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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Reply |
Thanks Neil! There were a few high fives all around! Another thing about it being crumby when we started out was that we were the only ones out there! People started showing up after the light went to just blue. It was an epic sunrise in my opinion. |
Mar 21st |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Reply |
I'm in the South Bay, we should go shoot sometime! |
Mar 21st |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Reply |
Cool! Can I ask how you did this technique? |
Mar 19th |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Reply |
Totally makes sense Darcy, thanks for sharing! |
Mar 19th |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Reply |
I like the texture and the curve in the water. I can see how you'd like to have more of it showing. Overall, this is an amazing picture Mark. |
Mar 19th |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Reply |
Thanks for that amazing process description Mark! I cannot imaging how long it took to do the Pano, smart objects, etc. |
Mar 19th |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Comment |
The shutter speed selection was perfect as was the aperture. I think this combination works perfectly and if there as a deeper DOF, I don't think it would work as well.
I like the composition of the two "grasses" with a "v" pointing up, with the blue "v" pointing down. Really nice image Neil.
As an aside, do you live in the Bay Area? Or just visiting?
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Mar 19th |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Comment |
Hi Ed,
I understand what you were trying to do with the sharpening and exposure, however I prefer the tonal range of your original as the seagull stands out a bit more. Having the background a bit darker makes it pop.
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Mar 19th |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Comment |
HI Paul,
I agree, post processing is important and critical to help present your vision. I use to never process until one day it clicked in my brain that Lightroom/Photoshop were just like the days in the darkroom, only on a computer. Took me a bit to get there, but finally did.
As for your image, I'm not sure why you think this is lousy. I like the DOF and the out of focus table on the left that leads you to the three people speaking. I get a sense that they're trying to figure out what to do next!
I think you mentioned blurring the image a bit, to me, having the wall besides the table and the people be out of focus is a bit uncomfortable to me, but it does make the people stand out if that's what you were going for! |
Mar 19th |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Reply |
After having to continually take my tripod apart, wash and get sand and salt water out of it, then to come home and do a deeper clean with a toothbrush then grease it...I figured I'd try them next time I'm at the coast (hoping this weekend). I haven't used them yet so can't speak to how they'll work.
This is a cheap version, but there was a more expensive version somewhere out there, can't remember the brand. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09W5GPZ3S?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details |
Mar 19th |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Reply |
Thank you Ed!
You do have the skills! It's just practice to be honest. After the first 100 shots or so, you get the hang of it.
Get some waders, your tripod, push the legs into the sand (from the bottom) and test away! I'd be happy to chat more about it with you if you like. Once you're done, get ready to take your tripod apart to clean, unless you use tripod covers (which I recently discovered). |
Mar 18th |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Reply |
Thanks Darcy, appreciate it. |
Mar 18th |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Comment |
Ok where to start on this one Mark.
First, tell me about HOW you did this? Am I reading this right that you were on a boat, flying by, taking pictures on continuous in vertical mode and got 84 shots? Or was it a bit more structured? Was this your plan all along to do a pano?
84 shots? How did your computer process it?!?! :D I'm really impressed.
Onto the image itself, I think the f-stop was good here TBH, I don't have an issue with it. The B&W processing is spot on and shows the layers of the rock, helping to convey the size of them as well as the depth with the different shading of the ones further back. I like this shot and could see it taking up space on a large wall somewhere!
Couple of things, from my perspective of course. I know that you said you wanted the horizon in the middle, but to me, I feel there's a bit too much water -- I don't think it adds to the image, just my opinion! Another small thing, the clouds on the left feel a bit too hot to me.
That said, this is really impressive on a lot of different levels, I don't get an "artificial" feeling from this at all.
Curios, why did you shoot it at 24? was it due to the movement and wanting to make sure you captured it all? |
Mar 11th |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Reply |
One more thing on the balance, there was no color to the right of this either, so I wanted to capture the reflection of both the sky and the rocks as well (calling them rocks is really an understatement as they are beyond HUGE :D )
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Mar 11th |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Reply |
Thanks Mark! This was the fourth time we went here and I had lots of practice with the waves. It really was about timing the incoming waves to see what area the wave was receding and then quickly moving the tripod, composing and shooting. This was kind of flat so when the wave came, it moved in quite a bit, then rolled out slowly. The key was getting as the wave was coming out to get the reflection. What you're seeing in both the second shot is mainly wet sand given the 60 second exposure; the first shot was a little bit of water due to the wave, but was a thin layer if any.
As for the composition, I liked the balance of the color in the sky and the reflection with the rock formations, although not traditionally balanced, it feels balanced to me. |
Mar 10th |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Comment |
You may have gotten there late, but it's still a nice shot and the color -- wow! I like how you brought out the shadows, it definitely helps to show the depth with the cliff ranges. I like how you cooled the foreground, but I like the vibrance a bit more in the original with the sky.
You mentioned you used a gradient filter, did you use a tripod? I don't use a grad NDs, but usually bracket and then blend the images in PS. Can you talk about your approach with it?
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Mar 7th |
| 93 |
Mar 24 |
Reply |
Thanks Paul! Yes, this was a 10 second exposure, was one of the shorter ones that I took. I changed the exposure time throughout the morning as the light changed. As for the pink, first, I opened this image up in NX Studio as the color in Lightroom wasn't true to what it was like in person. For some images, I find that opening up in Nikon's NX Studio software, it retains the true colors. Once I did that, I saved it as a tif and then brought it into Photoshop and only added some layers to adjust contrast a bit, focusing on the lines in the sand and a few other areas. I also worked on the shadows of the rocks as well. I didn't process much in the area of the color, just luminosity as it was already so saturated and vibrant.
Here's another shot was taken two minutes later and was a 60 second exposure to see the difference.
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Mar 7th |
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