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Postby the foto fanatic on Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:40 am

Lake Wanaka, New Zealand.

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Re: Windswept

Postby dviv on Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:02 am

Nice shot Trevor.

Any chance of bumping up the highlights? The shadows look good but it seems to be a bit lacking in contrast.
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Postby the foto fanatic on Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:06 pm

Thanks - I think that you have made a valid point.

I did the B&W conversion in SilverFX, so I revisited it and played with the algorithm a tad.

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Re: Windswept

Postby dviv on Fri Feb 25, 2011 3:36 pm

Way better :up:

Was the patch in the clouds blown in camera? Would be great to get more details there if possible
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Re: Windswept

Postby surenj on Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:23 pm

Do you have the color version for us to see?
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Re: Windswept

Postby aim54x on Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:19 pm

Looking good there!

I would try to bring back a bit of detail in that cloud patch...in the 2nd rework you seem to have lost some detail
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Re: Windswept

Postby ozimax on Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:09 am

Great title to the photo. I do like the revised version better. I'm trying to think, where is Lake Wanaka? After 16 trips to NZ, you'd think I would remember! I suppose it's age.....
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Re: Windswept

Postby the foto fanatic on Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:51 pm

Firstly, thanks to all who have commented - I think I'm starting to get somewhere after taking the suggestions on board.

Here is the colour original.
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I thought that it was fairly bland, and started doing B&W conversions, I thought that the image gained much more power. Here is the third iteration of the B&W, and it looks a lot better. Click to see larger. Ozi, Wanaka is in pinot country, Central Otago - about an hour's drive north-east of Queenstown.
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Re: Windswept

Postby dviv on Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:42 am

the foto fanatic wrote:Here is the third iteration of the B&W, and it looks a lot better.


Very nice :up: - the best of the lot (so far :D )
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Re: Windswept

Postby surenj on Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:11 am

dviv wrote:Very nice - the best of the lot (so far )

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Re: Windswept

Postby Reschsmooth on Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:49 am

Agree...the third iteration is by far the best.

Some very fine pinot from that area, and somewhere around the lake is Rippon which is building an awesome music facility as well as winery.
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Re: Windswept

Postby the foto fanatic on Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:56 pm

Reschsmooth wrote:Some very fine pinot from that area, and somewhere around the lake is Rippon which is building an awesome music facility as well as winery.


We toured wineries and there are some special places and wines. Rippon was closed because of the construction that you mentioned. It overlooks the lake, and it is going to be a superb venue when completed.
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