Stormy Seascape

[JakeC]

This one was taken on a stormy evening about 30mins after sunset, I tried for a painterly spooky effect in post pro. By day this section of beach is hidden and almost unvisited by tourists, one of those 'special places' to make pictures away from it all. Location: Sunshine Coast QLD Camera: 350D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/JakeC/stormyseascape3.jpg

[lomond]

Beautiful image Jake, I like it very much.
I might be tempted to darken the foreground slightly, but that's just me.

Brought back memories of over 20 years ago.

Thanks for sharing.

[soupdragon]

One of the best I've seen to date.

[viczig]

Beutiful shot.

[flapsmcgee]

good work

definatlly looks like it was painted

[Reigh Higgins]

Very nice !

[weemannie]

Lovely shot JakeC :D

[MattyB]

how did you get that effect?! i love it I tried for a painterly spooky effect in post pro
is post pro a program?
or is it photoshop?
i love it. and ive got a few ideas where i want to have a muck around with that effect.

[JakeC]

Thanks everyone for the positive comments. MattyB, the effect is a combination of photoshop and Noise Ninja (Noise removal prog if anyone is unfamilair). If I know during RAW conversion that I'm going to try something like this I'll push the highlight and shadow contrast straight from there, coming into photoshop I'll go with a strong local contrast adjustment using the unsharp mask, jump into curves and push saturation and global contrast even further, adjusting the opacity sliders on each of these layers until I get the colours and tones I am going for. The detail is removed with noise ninja using a layer mask so I can paint back any detail I'd like or where I feel it's been pushed too hard. The key (in my opinion) is doing your dodging and burning in LAB mode with feathered selections (120-180px), this prevents any unsightly colour shifts and gives a nice tonal graduation.

I'm not really good at explaining something I've done in photoshop but I hope that is some help. I think the confusing part about photoshop is that there are so many different ways to get a result. Experimentation is the key

[Jesc]

Wonderful pic. I like to see original photo to learn more about Post pro.

[johngraham2002]

work of art this one, deffinetly requires a large print

[MattyB]

yeah, i get where you're coming from
i don't know what Noise Ninja is, but meh..
what i would like to know, is what the hell is all this RAW i keep hearing. lol
is it a non digital term? :\

[johngraham2002]

yeah, i get where you're coming from
i don't know what Noise Ninja is, but meh..
what i would like to know, is what the hell is all this RAW i keep hearing. lol
is it a non digital term? :\


hello matty a brief explanation of raw in the simplest of terms is that raw is more or less the equivelant of a digital negative

plus points of raw is that it allows exposure adjustment of 1 stop or more in both directions of an image that might be over exposed or under exposed

if you shot an image that was overexposed in jpeg then you would have to spend a lot of time in post processing to rectify the image if it was possible at all ,but with A RAW image you have the luxury of this adjustment amongst many other features

:lol:

[skade]

Wow! That is awesome Jake.

[mgbeach]

absolutely wonderful. I'm going to keep it in mind to try dodging and burning in LAB mode.

[MattyB]

and an IXUS 30 will process it as jpeg before i can grab it in raw?
meh. i'll just take 50 photos of 1 subject and hope for 1 good one :P
haha

[MazerRakhm]

Very nice! That'll definitely look good on a print.

[yvettevil]

Nice effect.. I would love to put that on my wall... may I have a copy? :-)

[lordjim]

Amazing shot! Could you tell us more about the technique you used? and the exif info? Thank you