a couple from this morning

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a couple from this morning

Postby Pa on Sun May 31, 2009 9:51 am

One of my favourite subjects...taken 3 mins apart with the tokina f4 12-24

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Re: a couple from this morning

Postby Matt. K on Sun May 31, 2009 2:49 pm

The only thing missing is a fat trout breaking the water! :D :D :D
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Re: a couple from this morning

Postby radar on Sun May 31, 2009 4:24 pm

Pa,

up early again :wink:

great colours, only thing I'd do is crop a bit of the grass on the bottom.

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Re: a couple from this morning

Postby camrak on Sun May 31, 2009 5:05 pm

Nice light = great shots, but according to Andre - you have to try crop more on the bottom, now is really too much grass, and after this you will receive superb panoramic photo proportions :)
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Re: a couple from this morning

Postby big pix on Sun May 31, 2009 6:51 pm

....... first one for me..... but, would like to see the image darker, tad more contrast, and a large crop of the grass...... nice work
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Re: a couple from this morning

Postby surenj on Sun May 31, 2009 10:14 pm

Love the colours. I played with this in PS and some more blues and grees (upper and lower parts of the frame) balances the vibrant colours in this.

:agree: with what others said with crop.
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Re: a couple from this morning

Postby Alex on Sun May 31, 2009 11:25 pm

excellent captures! Love the colours.

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Re: a couple from this morning

Postby gummi on Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:30 am

Wow those are really deep colours there Pa, is the grass really that lush and deep green? How did you get the rays of the sun like that? Was it just a property of the lens/filter or just the angle you took it at? Thanks for sharing the pics, it seems so serene.
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Re: a couple from this morning

Postby Pa on Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:21 am

thanks for the feedback all, here are the cropped versions...i like them..i was playing with thirds in the originals....

if anyone wishes to play and post feel free

Val no magic photoshop with the rays, thats how it was....the flood waters have been on all the grassy erea hence it's lushness

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Re: a couple from this morning

Postby big pix on Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:08 am

...... my take on pa's pix.....

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......quick crop, contrast mask, darken sky, darken corners and sides ......
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Re: a couple from this morning

Postby tntman on Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:31 pm

Wow! Great colors... composition isnt my cup of tea though :)

The foreground took away from the colors! Didn't mix well to me..
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Re: a couple from this morning

Postby big pix on Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:00 pm

........ you have got to love a professional eye on a simple subject..... :wink:
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Re: a couple from this morning

Postby biggerry on Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:31 pm

Pa, i'll do ya a swap, you come to sydney and play with sydney views and i'll take the sunrises over old bar :D

I like your cropped version :up: - the lush grass is very applicable and appropriate given the rainfall up that way.
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