burst river bank

adamau5 · 28 Nov 2006 at 20:22

This is a (usually) narrow stretch of river in oxford.

Looks more like a lake!

Please help with the second shot, the sky was very bright, so was blown out. The gradient looks fake, any tips for some processing in CS2?

Jotun · 28 Nov 2006 at 20:29

Images aren't showing for me, direct links to the images work though -

http://lh3.google.com/image/adam.adamwalker/RWyCZQcVABI/AAAAAAAAAJI/0iyesGl6l8w/DSCF0393 copy.jpg

http://lh4.google.com/image/adam.adamwalker/RWwftfmaABI/AAAAAAAAAI0/_ig2zfXUmTY/DSCF0388 copy.jpg

The sky doesn't look that fake to me. Have you added noise to the first image?

ingouk · 28 Nov 2006 at 20:39

i cant see any image and when i follow the links i get:
Not Found
The requested URL /1.1 was not found on this server.

Colin_da_Killer · 28 Nov 2006 at 20:48

I got 403 errors (access forbidden).

adamau5 · 28 Nov 2006 at 20:55

Sorry guys, dont know whats up with picasa.

Try this link

http://picasaweb.google.com/adam.adamwalker/Godstow

adamau5 · 28 Nov 2006 at 21:26

should be fixed

midville · 29 Nov 2006 at 00:04

Nice I like the bridge, photos and links working now obviously.

Simonnn · 29 Nov 2006 at 00:45

Ahh port meadow! Went down there couple of weeks ago with camera, it flooded at the moment then? nice shots

adamau5 · 29 Nov 2006 at 07:36

yes, completely flooded, the river is 13inches higher than usual at this time of year.

Irish_Tom · 29 Nov 2006 at 10:29

I quite like the gradient sky in the second one. Doesn't look fake, I didn't notice until you mentioned it! as for the first I like the composition but it is a tad noisy...

Panzer

Mohain · 29 Nov 2006 at 10:47

I like the first one. Nice grain :cool:

morgan · 29 Nov 2006 at 11:11

tone in both shots is great. really nice feel to them. is that an action you have used or manually tweaking in cs2?

Mattw · 29 Nov 2006 at 11:29

i cant find fault in either shot to be honest, you should be proud of them!

adamau5 · 29 Nov 2006 at 17:24

The first shot i actually added a bit of noise. It looked very bland and almost clinical without it - obviously not to some peoples tastes though which is interesting. The sky is probably a bit noisey becasue i added a gradient slection mask and upped the contrast a couple of points, it was a little blown out.

Does anyone know if i can get nd grad filters for my fuji s5600 (55mm) - any suggestion (and not too expensive, obviously i am on a budget - the camera only cost 140 - and i now see its down to 112!!! :eek:

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GSDog · 30 Nov 2006 at 16:19

I like number 2, it makes me want to see over the other side of the bridge and I think it works well.

adamau5 · 30 Nov 2006 at 17:21

I like it, but cant help get distracted by the sky. I have been ebay'ing today and bought a cokin filter holder and nd grad. Shall have a play with that when it arrives.