)

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s306/navaramatty/DSC_0042.jpg

[Magnum]

Looks brilliant. What processing was done?

[Lateralus]

very nice= )

[mattyh]

upped saturation, crop and sharpen. That was about it tbh

:)

[Grave Robber]

Nice shot :)

[EdinburghGary]

ARRRGH ITS LOVELY, STOP IT!

:D

[Oaten]

great looking sunset

great picture

[mattyh]

Thanks for your comments :)

:lol: @ Gary :D

[Jimmy_Lemon]

Really like that Matty :) lovely colours and composition.

[Duckydoodle]

Really like it Matty. It's different. Lovely colours and perspective :thumbs:

[jgs001]

I like it also. Great colours.

[mattyh]

Thank you all :)

[DinoS]

did you use flash to brighten the pipe?

[rockkeeper]

nice :thumbs:

[mattyh]

did you use flash to brighten the pipe?

Yep, a touch of fill flash

nice :thumbs:

Thanks :)

[dazzajl]

Yep, a touch of fill flash

nice and subtle, the little highlight being almost the only giveaway. Unless you stop to take in the fact that the light is behind the pipe of course. ;)

Lovely shot, there's always something really pleasing about seeing the ugly made to look so beautiful.

[mattyh]

High praise indeed Dazzajl, You're right about the flash of course, this is the 2nd time I've been to shoot these pipes, I really like the images I've prouduced, considering they're just a bunch of pipes being buried in the ground :D

[dazzajl]

I feel a little guilty now. I'm not convinced that pipes have feelings but perhaps I shouldn't have called it ugly.


I guess the serious point is that it's not ugly at all is it. It just needs to be seen through the eyes of someone who sees it's beauty. :thumbs:

[mattyh]

No... you were right the first time, they're butt ugly, they ruin the landscape, but hey, while they're there, I'll take the opportunity to try and make something of them :)

Plus, the gas they're going to carry will keep my house nice and warm & my food cooked, so who am I to complain :D

[DiddyDave]

Hi Mattyh - just about to comment then I remembered your 'he's diddy' comment on another thread

so

It's crap m8, you have no idea what a camera is for or how to use it. How you can record such bollx with a Nikon is beyond me. Please please STOP for all our sakes !!!



What's that? Me bear a grudge? NEVER

:razz::razz::razz:

DD











PS - really like this one too, and there's more to come? Excellent - keep it up
:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

[mattyh]

Hi Mattyh - just about to comment then I remembered your 'he's diddy' comment on another thread

so

It's crap m8, you have no idea what a camera is for or how to use it. How you can record such bollx with a Nikon is beyond me. Please please STOP for all our sakes !!!



What's that? Me bear a grudge? NEVER

:razz::razz::razz:

DD











PS - really like this one too, and there's more to come? Excellent - keep it up
:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:

Dave you crack me up mate :thumbs:

Thanks.... I think :suspect:

[DiddyDave]

Yep - it was (eventually) a compliment

:D:D:D

DD

[yourapocalypse]

I love the colours in that sky. Don't care for the foreground, but don't care. Sky!

[Toothie]

Fantastic colours, good foreground detail i really love it:)

[mattyh]

Thanks for your comments :)

[InaGlo]

Oooh! thats a bit gorgeous that is Matty ..... well done! :thumbs:

[DiddyDave]

Jeez Mattyh

26 posts and 6 of them are just you saying 'Thanks'

I nominate Mattyh for the title of 'Spamster 2008' for his continued role as 'Thank-Master General'

:lol:

DD

PS - no doubt he'll thank me for this too :eek:

[Toothie]

Jeez Mattyh

26 posts and 6 of them are just you saying 'Thanks'

I nominate Mattyh for the title of 'Spamster 2008' for his continued role as 'Thank-Master General'

:lol:

DD

PS - no doubt he'll thank me for this too :eek:

ill second that nomination for you Dave:)

[mattyh]

Jeez Mattyh

26 posts and 6 of them are just you saying 'Thanks'

I nominate Mattyh for the title of 'Spamster 2008' for his continued role as 'Thank-Master General'

:lol:

DD

PS - no doubt he'll thank me for this too :eek:

Pot




Kettle




Black


:razz::razz::razz::razz::razz::razz: :D

[DinoS]

was focal length was it taken at?

[mattyh]

was focal length was it taken at?

15mm on the 10-20mm

[EdinburghGary]

Jeez Mattyh

26 posts and 6 of them are just you saying 'Thanks'

I nominate Mattyh for the title of 'Spamster 2008' for his continued role as 'Thank-Master General'

:lol:

DD

PS - no doubt he'll thank me for this too :eek:



Oi, thats my title!

Beat it boyo! :D

Gary,

[DinoS]

hes admitted to spamming, BAN HIM

[EdinburghGary]

And a perfect example of the much needed "focal point" for the wide angle :D Remove the pipes, would you still be happy having used that lens and with the shot?

Just curious - what a cracker it is though.

[DinoS]

good point that

[mattyh]

PRobably not Gary, because there wouldn't have been any foreground interest, so I'd have moved somewhere else to make it more interesting, and still used the 10-20, I love that lens :woot: :D

[Gary Wood]

Mmmmm Nice shot

[DiddyDave]

Pot




Kettle




Black


:razz::razz::razz::razz::razz: :D

:shrug:

:thinking:

:thumbs:

:lol:

DD

[DiddyDave]

and still used the 10-20, I love that lens :woot: :D

Can't beat a wide-boy for 'in-yer-face' landscapes, and the fact that these things make apertures only useful for exposure and no longer anything to do with DoF

What a lens (any super-wide that is)

Mine's the Nikon 12-24 that Mattyh has played with I think - inspired him to wider things I feel

(Unless of course I'm making all that up, Mattyh?)

DD

[mattyh]

Can't beat a wide-boy for 'in-yer-face' landscapes, and the fact that these things make apertures only useful for exposure and no longer anything to do with DoF

What a lens (any super-wide that is)

Mine's the Nikon 12-24 that Mattyh has played with I think - inspired him to wider things I feel

(Unless of course I'm making all that up, Mattyh?)

DD

Nope DD, never played with your wide one :nuts:

the 10-20 is all LeeP's fault :D

[DiddyDave]

Nope DD, never played with your wide one :nuts:

the 10-20 is all LeeP's fault :D



Soz Mattyh - you're right

It's Dellipher who's gotten her hands round the girth of my wide-boy, on my dining-room table as I remember

My she was impressed

Got her own 10-20 now, seems she needed even wider than mine to fill her desires

:naughty::naughty::naughty:

DD

[mattyh]

:shake: bringing my thread into disrepute :lol: :D

[taxi]

nice pic