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Shelly Beach

Postby chrisk on Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:03 am

some B&W seascapes. i'm relatively happy with them apart from clipping the highlights especially in the first which is my favourite one. criticisms encouraged pls landscape gurus.

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Re: Shelly Beach

Postby aim54x on Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:35 am

Great stuff Rooz...I love the dynamic that you have captured in this set and the black and white really emphasises the foreboding feel. I really like the first as well. Do you have anything with more sky??
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Re: Shelly Beach

Postby xerubus on Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:55 am

Love them all.... excellent B&W work, and great subject.

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Re: Shelly Beach

Postby chrisk on Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:46 pm

cam, i only have the 24-70 at the moment so i dont have more sky cos i cant go wide enuf. there's that...and there's also the fact that i'm still not very good at composition and "seeing" the scene in landscape yet. i have a feeling i'll be buying the 14-24 again if i can just work out how to effectively put filters on it. luckily the exchange rate is so good i should be able to pick it up pretty cheap.

i printed the first one out with the surfers, the blown white across the centre completely ruins the image unfortunately. that was just a really stupid amateurish error. still kicking myself. :cry:
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Re: Shelly Beach

Postby biggerry on Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:36 pm

The first two jump out at me, I like the first for teh inclusion of the surfers, as you mentioned the highlights are bit bright but the BW conversion is very nice. As cam mentioned, I would like to see a bit more sky in teh first, this would really draw the eye along that wave to the surfers, at the moment my eyes start from the bottom left and work into the image. That said, i reckon its still fine.

The second image probably rates better than the first after lookign at them again for me, however i come away feeling like i wpuld like to see just a fraction more around the bottom/left and right sides. Given that you might go back to the 14-24 this would have solved this.

the blown white across the centre completely ruins the image unfortunately.


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Re: Shelly Beach

Postby aim54x on Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:45 pm

Can I point out that at least your 24-70 gets this wide....mine lives on the front of a DX camera so it is not anywhere near as wide...
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Re: Shelly Beach

Postby Matt. K on Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:56 pm

Rooz
They are bloody outstanding! Print em up huge and get em framed.
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Re: Shelly Beach

Postby Geoff on Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:36 am

Rooz - fantastic!!!! Great work, love em! Thanks for posting!
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Re: Shelly Beach

Postby chrisk on Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:10 am

perhaps time for a visit for a sunrise shoot geoff ? :lol:
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Re: Shelly Beach

Postby Big V on Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:14 pm

Love that second shot.
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Re: Shelly Beach

Postby Geoff on Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:56 pm

Rooz wrote:perhaps time for a visit for a sunrise shoot geoff ? :lol:


I'm keen!
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