Couple of beach shots

[wcstory]

Sitting in the work truck reading the 20D manual at lunch yesterday. Seagull flops on the hood to see If I had food. Just finished reading about burst settings and white balance - Try Out and Photo Op!

[Scottes]

Man I love that first one! What a great expression, composition, and the bird in the background is great. Great capture.


Mind if I process it a little? The overall blueness...

[Moppie]

The first one is a great! Brilliant compostion, but it is a little blue :)

[thomascanty]

I love the first one! It needs to be a little less blue, though.

[tommykjensen]

First one is great. I won't comment on the blue part ;)

[wcstory]

Thanks,

Now I have to learn to use photoshop to adjust color. THe second (junk) shot was to give perspective where the bird was.

Thanks again,
Bill

[Scottes]

I played with a bit when I had a few minutes.

I thought it lost a lot of flavor when I removed the blue. Weird.

[thomascanty]

I thought it lost a lot of flavor when I removed the blue. Weird.

Same here. But then I tried a couple plugins. Digital ROC Professional did a good job on it (not the newer Kodak version of the plugin, though -- that one made it way too dark. The older version from Applied Science Fiction looks better).

http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/gull2.jpg

Hmmm... It also made it look like wcstory has some dust on his sensor in the lower left.

[LisaMarie]

The first one is a great! Brilliant compostion, but it is a little blue :)

that's "cape cod winter blue" gorgeous color that the locals get to live with after the summer tourist season ;)

seriously though I agree it does not look as good with color correction- the blue does lend to it nicely .

[thomascanty]

seriously though I agree it does not look as good with color correction- the blue does lend to it nicely .

Not the blue. It's the eyes. The bird's eyes are much better in the original.

[wcstory]

Wow that's quite difference in feel from the blue tint to a greyish. The eyes are the key to me.

Local community college teaches a photoshop course - will be signing up!!

Thanks,
Bill

[stoneylonesome]

Fantastic shots. Yes timing is everything, that and a few tasty fries for bait. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Alan B]

Love the 1st shot so much i re-done the colours for you ;) :D Much better IMO,a more natural colouring.

[wcstory]

Now that came out great Alan! Preserved the look in the eyes.

Could you post a quick comment about what you did. Photoshop?

THanks,
Bill

[Scottes]

Yeah Alan, that looks quite nice.

[Alan B]

Now that came out great Alan! Preserved the look in the eyes.

Could you post a quick comment about what you did. Photoshop?

THanks,
Bill

Bugger i got to remember now what i did.
haha i tend to go with the flow when i'm in photoshop.Cuz i know what i'm doing i dont really think about remembering things like that :lol: .

Anyway i'll re-do it again,and jot down what i'm doing.

1.opened in photoshop
2.clicked on image - adjustments - color balance
3.with the 3 sliding bars,i just moved and mixed them around to get a good balance of colour,which was(this could be abit different from the other one i did,but its just an example).Reading in the 3 color levels blocks -
+6 -51 -97.

HTH :)

[ChP]

The first one.....
how to take a picture of a seagull and make it interesting.

Nice work!

[wcstory]

Thanks Alan.

Every little bit of information helps. Have to remember preschool and red plus blue makes green...... Too many damaged brain cells.

Cool.

Bill

[stoneylonesome]

Thanks Alan.

Every little bit of information helps. Have to remember preschool and red plus blue makes green...... Too many damaged brain cells.

Cool.

Bill

Ah! I think yellow and blue make green. red and blue make purple or violet :) :)