C&C appreciated - Newstead Abbey

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Hey Guys

I've recently bought a 2nd hand Canon 28mm f1.8 to compliment my 50mm f1.4.

I had a nice day out at Newstead Abbey to try the 28mm out and to be honest, I'm pleasantly surprised when I consider the very mixed reviews it seems to get! The lens it self seems pretty decent all round though not quite as good as the 50mm for bokeh. F2.8 seems to be the sweet spot for sharp images on my 450D (funnily enough, the same as the 50mm)

Usually the quality of my photo's aren't amazing. I'll usually be fairly happy (read: not over the moon with!) with maybe up to 10% of shots taken on a day out. Today however seems to have gone the other way and I'm quite happy with majority of my shots. The selection below has really stood out too me as being way above my usual average. So much so that for the first time I'm actually happy to post them on the net for others to see and to receive some C&C on them!

Most are taken on the 28mm while a couple are on the 50mm (all in exif). Some light processing has been done in Photoshop such as levels and sharpen etc.

All C&C is welcome :)

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_MG_4662 by cokecan72, on Flickr

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_MG_4668 by cokecan72, on Flickr

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_MG_4647 by cokecan72, on Flickr

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_MG_4796 by cokecan72, on Flickr

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_MG_4696 by cokecan72, on Flickr

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_MG_4656 by cokecan72, on Flickr

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_MG_4795 by cokecan72, on Flickr

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_MG_4703 by cokecan72, on Flickr

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_MG_4801 by cokecan72, on Flickr

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_MG_4705_stitch by cokecan72, on Flickr
 
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cokecan72 said:
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_MG_4662 by cokecan72, on Flickr
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At first I thought they were all way overexposed and had little saturation. Then I downloaded a file and can see you have uploaded them as Adobe RBG files. Most browsers are not colour space aware, so sRGB is generally a good idea for web use.

After downloading a file and opening it in lightroom, I still think they are overexposed a bit (maybe your monitor need calibration?).

Below is you original, but saved as sRBG, and beneath that is how I would process it. Lowered exposer, lifted shadows, straitened horizon, used warp to correct lack of symmetry.

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Thanks for the reply :)

I posted about sRGB a while ago when I noticed images looked better in photoshop than in a browser....I think I forgot to set the colour space to sRGB, will correct this tomorrow. EDIT: Seems I left my camera set to Adobe RGB rather than sRGB! if I run them through photoshop again and change the colour profile for each, that should sort it. May try more processing as they do look a bit more over exposed on my work monitors. Out of curiousity, how does one go about calibrating a monitor?

When you say lifted shadows, what exactly did you do? Your version of the image looks slightly more vibrant (I guess this is mainly because it's in sRGB now?)
 
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I generally like the DOF and slow shutter experimentation, although I would suggest a couple of things. Get closer to your subjects if possible and shoot more details. And also, turn your camera sideways from time to time - all your shots are landscape. ;)
 
Thanks for the comments guys :) Agreed that Newstead Abbey really is a lovely place to visit

I don't have a grip (yet) so find the 450D a bit small in my hands sometimes, especially turning sideways for portrait shots.

Do you have any examples off the top of your head of closer/more detailed shots? I get what you mean but would be nice to see how others have done it
 
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