Of course it poured with rain...

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Of course it poured with rain...

Postby Bindii on Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:55 pm

on the day that I went to Bryon Bay... I was lucky enough to have a 20 minute window of no rain (but overcast skies) while I was at the lighthouse though.. :)

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Re: Of course it poured with rain...

Postby Mj on Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:17 pm

Glad for your photos that it was overcast !!!

#1 and #3 work well and mostly because of the lovely texture in the sky.
#1 might work better with a little aspect adjustment but is a perfect subject in b&w.

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Re: Of course it poured with rain...

Postby Killakoala on Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:49 am

Same thing happened to me when I went there a few years ago. But it's not all doom and gloom as I think the lighthouse looks great with all that dramatic cloud behind it.
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Re: Of course it poured with rain...

Postby GK on Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:29 am

very good shots there! The second image has this interesting calming effect for some reason.

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Re: Of course it poured with rain...

Postby devilla101 on Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:31 am

Really cool shot of the 1st image. However depending on the time you had processing the image, I would remove the 'halo' around the building and try to make it seamless. I think it will add more to the image.
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Re: Of course it poured with rain...

Postby ozimax on Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:28 pm

First one is excellently dramatic. Guess what, it's raining in Coffs, it's always raining in Coffs!
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Re: Of course it poured with rain...

Postby virgal_tracy on Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:53 pm

#1 for me. Great moody effect. Waiting for some dramatic music to be playing in the background.
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Re: Of course it poured with rain...

Postby Big Red on Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:48 pm

love the effect you got with #1 :mrgreen:
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Re: Of course it poured with rain...

Postby johnd on Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:17 pm

Hi Sue,

I really like #1 and #3.
Dramatic sky, great contrast.
I'd be interested to know what PP you used to get this result.
I think in #1, you've done some dodging/burning to get the effect.
And in #3 it looks like you've used some tone mapping software.
How ever you did it, it worked well.

#2 is nice as well. Very peacful in comparison to the others.
Not so sure about #4. I think it's a bit over sharpened: crunchy hair and halos around the 2 darker shirts.

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