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Ahoy: The high seas at the Newcastle baths...

Postby surenj on Sun Sep 19, 2010 6:58 pm

We managed t' squeeze a sunrise out o' t' Airshow safari in Newcastle. T' seas were a little rough and I had t' hold aft on t' wideangle shaninagans somewhat. Thanks Peter for suggestin' this location as I had never been despite seein' zillions o' pictures o' it on Flickr. Here be a few for your critique as usual... Thanks for lookin'.

Thanks André for loan o' t' 10 stoppa... :wink:
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Catching a wave
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Gerry saw the potential here which I completely overlooked! Thanks.
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Re: Ahoy: The high seas at the Newcastle baths...

Postby zafra52 on Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:58 pm

Surenj, my dearr lad. Me think ya got two good
shots heer. 1 & 3 arre good, neigh they'r are as
good as ... pieces of eight!
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Re: Ahoy: The high seas at the Newcastle baths...

Postby gstark on Sun Sep 19, 2010 8:05 pm

Arrrrgghhhh, ye got some fine images herrrre, Surrrrren.
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Re: Ahoy: The high seas at the Newcastle baths...

Postby radar on Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:22 am

That first one worked really nicely didn't it?? I would just give it a slight boost on the saturation or a bit of curve to just make it pop a bit more.

The third one is also very nicely captured,

Great set of image Suren,

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Re: Ahoy: The high seas at the Newcastle baths...

Postby biggerry on Mon Sep 20, 2010 2:46 pm

Suren, that bigstopper is gonna be on my shopping list soon I reckon, that first image you have with that ND is very nice, good use of the fence also! As Andre mentioned, some more contrast and maybe saturation, however also try dialling down the exposure just a fraction...

Thats very good spotting on the second image, excellent use of the long lens you had, you have successfully made a premo image with the gear you had :up:

surenj wrote:Gerry saw the potential here which I completely overlooked! Thanks.


man, I took alot of pictures of that pump house! your pumphouse shot is quite nice, perfect exposure and water movement....

The third image I am indifferent about, it may however, grow on me!
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Re: Ahoy: The high seas at the Newcastle baths...

Postby surenj on Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:19 pm

gstark wrote:Arrrrgghhhh, ye got some fine images herrrre, Surrrrren.

Arrrrggh! Nothin' like pillage n' blunder of ye land Matey... :mrgreen:

zafra52 wrote:pieces of eight!

Argghh... Thanks Zafra ..Arggh....

radar wrote:slight boost on the saturation or a bit of curve
biggerry wrote:more contrast and maybe saturation, however also try dialling down the exposure just a fraction

Thanks boys. Will have a look. I was really digging the high key look for this. The raw is not burnt like it's on the jpeg however.

biggerry wrote:Thats very good spotting on the second image

Thanks Gerry, I am quite keen to get some human action on my landscapes these days... That's why need a resident dslr fisherman on our seascapes.. :wink:

biggerry wrote:that bigstopper is gonna be on my shopping list soon I reckon

I would seriously look into the Lightcraft variable ND filter as well. Similar price AND you can compose while the filter is on... BUT you may only get 8 stoppage out of it. Arghhh....
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Re: Ahoy: The high seas at the Newcastle baths...

Postby ozimax on Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:25 pm

All good, #3 is a cracker, no doubt about it.
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Re: Ahoy: The high seas at the Newcastle baths...

Postby aim54x on Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:12 pm

I have to admit that the warning sign in the last is a bit distracting (may I suggest some use of a particular tool?)

You guys must have been up early!
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Re: Ahoy: The high seas at the Newcastle baths...

Postby surenj on Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:50 pm

aim54x wrote:warning sign in the last is a bit distracting

Thanks Cameron, I will have a go at that.


aim54x wrote:You guys must have been up early!

Yes. 0415. The sunrise was around 0545.
Soon it will change a bit with the daylight savings ... :cheers:
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