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Excuse the image size, I'm hoping most you guys are running 1920x1080 anyway, and it looks pretty carp when smaller. A friend's Astra that I processed and then decided it would look alright as an advert kinda thing :)
 
Ejizz said:
No.2 is awesome...
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Cheers, I like both of those a lot, not actually quite the effect I had in mind as I was shooting quickly in manual but I think I prefer it to what I had in mind now, my competition shot for last month is from the same set...

I struggle for a favourite between them and I was leaning towards the one I posted here but I've got more positive feedback on this in the end so I used it instead...


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bigredshark said:
Cheers, I like both of those a lot, not actually quite the effect I had in mind as I was shooting quickly in manual but I think I prefer it to what I had in mind now, my competition shot for last month is from the same set...

I struggle for a favourite between them and I was leaning towards the one I posted here but I've got more positive feedback on this in the end so I used it instead...
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Personally I like the first one for the warm glow and having the sand for some context. They're all good though :)





Drove to Paris in December in a snowstorm :)

The first picture I processed (wished I had my tripod with me for this one to get a long exposure):



And the second... except I uploaded the wrong image so the person at the bottom is still there. I also boosted the contrast on the tower a bit but not sure which version I actually made that edit in! Might have to replace this one later ;)

 
bigredshark said:
Cheers, I like both of those a lot, not actually quite the effect I had in mind as I was shooting quickly in manual but I think I prefer it to what I had in mind now, my competition shot for last month is from the same set...

I struggle for a favourite between them and I was leaning towards the one I posted here but I've got more positive feedback on this in the end so I used it instead...
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Thought I'd already commented on these :confused: , old age sucks!

Lovely set of shots. I can't wait for the days to get a bit longer again so I can get out to some sunsets, no beaches near me though! :D
 
Took a few photos tonight on my Nex-5, all unprocessed apart from being cropped and straightened. all in auto, all with a tripod except the last two.

Critique welcome... how can i make the sky really black like some of you guys do?

























 
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Great processing, especially bringing out the details and textures. Was it an HDR composed of multiple shots (what software did you use?) or other artificial manner?
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Well what i did was, i took the original photo and opened it up in camera RAW. this then allowed me to save this as a JPG and then create a 2 stops under exposed image ( saved also as JPG) and a 2 stops over exposed image (saved as JPG). Really simple to do, using Camera Raw for photoshop.

I then opened photomatix and used that to get the HDR. i used the tone mapping to bring the sky + detail out. then the rest was simply photoshop...
 
Hamish said:
Took a few photos tonight on my Nex-5, all unprocessed apart from being cropped and straightened. all in auto, all with a tripod except the last two.

Critique welcome... how can i make the sky really black like some of you guys do?


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The Atlantis is a fantastic hotel complex, we were in it back in August on the way back from Singapore, the aquarium blew me away, the sheer size and the fact so many restaurants have windows into it.
This picture just does not do it justice. (apologies on quality, iPhones don't do so well in slightly dark areas.

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Another Fantastic building(s) is the new hotel Marino Sands and casino, gargantuan just doesn't describe it.
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Be gentle please!
Just 'trying' to get into photography slowly, but more so playing around in Lightroom and Photomatix. Never really used them before.
This is probably awful in colours, saturation and what have you but looks good to me and the ol' untrained eye ;)

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Any tips?
 
bigredshark said:
A few from a trip to the beach on boxing day...loads left to process from the holiday season...
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There's some really nice stuff on show there and I find your entry into the past month's competition equally as compelling.

I don't think I've come across your work in here before but I've always found your technical knowledge and experience a constant source of interest, so it's nice to see that your photography itself is equally as rich and varied.
 
Clipsey said:
Be gentle please!
Just 'trying' to get into photography slowly, but more so playing around in Lightroom and Photomatix. Never really used them before.
This is probably awful in colours, saturation and what have you but looks good to me and the ol' untrained eye ;)

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Any tips?
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It looks good. i would take the image and perhaps add some contrast into it as the HDR has taken a lot away from the shadows. you might also want to have a play with the light and shadow curve if lightroom has one to get a move even image. but It actually looks really great. amazing detail! i Love the colours what are in there! lovely greens and blues and that moody sky. you have done well!

I would say. bump the contrast up to between +80 and +100 and lower the saturation down to between -15 and-30
 
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the pokemon kid said:
It looks good. i would take the image and perhaps add some contrast into it as the HDR has taken a lot away from the shadows. you might also want to have a play with the light and shadow curve if lightroom has one to get a move even image. but It actually looks really great. amazing detail! i Love the colours what are in there! lovely greens and blues and that moody sky. you have done well!

I would say. bump the contrast up to between +80 and +100 and lower the saturation down to between -15 and-30
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Thanks for the tips/advice :) I'll look into that later tonight. All a learning curve.
 
glitch said:
There's some really nice stuff on show there and I find your entry into the past month's competition equally as compelling.

I don't think I've come across your work in here before but I've always found your technical knowledge and experience a constant source of interest, so it's nice to see that your photography itself is equally as rich and varied.
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Thank you!

I haven't posted many shots here for a long time but I've meant to start again and particularly get some consistent competition entries in this year so hopefully there will be a bit more floating around here...
 
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