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A walk on the beach

Postby Francis on Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:03 am

probably a good idea to stay on the beach, the sea looked pretty angry that day
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Re: A walk on the beach

Postby surenj on Thu Jul 09, 2009 12:41 am

Nice photo... It needs a bit more contrast and has so many possibilities.. Here is what I saw in it [Please let me know if you want me to take it down]

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Re: A walk on the beach

Postby biggerry on Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:05 am

Here is what I saw in it


thats a nice rework Surenj! The original image has alot of potential, well done.
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Re: A walk on the beach

Postby Francis on Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:04 pm

[quote="surenj"]Nice photo... It needs a bit more contrast and has so many possibilities.. Here is what I saw in it [Please let me know if you want me to take it down]

No problem surenj, always good to see other points of view.... very nice post processing but I feel it takes away from the original mood, which is pretty dark... I will have another go at it later. in the mean time feel free to reprocess
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Re: A walk on the beach

Postby surenj on Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:12 pm

What would David Hill do? Probably would have used more light to create more darkness. :mrgreen:

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Re: A walk on the beach

Postby aim54x on Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:28 pm

I have to say that although the original image has a lot of potential I have to apologize Surenj as neither of your reworks do anything for me....

The original image had a moody, brooding feel to me, with the two figures on the beach contrasting the size and power that the angry sea. The first rework tries to change this feel to convey a warm sunny day...which does not fit with the brooding sea...

The second rework is just not to my taste!
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Re: A walk on the beach

Postby surenj on Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:49 pm

aim54x wrote:I have to say that although the original image has a lot of potential I have to apologize Surenj as neither of your reworks do anything for me....


Cameron, Don't apologise!! Post your intepretation or suggestions for everyone to learn....
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Re: A walk on the beach

Postby aim54x on Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:59 pm

Try a contrasty B&W conversion with a soft vignette (I am not 100% about the vignette though) and if you can maybe have a go at trying to see if there is any more cloud detail to recover...but I suspect there may not be much....
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Re: A walk on the beach

Postby J.Davis on Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:01 am

I like the original - conveys the power of the sea.
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Re: A walk on the beach

Postby surenj on Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:08 am

Cameron, nice suggestion. It looks really good like that.
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Re: A walk on the beach

Postby aim54x on Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:18 am

surenj wrote:Cameron, nice suggestion. It looks really good like that.


Have you done one??? If you have then please post it up! I dont like actually playing with other ppls photos (a personal thing) but I would like to see if it is close to what i had in mind.
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Re: A walk on the beach

Postby surenj on Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:31 am

Yes I did Cameron, but I threw it away! I don't mind tinkling with other people's photos if I think it's helping someone to improve [which includes myself]. But there has to be line drawn somewhere. The original poster has posted one image...two posts...while I am posting two images...three posts.... :mrgreen: Hmm...maybe not a good idea.
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Re: A walk on the beach

Postby surenj on Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:32 am

surenj wrote:Yes I did Cameron, but I threw it away! I don't mind tinkling with other people's photos if I think it's helping someone to improve [which includes myself]. But there has to be line drawn somewhere. The original poster has posted one image...two posts...while I am posting two images...five posts.... :mrgreen: Hmm...maybe not a good idea.
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Re: A walk on the beach

Postby aim54x on Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:53 am

surenj wrote:Yes I did Cameron, but I threw it away!


Just did the same...I went as far as to add a bit of film grain and stopped before adding vignette....I think it wont need it...but have a play with it and see what you think for yourself Francis....it is your picture at the end of the day
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