C&C please :)

[davo_robbo]

hey all, took this shot on a recent trip to the coast,
minor levels and burning applied in cs3, love your comments and oppinions :)
400D, 50mm 1.8mk2, iso 100, f11, 30 secs
thankyou

[FlyingPhotog]

-Very cool looking location!
- Lovely soft colors
- Nice blur to the water (and the clouds)
- Horizon is a bit off kilter (needs a little rotation to the left)
- Looks like maybe the sun is immediately behind the large rock formation on the right as there's some contrast "fringing" going on across the top edge.

Did you make several images here? This is one of those situations where a graduated ND filter would be of enourmous help. It would hold the sky back some and let you have a little more exposure in the foreground.

[davo_robbo]

yeah NDgrad would have been really helpful, havnt got around to getting one yet though, the sun is actually behind the horizon which is why its at f11 to allow more light in.
the water isnt brightened at all and the bottom of the clouds were a little blown out but i managed to recover it all.. think i need a tad more pink in it and maybe a USM?

[FlyingPhotog]

yeah NDgrad would have been really helpful, havnt got around to getting one yet though, the sun is actually behind the horizon which is why its at f11 to allow more light in.
the water isnt brightened at all and the bottom of the clouds were a little blown out but i managed to recover it all.. think i need a tad more pink in it and maybe a USM?

Eh, maybe a touch more saturation...

As for sharpening, that's your call since you can see it full res.

It really looks like a first-class photographic playground though. Probably 1440 different shots a day there (24hrs x 60min/hr = 1440, right?) Ok, so maybe not overnight...but with a full moon out...hmm...

[davo_robbo]

Eh, maybe a touch more saturation...

As for sharpening, that's your call since you can see it full res.

It really looks like a first-class photographic playground though. Probably 1440 different shots a day there (24hrs x 60min/hr = 1440, right?) Ok, so maybe not overnight...but with a full moon out...hmm...
yeah ill upload a bigger res shot through flikr in a few mins once i fix the stuff up.. the actual locations not a super photog playground.. never seen anyone else with a camera out and yeah..
shot it off the beach too so nothing special

[FlyingPhotog]

yeah ill upload a bigger res shot through flikr in a few mins once i fix the stuff up.. the actual locations not a super photog playground.. never seen anyone else with a camera out and yeah..
shot it off the beach too so nothing special

I just meant the landscape itself looks like one could have a lot of fun shooting there. It's soooo much nicer to be somewhere alone and not awash in a sea of tripods all around you!

Looking forward to revisions and more shots if you have them!

[davo_robbo]

Heres the final edit.. got a few more which i quickly went over , love #2.. probably second fave pic

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2382/2186483015_6f320479b7_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2343/2187266764_bb23e2cf14_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2365/2187267400_f08fb3d134_b.jpg

[joedlh]

This looks like a super location.

A question about the third one. Is that a person in the distance on the right? I would have waited until they were out of the frame or gotten closer and made him or her part of the shot.

But I'll bet if you took this shot 1.5 hours earlier, you would have had a great glow in the sky. Get up earlier next time, dude! A walk down the beach to bring that tree-lined promontory closer would be more dramatic too, especially with the sunrise shining through it.

[davo_robbo]

This looks like a super location.

A question about the third one. Is that a person in the distance on the right? I would have waited until they were out of the frame or gotten closer and made him or her part of the shot.

But I'll bet if you took this shot 1.5 hours earlier, you would have had a great glow in the sky. Get up earlier next time, dude! A walk down the beach to bring that tree-lined promontory closer would be more dramatic too, especially with the sunrise shining through it.

it was sunset :P and yeah there was some guy fishing off the beach
heres some more i took.. the first is off the tree lined headland in shot#3


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2278/2187560022_e1742c3846_b.jpg


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2004/2188624250_acca398c1b_b.jpg