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Postby PiroStitch on Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:32 pm

Hi all,

It was rather cold and blustery this evening at the beach, but silly side of me convinced me to go to the beach to take photos...instead of staying home and resting :oops:

Here are 3 photos. USM'd and curves slightly adjusted. Please let me know what you think.

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Postby MHD on Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:35 pm

first one is quite nice!
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Postby christiand on Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:37 pm

Hi PiroStitch,

I like all three of the photos.
No 1 is the most dramatic however.

Keep posting.

Cheers and happy Easter.
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Postby Greg B on Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:37 pm

The photos are good, but I am particularly impressed that you made the effort. :)
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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:37 pm

PiroStitch - I only count 2 :roll:

Nice straight horizons and I do like the colour balance in the first shot but would like to see more contrast in the foreground rock formation.

The second shot needs some more contrast to lift it up.

Thanks for showing and keep them coming :D

3 has now appeared :oops:

So, going on what I said above your first pic becomes #3 and I love it
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Postby PiroStitch on Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:54 pm

Thanks for the encouraging comments everyone and happy Easter as well :D

The settings were all on manual, which bugs me a bit as I finally worked out how to have the settings work properly but only in manual mode. Can't imagine I'd be doing that too often if I choose to do event photography as it takes a while to get the settings right ...for me anyway ;)

I didn't do any colour balancing in the photos, hrmm maybe I should to bring out the colours a bit more?

Cheers,

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Postby leek on Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:33 am

Hi Wayne...

All of your shots are great, but numbers 2 & 3 are probably the best...

Don't be worried about your irresistable desire to take photos in the worst weather... That's when you get the best shots... :lol:
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Postby PiroStitch on Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:38 am

leek wrote:Don't be worried about your irresistable desire to take photos in the worst weather... That's when you get the best shots... :lol:


Thanks John :) I'll make sure I quote that if I end up in hospital with pneumonia :D I guess artists really do suffer for their art :lol:
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Postby darb on Sat Mar 26, 2005 12:43 am

number 1 with a bit more saturation is gorgeous ... maybe crop it to a 12 x 4 pano ratio? the foreground and sky dont do much.
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Postby PiroStitch on Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:07 am

darb wrote:number 1 with a bit more saturation is gorgeous ... maybe crop it to a 12 x 4 pano ratio? the foreground and sky dont do much.


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I did a quickie rush job to boost up the saturation but I think I over did it. :oops: I had already blown the highlights just where the sun was taking a peek and I think I overblew it some more. :D
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Postby darb on Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:07 am

i like it :)
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Postby PiroStitch on Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:34 am

darb wrote:i like it :)


I'm not a big fan of blowing highlights tho :)
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Postby darb on Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:37 am

me eihter

guess you could saturate with saturate tool
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Postby flipfrog on Sat Mar 26, 2005 5:51 am

wow
beauty!

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