AW - Opera House

[stubbsy]

This is the first group of pics I took during a harbour stroll and ride on the Manly ferry on the Sunday of the Anniversary weekend (6-7 August 2005). Click an image for a larger version.

White House


Light House


Sea House

[Glen]

Stubbsy, beautiful, love all three. If I was a really picky bugger I could mention that the railings on the sails in Seahouse seem a bit bigger, or maybe the image was oversharpened (possibly jpg artifacts)

[sheepie]

wonderful light in that second one! ...and nice (different) perspective on the first

[Matt. K]

I like the first one. It is a fine image....fragile colours and very high key. That's how the roof looks on a very sunny day.

[mudder]

There's some terrific use of light in those first two shots, really nice... The first one really impressed me...

[Nicole]

The first one is my favourite. I think the high key background really works. That blue is amazing in the last shot.

[stephen]

Love the second and third although is that a tad too much pp in the last blue sky or was that pretty close to the colour on the day?.

[christiand]

Wow,

Hi Stubbsy, great photos.

CD

[stubbsy]

Thanks one and all for your comments. These three were fun to PP.

To answer a few questions:

railings on the sails in Seahouse seem a bit bigger, or maybe the image was oversharpened (possibly jpg artifacts)

They're jpeg artifacts

is that a tad too much pp in the last blue sky or was that pretty close to the colour on the day?

I used a CP filter for this which REALLY accentuates the blues in the sky. While I've intentionally bumped the saturation on this it is only slightly more blue than it was out of the camera.

[Glen]

Stubbsy, I hope you print and frame them

[stephen]

WOW i think ill get a cp filter .Can anyone tell me the rough cost and what type, brand ,model to be getting?Thats awesome stubbsy

[stubbsy]

WOW i think ill get a cp filter .Can anyone tell me the rough cost and what type, brand ,model to be getting?Thats awesome stubbsy

Stephen. I used a standard Hoya 77mm CP filter. The shot was taken with the Nikkor 12-24 DX. For comparison here is the original shot prior to PP (resized and converted to jpg so are some minor jpg artifacts)

[leek]

WOW i think ill get a cp filter .Can anyone tell me the rough cost and what type, brand ,model to be getting?Thats awesome stubbsy

Stephen. I used a standard Hoya 77mm CP filter. The shot was taken with the Nikkor 12-24 DX. For comparison here is the original shot prior to PP (resized and converted to jpg so are some minor jpg artifacts)

So in fact, the CP filter had very little to do with the great colour effect that you achieved...
I also noticed that you removed the 3 dust bunnies and some other object with rotors

I think the artifacts you mentioned are worse on the first version that you submitted... There is a very healthy glow around the sails...

[stubbsy]

So in fact, the CP filter had very little to do with the great colour effect that you achieved...
I also noticed that you removed the 3 dust bunnies and some other object with rotors

I think the artifacts you mentioned are worse on the first version that you submitted... There is a very healthy glow around the sails...

Not quite correct John. The CP gives you the base sky colour that you can enhance by adjusting the saturation during PP. Without the CP the blue won't come up when you adjust it. You can see the same effect in the shots Scott posted here - especially the sky in the shot of me.

So far as the glow around the sails - that's my lousy (or is that lazy) PP skills - it's where I feathered in the sky layer. The jpg processing just accentuates it.

[informer]

Some good shots there though I think you can do better!

[stubbsy]

Thanks Informer. I'll try to do better with the next batch

[robboh]

First one is a treatment of the SOH that I havent seen before and I like it. Wonder what it might have come out like with a CPL, or else a HDR version via photoshop to get some blue in the sky?
Colours look awesome in the 3rd.

[stubbsy]

First one is a treatment of the SOH that I havent seen before and I like it. Wonder what it might have come out like with a CPL, or else a HDR version via photoshop to get some blue in the sky?
Colours look awesome in the 3rd.

Thanks Robboh. That first one was a bitch to shoot. Took it with the 70-200VR from the botanical gardens. Had quite a few goes before I could get it without blowing the highlights. WOuld you believe I had a CP on the lens - the problem was the location of the sun meant the CP didn't do a lot.