Phal's house of pics

When I got my first (and only so far) pic explored my Flickr got around 3400 views in total that day but with 2300 ish being for one pic.

I sent a link to my Kitesurfing pics to some of the local Kite clubs around here (Shoreham and Lancing) and today there's 7000 total views and it still climbing a bit :D hehe
 
Surf's up! The surf pics are my favourite, it's a shame our waters aren't as rich in blue as those in other countries, although saying that Cornwall had some very blue waters :eek:
 
mrk said:
Surf's up! The surf pics are my favourite, it's a shame our waters aren't as rich in blue as those in other countries, although saying that Cornwall had some very blue waters :eek:
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Yeah, that's why I end up processing stuff so differently. B&W seems to work well when the weather is sucky and the sea is quite rough but I also quite like the black/white/blue processing I've found too. Seems to keep the good contrast of a B&W shot but with a bit more life.


Not sure what I'd do if all the shots were taken on a clear/sunny day lol
 
During the summer I can pop out after work and take some shots but not it's pretty much just weekends when I have time with daylight :(

Guess I need to get flashing with this new flashy thing I got!
 
I had a bit of a test run and had these two printed at DSColourlabs. I wasn't too sure what paper to choose so I just picked the Pearl Fuji Metallic one and they arrived today after my order Wednesday evening :) Quite prompt service considering they were printed yesterday :D

Got each printed 16x12" and they look quite spangly :D hehe. I guess I might try something bigger next!



White Horses by Phal44, on Flickr

Triumphant Fist Shaking - Explored by Phal44, on Flickr
 
Cleisthenes said:
Did you insert the vignetting or was that straight from the original shot?

Might have looked a bit better without it imho
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For which shot are you referring to since they both have a little hehe :)

The B&W shot certain has it a little more pronounced so I'll work on the assumption you're talking about that one! There was some there already with the lens but that was corrected with the lens profile.

I added a small amount in PP after cropping the shot but I also added a graduated filter on the sky to under-expose it some and that seems to have accentuated it even more.

The sky was weirdly uneven before the vignetting was added which looked a bit odd imo. It was probably due to the weather being rather sketchy at the time (it was raining quite a lot). I'm sure I could have balanced it all out and ended up with a more evenly exposed shot but I like the way it feels like we're peering through darkness to the guy surfing.
 
I like to keep my processing varied so I was getting a bit annoyed that a lot of these shots looked better to me with some kind of PP vignetting lol. Eventually I just went with my initial thoughts and just kept it on.

That blue one is my first one to be explored on Flickr so it got quite a few views on that day :D

It's actually a black and white image but with coolness applied later. I converted it to B&W in PS and then exported it to Lightroom and left it as colour and slide the coolness slider down. Seems to work quite well for some pics :) Kinda stumbled across it when I was messing around with this shot and I liked it.

Blue Thunder Hunter by Phal44, on Flickr
 
Vignetting strikes again! I didn't apply it till right at the end where I thought I'd check whether I preferred it with or without and I preferred with :\ lol

More blue/white/black processing with emphasis on getting the froth very white but not too white... Quite good fun to process even if Lightroom starts to struggling a bit by the end with the various adjustments lol



Cool Move by Phal44, on Flickr
 
Little experiment with the new 24mm STM lens. This is two shots which I mixed together into a kind of HDR. The long exposure was long enough to get the sea nice and flat and the sky is still reasonably sharp

Shame there isn't much more to look at!

Shoreham Beach by Phal44, on Flickr


A shattered pain of glass on a local footbridge over the river

Shattered by Phal44, on Flickr



Another 24mm STM shot. This is an Oak tree in Richmond Park :) looks quite interesting


Skyveins by Phal44, on Flickr
 
Some high ISO examples! Lighting was perhaps powered by actual candles lol

F4 lens doesn't help but I can certainly count on my hands the number of times I've shot at ISO 6400 and I don't think I ever used 12800... First day with the 7d2 and I've managed to shoot several short touch Rugby games at ISO 16000.

ISO 16000 wasn't even enough to give me 1/1000 exposure though so I had to make do with 1/800. It turned out alright but you can see a bit of blur in the ball when it's passed and any fast moving limbs.

Obviously not much room for cropping and I've applied noise reduction and tweaked the colour balance etc. Seems alright for online use but I'm not about to get these printed anytime soon! Maybe they wouldn't look too bad printed small but who knows!


Touch Rugby 1 by Phal44, on Flickr

Touch Rugby 2 by Phal44, on Flickr

Touch Rugby 3 by Phal44, on Flickr
 
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