Few pics from yesterday

SCM · 7 Mar 2006 at 16:17

Went for another wander around Edinburgh and got a few different shots from some new locations.

Arthurs Seat from Calton Hill

Princes Street from Calton Hill

The Balmoral Hotel

Enjoy

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Zefan · 7 Mar 2006 at 16:18

#3 is nice

:edit: meh, changed mind. They're all nice.

SCM · 7 Mar 2006 at 17:48

Thanks

had a basically perfect day yesterday and enjoyed walking and taking the shots as the 50mm F1.8 lens i got a few weeks back really is beginning to grow on me. The bad news is i so want more prime lens now

my bank account wont be happy.

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Richard T · 7 Mar 2006 at 18:01

last 2 for me... surprised it wasn't raining!!

SCM · 7 Mar 2006 at 18:04

Surprisingly had a not too bad few weeks here weather wise, although today yes we do have rain

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Richard T · 7 Mar 2006 at 18:06

SCM said:
Surprisingly had a not too bad few weeks here weather wise, although today yes we do have rain

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no worries I think its been raining everywhere today... all dark and orrid! Still fgood for the green stuff

Jamie1984 · 11 Mar 2006 at 16:15

2 and 3 are very nice, great shots

cyKey · 11 Mar 2006 at 16:26

I'm starting to feel like I'm becoming Simon Cowell, not to Matt's level though

Anyway. The clouds are burnt out on the first, is that because you were exposing for the ground or compensating in Photoshop? You could fix it by using the dodge tool on the ground to bring that out a bit and the burn tool on the sky to darken that a bit. Set the dodge to 14% and highlights, burn to 14% and shadows.

The 2nd seems a bit flat. Have you played with the levels to boost the shadows/highlights? Its possible that the light was a bit too harsh at that time of day. It seems like a great view point if you could get there closer to sunset/sunrise.

The 3rd has a bit of a building chopped off. I think it would look better cropped out. But that might decentralise the clock tower.

The composition is good in them, however I feel they need better light or processing to bring them to life.

SCM · 11 Mar 2006 at 17:39

cyKey said:
I'm starting to feel like I'm becoming Simon Cowell, not to Matt's level though Anyway. The clouds are burnt out on the first, is that because you were exposing for the ground or compensating in Photoshop? You could fix it by using the dodge tool on the ground to bring that out a bit and the burn tool on the sky to darken that a bit. Set the dodge to 14% and highlights, burn to 14% and shadows.

The 2nd seems a bit flat. Have you played with the levels to boost the shadows/highlights? Its possible that the light was a bit too harsh at that time of day. It seems like a great view point if you could get there closer to sunset/sunrise.

The 3rd has a bit of a building chopped off. I think it would look better cropped out. But that might decentralise the clock tower.

The composition is good in them, however I feel they need better light or processing to bring them to life.

1st maybe over done somewhere will need to go back and look at where it went wrong in PS.

2nd wasn't a lot i could do with the sunlight where i was at the time of day and even using my strongest grad ND, this processed version is a lot better than the original shot as that is even paler.

3rd i did ponder removing the other building but left it in to try to balance the statue on the left, was a difficult shot to process.

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