some River shots for C&C please!

gman2k

No 1


No 2


No 3


No 4


No 5


Thanks, all comments - good and bad welcomed.

DK32

#2 & #4 - Love them!

#1 Sky is a bit crappy and there is a nice big dust spot which could do with being removed.
#3 It's just too grey for me. Like the sky though. What was it like in colour?
#5 I would have gone with a narrower crop, less foreground and a little less sky maybe

Borderfox

3 and 4 for me

Thecageyone

I would have darkened the blacks a little in the first 2, and upped the contrast ever so slightly. They might not appear so flat then.

I like # 3 and #4 best. 3 in particular works well IMHO. Very moody.

grumpygit

I have to disagree with the previous posters I find 5 the best, I like the colours in it, Is that a UFO in the sky on the left

LeoB

I like 2 and 5. Where are they taken from.?

One thing I feel is ruing pictures is the horrible light coming from Public Lighting, it looks dirty. I think its horrible and would much prefer the old white lights

pixbyjohn

Number 2 for me. Are you using a star filter on the lights ? Slight sensor dirt (UFO)on number 5
Canon 7D, nice camera

Thecageyone

grumpygit wrote: »

I have to disagree with the previous posters I find 5 the best, I like the colours in it, Is that a UFO in the sky on the left

Disagree on what exactly?

Telling ya, if OP upped the black levels by 3 or 4 on first 2 they'd look so much better [I tried #2 in LR just to see how it looked, didn't post it because people tend not to like you messing with their pics, can show if OP didn't mind]

grumpygit

disagreed with which ones you find the nicest actually Don't worry wasn't critisizing your advise, I for one though not the owner of the photos would love to see how people adjust them to make them better

gman2k

Thecageyone wrote: »

Disagree on what exactly?

Telling ya, if OP upped the black levels by 3 or 4 on first 2 they'd look so much better [I tried #2 in LR just to see how it looked, didn't post it because people tend not to like you messing with their pics, can show if OP didn't mind]

Go for it thecageyone! When printed they actually came out fine, just the on screen versions look very flat!

Also, no dust on sensor on pic 5, it's actually a bird! slow shutter speed has done this. I should have actually cloned out some bit's and pieces on this image in particular - bird, light poles in centre, red buoy on right.

Pictures were taken at 'The Pink Rock' - Glenmore, Co. Kilkenny (at site of proposed New Ross bypass bridge area - so all this will be lost )
Urban pix are of New Ross, taken from Rosbercon side.

Thanks to all who have commented, a little more criticism will help me!:D

gman2k

pixbyjohn wrote: »

Number 2 for me. Are you using a star filter on the lights ? Slight sensor dirt (UFO)on number 5
Canon 7D, nice camera

Thanks, no star filter, just F22 with 30 second exposure 18mm lens on the 7D.
(see other post above re sensor dirt/ bird!)

gman2k

DK32 wrote: »

#2 & #4 - Love them!
#3 It's just too grey for me. Like the sky though. What was it like in colour?

No 3 was shot (in RAW) with an IR 720 filter, which is in effect a very dark red ND filter, resulting in very long exposures
40 sec at F5.6 ISO100.
This gave me a lot of movement in the sky, to add in the dramatic effect.
However, these filters result in this below - screenshot from RAW editor in CS4



So they need a good bit of PP

Thecageyone

Ok, here's what I personally would have done to boost them a little, it works for me but some might not like the processing - A little kick up on the black levels, exposure and fill light. Nothing more: