Healey Dell - Comments please!

JonnyGLC · 8 Jul 2006 at 18:58

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

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

JonnyGLC · 8 Jul 2006 at 19:03

n30_mkii said:
Really love the water on this shot, what settings were used for the shot?
Great Pic!

3.2 seconds
f/11
iso100

JonnyGLC · 8 Jul 2006 at 19:19

Hyper said:
Very nice picture mate.
What camera was used ?

20D.

JonnyGLC · 8 Jul 2006 at 19:25

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...

Nope, only photoshop adjustment is sharpening + resize

JonnyGLC · 8 Jul 2006 at 23:18

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.

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)

JonnyGLC · 9 Jul 2006 at 00:43

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

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

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

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

I knew you were trying to tell me something... but the answer is no.

JonnyGLC · 9 Jul 2006 at 17:13

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JonnyGLC · 10 Jul 2006 at 12:36

scoop said:
Used to regularly walk the dog around the area this was taken, when I was growing up in Rochdale. I can confirm it really is very grey on a regular basis!

Thanks for posting and bringing back some memories of my younger days!! Any more from the shoot to post?

Didn't post it because i'd messed up on the composition of the photo, cutting off some of the water at the bottom