Tynemouth, in black and white

[adam*]

On another excursion I took the crazy Kiwi wazza to Tynemouth for some lovely fish and chips.. and some photo opportunities! Here are my efforts for the day:

[bryanj87]

Wow, those are fantastic!

[snedigity]

Can you please pm me with some of the Post processing tech?

[El Duderino]

Can you please pm me with some of the Post processing tech?

Yeah, seriously.

Awesome shots.

[FlexiPack]

Great shots,

nice vignetting!

[malla1962]

The first one is superb.:D

[theague]

I like the second one! It has such a lonesome feeling.. the lonely bench, the solitary pedestrian, the one lighthouse... love it!

[curiousgeorge]

Nice shots.

#1 works best for me overall, and has an amazing sky, though the path looks like it's tilting to the right which is a bit distracting.

The second is also nice but let down by two things in my opinion - the large area of blown out sky and the shallow DOF.

[adam*]

Wow, those are fantastic!

Thanks!

Can you please pm me with some of the Post processing tech?

Will do!

Yeah, seriously.

Awesome shots.

Thanks alot.

Great shots,

nice vignetting!

Cheers, was a technique that Wazza showed me yesterday I like it too :)

The first one is superb.:D

Thanks!

I like the second one! It has such a lonesome feeling.. the lonely bench, the solitary pedestrian, the one lighthouse... love it!

Thanks alot, nice description too.. I can never put my photo's into words but you've managed it!

Nice shots.

#1 works best for me overall, and has an amazing sky, though the path looks like it's tilting to the right which is a bit distracting.

The second is also nice but let down by two things in my opinion - the large area of blown out sky and the shallow DOF.

Thanks, I used an grad ND 8 filter on my 10-20 to get that sky and a tiny bit of PS. I rotated the image to the right about but that was to make the horizon straight, it look more distracting before so I had to make the sacrifice on the path.

On the second one that was the effect I was going for (didn't use my grads on the 70-200).

[Frank_Hollahan]

Great lead-in to a dramatic sky Adam.
But, not sure if I'd like to see the second one more in focus.
Either way, b&W really suit these two shots, well done.

[Wazza]

Really love the first one, only slightly out of level, but as the linear angle wasn't dead on, makes it look more out than it really is. Gives a great UWA feel :)

Looks a lot better with the dark dramatic skies

[Wazza]

Cheers, was a technique that Wazza showed me yesterday I like it too :)


And we can all thank the infamous tim for that ;)

[adam*]

Great lead-in to a dramatic sky Adam.
But, not sure if I'd like to see the second one more in focus.
Either way, b&W really suit these two shots, well done.

Thanks alot. I don't have any of the 2nd different to that as I was going for the shallow DOF effect.

Really love the first one, only slightly out of level, but as the linear angle wasn't dead on, makes it look more out than it really is. Gives a great UWA feel :)

Looks a lot better with the dark dramatic skies

Cheers, that was after rotation remember so either way the lines trick your eyes a bit.

And we can all thank the infamous tim for that ;)

Thanks tim :)

[EOSAddict]

Like them both and I really like the DOF on the second... I guess it's a matter of personal preference ;)

[Avi]

too (two) good images..:)

[skatchkins]

Confession: I keep coming back to this thread to see #2

[178]

I like the sky in the first one but the composition in the second one. I also like that you focused on the bench alone...nice work!

[siejones]

These are very good on a few levels including compostiion, exposure, creative focus and of coarse great leading line for lots of lovely depth :)

I have looked back on some of you past work and I see you certainly have a good idea of compostion and no doubt previsualise quite well.

I get the feeling you have studied art or photography and have a grasp on the graphic arts. Would I be right?

[CheetaPita]

i really like the 2nd one! both are great though

[Wazza]

These are very good on a few levels including compostiion, exposure, creative focus and of coarse great leading line for lots of lovely depth :)

I have looked back on some of you past work and I see you certainly have a good idea of compostion and no doubt previsualise quite well.

I get the feeling you have studied art or photography and have a grasp on the graphic arts. Would I be right?

