Healey Dell - Comments please!

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Comments welcome here, and if you want to see a larger version, view here:

http://www.deviantart.com/view/35987362/

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n30_mkii said:
Really love the water on this shot, what settings were used for the shot?
Great Pic!
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What he said. The water looks really cool there. Looks almost re-engineered at the sub-atomic level or something stupidly chemistry related.
 
Hi,
Please forgive me for asking this, but is this picture real or been alterd in Photoshop or something along those lines...

My reason for asking is that the water looks like it's coming down at extrme pressure, too high for the picture...

Andy...
 
Andy2035 said:
Hi,
Please forgive me for asking this, but is this picture real or been alterd in Photoshop or something along those lines...

My reason for asking is that the water looks like it's coming down at extrme pressure, too high for the picture...

Andy...
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Probably just looks that way because of the long exposure time
 
Andy2035 said:
Hi,
Please forgive me for asking this, but is this picture real or been alterd in Photoshop or something along those lines...

My reason for asking is that the water looks like it's coming down at extrme pressure, too high for the picture...

Andy...
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Nope, only photoshop adjustment is sharpening + resize ;)
 
The long exposure part is ok but the rest of the image lets it down. Its an overcast day, the sky is blown out and white, and the colours are flat. Only the bottom 1/3 of the image has anything really interesting to look at. Maybe lower down just focusing on the small flow of water would make a more interesting image.
 
cyKey said:
The long exposure part is ok but the rest of the image lets it down. Its an overcast day, the sky is blown out and white, and the colours are flat. Only the bottom 1/3 of the image has anything really interesting to look at. Maybe lower down just focusing on the small flow of water would make a more interesting image.
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I'd agree with that.
A tighter crop could be quite interesting.
 
cyKey said:
The long exposure part is ok but the rest of the image lets it down. Its an overcast day, the sky is blown out and white, and the colours are flat. Only the bottom 1/3 of the image has anything really interesting to look at. Maybe lower down just focusing on the small flow of water would make a more interesting image.
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I do aggree with most points there, but with the gear i have how am i supposed to not blow out the sky whilst keeping the rest of the picture in good exposure? And i'm not willing to hdr'ify my image.

(Don't mean to sound like i'm having a go either)
 
A random name said:
I do aggree with most points there, but with the gear i have how am i supposed to not blow out the sky whilst keeping the rest of the picture in good exposure? And i'm not willing to hdr'ify my image.

(Don't mean to sound like i'm having a go either)
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You've got a 20D. You can use a graduated ND filter, or expose for the sky and then adjust the levels, highlights and shadows in photoshop, or change the metering, or various other things. Change the time of day you shoot so you get better light. You've got a better camera than me :)
 
cyKey said:
You've got a 20D. You can use a graduated ND filter, or expose for the sky and then adjust the levels, highlights and shadows in photoshop, or change the metering, or various other things. Change the time of day you shoot so you get better light. You've got a better camera than me :)
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Nothing i do was really going to get a good exposure on that top right, i've got another exposure where i did indeed expose for the sky, but it's still just a big white blotchy area. It was a really overcast day, with all the photos i took having similar outcomes in the sky. That includes in the photos when I buggered off to a cricket match afterwards and getting some shots! Well, maybe not blown out to the same extent tbh. I'm also poor and can't afford any ND filters at the moment :p Don't really shoot stuff like this very often really, so I can't really justify buying myself one.

Changing the time of day would have meant that the lighting on the actual river wouldn't have been as good either though, so it's quite the loose-loose situation :o

I'll find a way to get it perfect!

EDIT: Look what i've spotted ey!

cyKey said:
You've got a 20D. You can use a graduated ND filter, or expose for the sky and then adjust the levels, highlights and shadows in photoshop, or change the metering, or various other things. Change the time of day you shoot so you get better light. You've got a better camera than me :)
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I knew you were trying to tell me something... but the answer is no.
 
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A random name said:
Nothing i do was really going to get a good exposure on that top right, i've got another exposure where i did indeed expose for the sky, but it's still just a big white blotchy area. It was a really overcast day, with all the photos i took having similar outcomes in the sky.
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Speaking with the experience of someone who lives in Rochdale (which is where Healey Dell is) - the sky usually is overcast, so in his defence, there probably isn't much he could have done other than crop it out.
 
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