Some recent seaside shots

brocksta · 20 Mar 2007 at 22:29

Headed down to the seafront on monday at about 7ish (bludy freezing!!!) to try out some early morning shots. Was hoping to get a nice bit of sunrise but was far too cloudy. Still, i was still happy with what i came back with. Here are some of my favs, all taken with my tamron 17-50, which so far has been fantastic.

1. Quick bash at some hdr to bring out the clouds.

2.

brocksta · 20 Mar 2007 at 22:30

3. Really into B+W atm

4.

I did actually go to Japan last month and i took a bunch of shots, but im afraid ive been too lazy to upload them and show them here. My website has them all on though

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Thanks for looking guys, C+C welcome,

Andy

brocksta · 21 Mar 2007 at 21:58

anyone?

Logsi · 21 Mar 2007 at 22:06

brocksta said:
anyone?

Hehe! Just spotted this thread!

I like the black and white ones! They look a lot like the same style as the guys who won the Contrast Round, his name has lost me!

Josh

Irish_Tom · 21 Mar 2007 at 22:08

#1 and #2 do nothing for me I'm afraid. #3 and #4 are better.

I think they work better in B+W but unfortunately I don't find the subject matter all that interesting. It's just not the most picturesque sea-side I've ever seen

All so, I don't think the navigation marker in #1 is interesting enough to make it the focal point of the picture...

Just my 2p

Panzer

yer_averagejoe · 22 Mar 2007 at 01:22

these shots would look miles better if shot at sun rise/set to really bring out textures.

Try shooting with a yellow filter with black and white.

El Gringo · 22 Mar 2007 at 01:36

You start off looking at the top if the pic then scroll down towards the photographer's feet and it really feels like your head is slumping over, not my think I'm afraid

But if I had to choose a set I'd go for the black and whites. I'll have a look at your site as well, I'm sure you could find a lot of subject matter in Japan

nolimit · 22 Mar 2007 at 04:11

El Gringo said:
You start off looking at the top if the pic then scroll down towards the photographer's feet and it really feels like your head is slumping over

same.

#2 my eyes keep looking down at the stones, I'm trying hard to look up at the horizon. very interesting

brocksta · 22 Mar 2007 at 10:39

Thanks for the comments guys. Yea i agree it isnt the most interesting subject matter in the world, it was damn cloudy that morning so a sunrise was out of the question. Most of them i tried to keep the sky out because it was just so damn grey and boring so i had to find other ways to make do.
Thanks again,

Andy

MookJong · 22 Mar 2007 at 14:57

yer_averagejoe said:
Try shooting with a yellow filter with black and white.

I can kind of guess what this does but could you explain?

yer_averagejoe · 22 Mar 2007 at 18:33

It increases contrast basically. Using a yellow filter makes black and white photos just seem more right. If humans saw in black and white, they'd see the same contrast as a yellow filter gives.