An excellent composition, but the processing seems way out, the boats/ship look as though they have had bleach applied?
An excellent composition, but the processing seems way out, the boats/ship look as though they have had bleach applied?
I must agree with this ^ , sort the processing out as you gotta a great shot there
Not really my type of processing and the horizon looks a bit wonky, but other than that I really like the shot.
I was looking at those flats this afternoon on the way back in from today's racing and found myself wondering where you were when you took this shot.
Were you on Brownsea or on a boat?
he composition and the light are good, but the processing is not so good, both in the first and in the second versions...In the second I prefer the more balanced contrast, but all around the Sun are visible too many artifacts...
I was opposite the car park at Sandbanks.
Nikon 300mm f4 prime with Kenko 1.4.oh, nowhere near where I thought it was taken from. What lens were you using?
Yes you are right.Processing is killing what would otherwise be a terrific shot. Keep it simple I say, even if it means you have some under exposure on the boats.
Gary.
I think the first two bracketed shots may be too dark, so I've just taken #3 and played around with dodging/burning. Also darkened the sky area.
Dont know if its to your taste or not though?
have you tried the contrast masking process? I think it would suit this shot.
http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=30650
How's this?
Dodging and burning:
http://www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=30
PS Actually, if you want I can take the more yellow sun from the darker shot and blend it into this one.
My personal take on it would be something a lot less dramatic. It won't go down well as everyone seems to like extremely contrasty shots, but here it is anyway..
On my laptop the whites look a bit yellow, but on my PC monitor they look alright, so sorry if it looks a bit off.
Thanks but that puts the cat amongst the Pigeons.I like the original. More natural. Great capture though. (I'm no expert either!)
Holy Sunglasses.
Can you post the raws?
I think so. I will try this afternoon.
I have a Flickr account but it doesn't recognise the Raw photos, any ideas?
Canon togger that is very good. Chaz photos I like this although it's a little Redish.
What size are they each? Search for "Free File Storage" or "File Uploader" on Google. I reckon with the raws, much better results might be possible in terms of edits.
Gary.
Tiff is no good. I presume you mean 10mb?
Gary.
I just find it amazing how so many people have a diferent take on the one theme...
I personally think the original posted image is the killer shot, allthough if it had canon_togger's sky it would be knockout.
kev.
I'm beginning to wonder just how bright my version when viewed on a callibrated monitor and what some of the other versions look like also.. they just don't seem right to me.
Well on my monitor your version looks whiter than a white thing from Whiteville.
Does that help?
Well yes its a late evening sun so the colour temp will be like that so your white will not be white if you think back to film day you have daylight film taking this, so you would have a good colour in your sunset with digital your camera is trying to take it out and make it look like daylight. You have to fool your camera at time and take control.I have a Flickr account but it doesn't recognise the Raw photos, any ideas?
Canon togger that is very good. Chaz photos I like this although it's a little Redish.