A few for C&C pls

Morrisseeee

I had passed over this bridge loads of times and for some reason one day it caught my eye ! I'll put that down to my new interest in photography !
Anyways, here are a few for C&C, please tell me which one catches your eye, I'm not totally happy with the processing, ie. the scene is a very greeny/brown one & I was trying to introduce a bit of color !







Color Saturation & curves applied:



Note: they were all taken with an old Pentax 28mm lens with polarizer & NDx8 filter attached.

schqually

Lovely shots - I like the colour in the first few shots and don't think that you need the curves adjustment or saturation at all.
I also think that in the image where you used the adjustments that you pushed it too far and that the contrast levels have become distracting.
Still, only my opinion, and like I said, really like the earlier shots, in particular the first one.

CabanSail

#1 does it for me. Lovely shot. Nice soft tones. The water leads you into the shot & the bridge is well framed by the tree. The Sky in the top right draws the eye slightly but could be toned down a bit quite easily. No need to introduce colour when it's not there & not needed.

AnimalRights

#1 over #3 and #4, while it's greeny brown it still looks more the natural.

Morrisseeee

Thanks for the replies folks. Your thoughts are my thoughts, ie. I was thinking the last one was a bit over done, and no. 1 is my fav (and I'll tone down that 'Sky in the top right' ).

kgiller

Hey Morrisseeeeeeeeee. You like the old long exposure stream shots... been loads of them lately.

I like these ones, good job. I think youve got the exposure times right at this stage and they look really good.

#1 is my favourite although id look into straightening it a tad, its looks a bit off to me, although it might just be me. maybe get a bit more contrast into it too.

#2 doesnt really do anything for me. i only actually saw the bridge there on my second time looking at it, oops.

#3 is nice, like #1, but a bit flat.

#4 the same, but a bit over the top.

Obviously it looks to have been a dull enough day, so the light wasnt the best. Going back on a sunnier day might be a good idea. But in the whole i think they are really good.

Is photographing streams with long exposures your "thing" now?

kieran

Morrisseeee

Is photographing streams with long exposures your "thing" now?

....yeah, its 'my thing' right now, well as far as compositions are concerned, the reason being that I was told about these locations (& happened on a few more) and.......well......you just have to check them out !!

Obviously it looks to have been a dull enough day, so the light wasnt the best. Going back on a sunnier day

....he he he he.........thats funny, I hope the pics don't show a DULL day, it was VERY sunny, in fact so sunny (to my right as I was shooting) that I had very bad viewing thru display/viewfinder !! :eek::eek:

Stephen P

Really like the first shot. I'm kinda new to photography and trying to learn all about shutter speeds and f-stops etc... What kind of shutter speed did you use to get the effect on the water?

Morrisseeee

What kind of shutter speed did you use to get the effect on the water?

Short story: 3.2 seconds

Long story: My set up was: a 28mm lens (with polarizer filter, NDx8 filter -> to stop light gettting in !); a tripod; F22 or 16 -> small aperture (again to stop the light coming in); a shutter speed in this case of 3.2 seconds (because I've stopped all the light hitting the sensor !), ISO 100 becuase anything over that (on my sensor) would introduce noise.
Note: my Olympus camera has noise reduction & it kicks in at a certain slow shutter speed.

Also: I took a few exposures, over expose & under expose & tried to do a HDR on them, but as I imagined, the results were messy, as the scene changes because of the slow shutter speed ie. leaves, branches, water !

JM MARCONI

#1 is really nice. Good Job

Stephen P

Thanks for that. I have a Sony DSLR A200. There's a setting for Shutter Speed Priority, on the LCD it comes up as 1/x. Without trying to sound like a complete newbie , what setting would I use for the shutter speed to be 3.2secs?
Also is it worthwhile investing in filters?

Morrisseeee

what setting would I use for the shutter speed to be 3.2secs?

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I had the camera in MANUAL mode. I use center-weighted metering and this tells me (when I look in the viewfinder) if I am over-exposed or under. Then, I take a test shot, view it in the display, check the histogram etc and if I'm unhappy I'll tweek the exposure (shutter speed) + or -.
Every digital camera has a Metering Mode, mine has multi-metering (ESP matrix), center-weighted, spot-metering. I use center-weighted, as this was the suggested/recommended by a website (http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/43/index.html) a great resourse for my camera.
I shoot in RAW mode, ie. some setting might need a little/major tweek, eg. white-balance.

That may all sound a bit hectic, but my advice is to go out and read up on your camera settings, get a few filters, compose a scene, fire off a few test shots, and most of all.......have fun !

Stephen P

Thanks for that again. I guess the only way to do it is experiment with the different settings under different circumstances? I have the manual in pdf format in work so whenever I get a chance I'm reading it :pac:

Nollax

My Nokia 6101 camera shows blank screen except for Standard Photo and Capture when camera selected, any ideas anyone ?

.Longshanks.

I think they look great. Be interesting to see what a b&w version would look like...?