Freycinet Paddling Trip

[SteveGriffin]

A couple of mates and I did our annual hairy mens trip a couple of weeks ago. This year it was to South -East Tassie for a paddling and hill climbing expedition. The first 2 are pano merges of 10 & 12 shots respectively. Assembly in CS3 C&C please

[Merkyone]

The last one is fantastic. The reflection off the bay really makes it.

The second one doesn't do much for me; I wonder if the border colour is to blame.

[Oneputt]

Nice work Steve. Looks like you picked the weather

[radar]

Hi Steve,

a classic shot of Wineglass Bay, beautiful. I would probably try to just up the saturation in the blue of the sky to really make it pop.

The second one is also very good but I think the rocks take over the pano, too much imho. The hills in the distance get over powered. I would try to crop some fo the bottom rocks out maybe and do a bit of curves adjustment in the colours to bring out the colours in the upper half.

Great stitching jobs on those panos.

Last one is great, wouldn't change a thing

The borders in the first two detract from the nice shots you have, but that's just my taste anyway.

Would have been a great trip. I'll be there at the end of April, so I hope to get good weather like you did.

cheers,

André
(edit: fixed spelling)

[Pehpsi]

All very nice, great presentation too.. I'm also a fan of the last one. Really like those kinds of tones in images.

[marcotrov]

The tonal quality and reflection in the last one together with it's simplified composition makes this a terrific image.
cheers
marco

[who]

Great shots of that area I reckon.

My comments

#1 - The sky blues seem to be a bit washed out and vary slightly side to side in intensity.......
#2 - Please consider changing the border colour, and try to get more colour out of the Hazards - there is a lot of colour in them in the right light.
#3 - Very nice and moody. I have some great sunset shots from the Freycinet Lodge area looking back over the bay to the west...... the water usually has just enough movement to get great reflections too.

[SteveGriffin]

Thank you all for the comments. It looks like my first attempt at borders was a bit of a flop. I will play around with the first 2 and see what I can come up with.

[Killakoala]

Gorgeous images. Tourism Tasmania should have a look at them.

[stubbsy]

Steve

I'll be brutally honest. When I first looked at this post all I noticed was the borders.

Once I got past that I realised there are some high quality images there too. Stick to light white or cream - how often do you see stuff framed with coloured mounts

So now I've got that off my chest - #1 is a fantastic pano nicely framed and cropped and great use of the colours. For me #2 is the weak link I'd have liked more sky and less foreground for a stronger image since (for me) the mountains are the subject not the rocks and the crop here empahsises the rocks. #3 has a wonderful subtle dreamy quality to it and is a great example of how a similar crop to #2 is right for this (the foreground is the subject for me in this one - go figure!)

[SteveGriffin]

Thanks for looking beyond the hideous borders Peter.

I think that I missed something with the 2nd image, perhaps its was the title. The pink algae on the rocks is meant to be the feature of the shot - you only see that stuff where there is next to no pollution. It is a sign of a pristine environment. The mountains were really there to give it a locational context. Maybe I can have another crack at it if I ever go back