One for C and C

Crispin

Not sure about the Blue effect I put on this, I was experimenting after shooting on a very dull day
C and C appreciated

Duchovny

Where it was that photo taken?

Crispin

Duchovny wrote: »

Where it was that photo taken?

Close to Kinsale, Cork

xshayx

Very nice image - reflection, waves. b&w might work better tho, and I'd crop from just a bit left of the first stake (just after the boat/rocks on the beach)

(Your sensor needs a clean )

Crispin

xshayx wrote: »

Very nice image - reflection, waves. b&w might work better tho, and I'd crop from just a bit left of the first stake (just after the boat/rocks on the beach)

(Your sensor needs a clean )

Thanks. Had tried a few black and whites but will give it another go with photoshop.....

I think it was sea water on the lens rather than my dirty sensor

sasar

It seems to be a bit too dark to me.
Clone stamp for sensor dust and a bit straightening would help.

elven

I really like the darkness, gives it the feeling of twilight. The blue is just a smidgen too saturated - looks a bit fake in some areas of the sky, but itd be a shame to go mono and lose it altogether i think. you'd end up with lots of dark greys rather than rich blues and i think itd affect the mood.

It might be worth playing with the crop to take some off the left and the top, to play up the symmetry with the reflection and the line of poles receding into the distance, and lose some of the dark bit at the left that takes your eye away from the water.

I likes it

Crispin

BW conv. as suggested:

Dragan

I think it loses a lot of it's potential in that BandW conversion and could be a lot better.

Do you mind me asking how you did it?

I would be very loath to download the pic and do it myself, but if you have Lightroom i can send you a preset that is fantastic for black and white conversions?

Personally i like the original, but i might just push the highlights and the purples just a tiny bit.

Ballyman

Dragan wrote: »

I would be very loath to download the pic and do it myself, but if you have Lightroom i can send you a preset that is fantastic for black and white conversions?

Whats the name of that preset Dragan or is it one you developed yourself?

emul

Lots of B&W presets around for LR B&W,just google. Read this tutorial which was very interesting also

http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-make-high-contrast-black-whites-in-adobe-photoshop-lightroom-2

kgiller

Dragan wrote: »

I think it loses a lot of it's potential in that BandW conversion and could be a lot better.

Do you mind me asking how you did it?

I would be very loath to download the pic and do it myself, but if you have Lightroom i can send you a preset that is fantastic for black and white conversions?

Personally i like the original, but i might just push the highlights and the purples just a tiny bit.

Fancy sending on that lightroom preset?

OP, where is it near Kinsale? Its not Garretstown at low tide is it? Nice pic, but the conversion needs work. B+W is better, but needs to be tampered with. IF you post up the original id like to have a go.

pete4130

Just my quick take on it. upped the levels and cirves and desaturated the blue's a bit with some burning in of the sky where it got blown out.

gary82

My very dodgy hack-job on it!

irishcrazyhorse

great processing gary

challengemaster

quick muckabout..



btw, i suggest you clean your sensor! dust bunnies! :eek:

Dragan

Ballyman wrote: »

Whats the name of that preset Dragan or is it one you developed yourself?

kgiller wrote: »

Fancy sending on that lightroom preset?

OP, where is it near Kinsale? Its not Garretstown at low tide is it? Nice pic, but the conversion needs work. B+W is better, but needs to be tampered with. IF you post up the original id like to have a go.

If you guys want to drop me a PM with email addresses in it i will send them on to you.

Crispin

Dragan: Unfortunately I don't use Lightroom: I only have CS3. But thanks.

From what I rememeber:
I used a BW conversion in photoshop, upped the blues dropped the reds. Added more contrast ant then altered Hue saturation to get the dark blue. I'm sorry don't remember what I did exactly.

Thanks to you all, some really nice conversions that put my attempts to shame.:)

link to full size original

And yes it is one of the beaches near garretstown at low tide: although I still got soaked setting up the tripod so the tide wasn't that low

kgiller

Kinsale and Garretstown are great places to go for photography. I had a go at processing in lightroom, hope u dont mind. And ya, loads of dust spots.




Oops, just noticed the dust spot at the top of the picture. Oh well.

Also didnt see u have put up the origianl file. This version was done from the posted pic at start of thread.

challengemaster

Here Looks a bit better now sans artifacts...

Crispin

Thanks to all of you who noticed my dust bunnies, they have been dealt with
Hadn't realised how dirty it had got

Dragan

Hey Crispin. Seeing as you didn't mind people's giving it some post processing i did these two examples for you. One black and white and one retaining the natural colour in the shot.


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Crispin

Dragan wrote: »

Hey Crispin. Seeing as you didn't mind people's giving it some post processing i did these two examples for you. One black and white and one retaining the natural colour in the shot.

Don't mind at all. Impressed at the response to be honest. Given me a lot of food for thought.....
really like your second version!

Crispin

kgiller wrote: »

Kinsale and Garretstown are great places to go for photography. I had a go at processing in lightroom, hope u dont mind.

Don't mind at all. really like that version. I love garretstown for photography; always kite surfers, surfers and horse riders down there too which make great subjects.:)

Xiney

Really interesting to see everyone's take on the same image

Crispin

Xiney wrote: »

Really interesting to see everyone's take on the same image

Maybe an idea for a regular slot in the digitial darkroom?

congo_90

op where is the pic? can't see it..

Crispin

congo_90 wrote: »

op where is the pic? can't see it..

It's definitely there, try reloading page

challengemaster

Decided to have another, slightly different take on it..

Here

kgiller

challengemaster wrote: »

Decided to have another, slightly different take on it..

Here

I like this version a lot more than the other version you did. Looks really nice.

hussey

Crispin wrote: »

Maybe an idea for a regular slot in the digitial darkroom?

I think this could be a great idea for digital darkroom / photo challenge
One could post a high detail jpg/tiff or a raw file and people can PP it and give details on what they did etc

As I look below and think wow, so many different versions etc

Dragan

challengemaster wrote: »

Decided to have another, slightly different take on it..

Here

Nice one dude, agree with KG here ( any Tenacious D fans will understand that i have always wanted a reason to say that ), much prefer it to the first one.

Crispin

challengemaster wrote: »

Decided to have another, slightly different take on it..

Here

Really like that. gives it a real eerie feel to it

oshead

Here's my effort.. :rolleyes:

Carpaydiem

My effort.....

sNarah

He, that's so funny to see! We had a fella coming to the club in Drogheda yesterday to do some judging, and it's funny coz he said

"Some people loathe digital amendments, I think they are great. And I would love to give a photo to several people and see how they turn out after they are done digitally editing them. I'll bet ya, no 2 versions will be the same"...

He should come have a look here :rolleyes:

kjt

Here's a quick 3from moi: