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Down by the Beach

Postby rflower on Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:40 pm

These were taken at Clifton Springs, near Geelong in Victoria.

Once was a Jetty
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All Washed Up
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So Peaceful and Calm
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Any thoughts or comments?

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EDIT - Fixed link to Photo 1
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Re: Down by the Beach

Postby colin_12 on Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:53 pm

The only one that grabs me is the old jetty pilons Russell.
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Re: Down by the Beach

Postby biggerry on Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:32 pm

Looks like you had a long walk :cough:

I think the second one could be a winner, needs abit of love to bring out the light etc, did you do any PP on it?
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Re: Down by the Beach

Postby DebT on Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:03 pm

A lot of interest in the first and would not have know it's origin - for some reason the patch of blue sky keeps distracting me so perhaps try a crop to revoe it ?
Like the second plenty of forground interest and the eye just want to follow the coastline to what I am guessing is the old pier . Be interested to see the light changes Biggery is suggesting
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Re: Down by the Beach

Postby biggerry on Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:30 pm

interested to see the light changes Biggery is suggesting


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Re: Down by the Beach

Postby DebT on Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:27 am

yes like it better - but still find the blue patch distracting
think #1 my favourite and it would make a great topic at dawn & sunrise as also suggested
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Re: Down by the Beach

Postby rflower on Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:39 pm

biggerry wrote:
interested to see the light changes Biggery is suggesting


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:?:


Hi biggerry.

Can I ask what you did? Is it just the brightness you have adjusted?

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Re: Down by the Beach

Postby hellman on Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:47 pm

Quite nicely arranged photos, but would like to see them at sunset or a time you could add a bit of mood with some colour. Midday shots leave them a little lifeless for me.
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Re: Down by the Beach

Postby biggerry on Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:32 pm

yes like it - but still find the blue patch distracting


:agree:

Can I ask what you did? Is it just the brightness you have adjusted?


aaahh man that was last night, i am struggling to remember what i had for breakfast... :shock:

All i did was use the d-lighting tool in NX2 (alternatively you can use levels and curves in any other program to achieve the same result) to bring out the light in the shadows, then tried to correct the colour cast/warmth (probably needs to be a bit cooler), added a bit of contrast, finally tried to darken the corners to get more attention to the main subject - the tree branch. As DebT pointed out the blue patch is distraction, i would work on removing/cropping it.

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