He hired the services of the best tutor ;)
But I fully agree, ever since I first met him in NZ, he had great composition skills - I hosted a few of his point and shoot pics from a 1.3 or 2 megapixel camera on my old site:
http://wazz*****scity.com/world

http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/2007/OCT_0227.jpg
I just realised THE shot I have on my blog, is the moment he shot the 2nd pic! :lol:

[adam*]

Like them both and I really like the DOF on the second... I guess it's a matter of personal preference ;)

Thanks, that's always the case with photography.

too (two) good images..:)

Cheers.

[adam*]

Confession: I keep coming back to this thread to see #2

Hopefully that's a good thing :p

I like the sky in the first one but the composition in the second one. I also like that you focused on the bench alone...nice work!

Thanks.

These are very good on a few levels including compostiion, exposure, creative focus and of coarse great leading line for lots of lovely depth :)

I have looked back on some of you past work and I see you certainly have a good idea of compostion and no doubt previsualise quite well.

I get the feeling you have studied art or photography and have a grasp on the graphic arts. Would I be right?

Thanks. Sadly you're wrong! I am a completely self taught photographer, guess i've always just had a decent eye for composition.

i really like the 2nd one! both are great though

He hired the services of the best tutor ;)
But I fully agree, ever since I first met him in NZ, he had great composition skills - I hosted a few of his point and shoot pics from a 1.3 or 2 megapixel camera on my old site:
http://wazz*****scity.com/world

http://www.warrenwilliams.co.nz/2007/OCT_0227.jpg
I just realised THE shot I have on my blog, is the moment he shot the 2nd pic! :lol:

It is :p Cheers for that! You did help... a little bit.

[Wazza]

No worries - a shame about all that salt air - didn't want to change my lens back over from the 120-300 (that pic above taken at 120mm, uncropped, and had to rotate it to fit everything in :p

Self taught is the best way - your own style

[low orbit]

Love the 2nd shot. Easily my favourite. Great shot Warren, is good when photogs capture others as they're taking the shot, gives us clues as to how it was set up.

[rob1den]

these are both very striking shots , both make you thinks well done composition is excellent.

[jdizzle]

WOW! These are great Adam! Love the b&w conversion.

[Picture North Carolina]

Nice post processing. First one makes me dizzy. You can clearly see the horizon is level, but the pathway is slanted. Stare at it long enough and you feel like your gonna' fall over to the right! :D /Dan

[Collin85]

Adam, very nice shots, I'm a fan. If possible, I'd also like to learn some of your post-processing too. :)

[alexwise]

Love the second one! The depth of field looks great and really makes this shot work :)

[adam*]

No worries - a shame about all that salt air - didn't want to change my lens back over from the 120-300 (that pic above taken at 120mm, uncropped, and had to rotate it to fit everything in :p

Self taught is the best way - your own style

Of course :p

Love the 2nd shot. Easily my favourite. Great shot Warren, is good when photogs capture others as they're taking the shot, gives us clues as to how it was set up.

Cheers

these are both very striking shots , both make you thinks well done composition is excellent.

Thankyou

WOW! These are great Adam! Love the b&w conversion.

Thanks, it was a pretty simple conversion in RAW shooter, obviously with a tiny bit of contrast/levels/d+b/curves.

Nice post processing. First one makes me dizzy. You can clearly see the horizon is level, but the pathway is slanted. Stare at it long enough and you feel like your gonna' fall over to the right! :D /Dan

I know its annoying but I like it.

Adam, very nice shots, I'm a fan. If possible, I'd also like to learn some of your post-processing too. :)

Cheers, send me a message and i'll be happy to explain.

Love the second one! The depth of field looks great and really makes this shot work :)

Thanks :)

[Michael Bottoms]

I like them both as well... Thanks for sharing

[adam*]

Thanks :)

[croot]

great shots. i love the dof in #2. perfect!

[StewartR]

#2 I really like. I can't quite make up my mind as to whether I'd prefer it with greater DOF. I think I would, then I look at it again and I think it's better as is... Great work regardless.

[adam*]

great shots. i love the dof in #2. perfect!

Thanks, me too!

#2 I really like. I can't quite make up my mind as to whether I'd prefer it with greater DOF. I think I would, then I look at it again and I think it's better as is... Great work regardless.

Cheers. I guess it's a matter of taste but we'll never know what it could of looked like, personally I like it!