A couple from last night

JBuk · 18 Jun 2006 at 18:24

any comments good or bad welcome

cyKey · 18 Jun 2006 at 19:45

I think they might work better in black and white. You've got some nice detail in the skies for a really good black and white shot with lots of contrast.

hoodmeister · 18 Jun 2006 at 19:48

I agree, these look like great B&W shots to me

The horizons are a bit wonky

Joe T · 18 Jun 2006 at 20:12

Interesting colours in the first.

JBuk · 18 Jun 2006 at 20:22

cyKey said:
I think they might work better in black and white. You've got some nice detail in the skies for a really good black and white shot with lots of contrast.

I`ll have a go with the b&w idea , I usually prefer colourful landscapes, but I`m always open to new ideas

hoodmeister said:
The horizons are a bit wonky

nah, its just that Carlisle is a wonky area

now I look at them they are a tad out, i never noticed as I was rushing to get them done

on another note, they seem a bit less colourful viewing them online, ive never had this problem before, any ideas what i might of done in photoshop? heh

Raider · 18 Jun 2006 at 20:42

Nice shots, although I'm still not that keen on that grey / metallic effect that HDR has on clouds. Looks dramatic, but not natural

hoodmeister · 18 Jun 2006 at 21:03

These don't look like HDR to me

JBuk · 18 Jun 2006 at 21:32

Raider said:
Nice shots, although I'm still not that keen on that grey / metallic effect that HDR has on clouds. Looks dramatic, but not natural

theyre not HDR mate, the 1st has had a little tweaking to bring out a bit more of the stump

the 2nd has had a bit more done as the tree seemed very dark

heres the same shot with nothing done apart from the auto settings in Rawshooter and CS2(i also leveled the horizon on cs2)

I put it through both as they are producing pretty different results - if anyone knows why?

and heres a B&W conversion - squared up

I`m not sure about the B&W version , if anyone wants to give me a few pointers

hoodmeister · 18 Jun 2006 at 21:39

Most RAW workflow programs ignore a lot of the settings you used in-camera and adjust images how they see fit, on a per shot basis. They all adjust in slightly different ways, so you get different results from every different RAW workflow program. It's why I use Nikon Capture for my work. It's go a bit of a dog of an interface, and it's slow, but it outputs [IMO] the nicest results from .NEF's and it also keeps your settings.

The B&W version is cool - did you try playing with the channel mixer though?

Llwydy · 18 Jun 2006 at 21:40

You need an rim light photoshop edit on the left of the B&W to bring the trunk away from the background. Also i would try to sharpen up the tree line if possible, a little more definition would do a good deal of difference.

The sky looks very cool though and with the sun pushing through the trees it looks very pretty.

Great pics

JBuk · 18 Jun 2006 at 21:56

hoodmeister said:
The B&W version is cool - did you try playing with the channel mixer though?

All i done was Desaturate in PS then adjusted the levels a tiny amount
I`ll have another play

Llwydy said:
You need an rim light photoshop edit on the left of the B&W to bring the trunk away from the background. Also i would try to sharpen up the tree line if possible, a little more definition would do a good deal of difference.

The sky looks very cool though and with the sun pushing through the trees it looks very pretty.

Great pics

they look sharper at full size, maybe a little blur with the wind blowing the leaves though

thanks for the comments though

JBuk · 18 Jun 2006 at 22:08

ok, heres another attempt at B&W using the channel mixer, it gave a lot more control and its certainly brought out a bit more detail