Random Photos : Part 4

[DibblyDobbler]

E65Ross said:

What a magnificent picture. Gorgeous colours.

Too kind

[tenohfive]

Set by tenohfive^, on Flickr

[RobDickinson]

DD love the boat(s) shot!


Back from the UK and almost out from under a ton of things to do, whilst over there met up with Paul Bullen for a cool trip up to the Lakes..

Martindale by Rob Dickinson, on Flickr

[E65Ross]

One from me last night. Took loads and need to have a look through when I get the chance to see which are worth playing around with.

[Tycho]

RobDickinson said:

DD love the boat(s) shot!


Back from the UK and almost out from under a ton of things to do, whilst over there met up with Paul Bullen for a cool trip up to the Lakes..

Martindale by Rob Dickinson, on Flickr

Love the way that the wall leads you down into the picture.

[GetCarter]

Nice Rob... thought it was Paul's when I saw it!

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Edited by GetCarter on Thursday 25th June 15:36

[tenohfive]

Annoyed with myself, one of the first chances I've had to get out for some sunset photography (and a play with my new Lee grads) and I kept ignoring the meter as even with grads the sky looked blown in screen. It wasn't, I should have trusted the camera.

One of the few that came out exposed properly:


Sunset by tenohfive^, on Flickr

[BristolRich]

Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, Ashton Court, Bristol by Bristol Rich, on Flickr

[DavidY]

Elan Valley - Craig Goch Dam - Not sure about the processing (yet)!


150625 Elan Valley - Craig Goch Dam sm by Mr Perceptive X100, on Flickr


150625 Elan Valley - Craig Goch Dam 3 sm by Mr Perceptive X100, on Flickr


150625 Elan Valley - Craig Goch Dam 2 sm by Mr Perceptive X100, on Flickr

[AndyT350]

RobDickinson said:

DD love the boat(s) shot!


Back from the UK and almost out from under a ton of things to do, whilst over there met up with Paul Bullen for a cool trip up to the Lakes..

Martindale by Rob Dickinson, on Flickr

Love the colours in that - did you do anything special to give it so much 'pop'?

One from me.. really pleased with this one using a SAMYANG 14mm. Just a shame theres a slight shadow in the bottom left where my girlfriend must have popped into frame for a second or so without me noticing..


Las Vegas - San Fran 2015 (111 of 189).jpg by Andrew Dean, on Flickr

[E65Ross]

constructive criticism welcome/appreciated!

[Top Banana]

E65Ross said:

constructive criticism welcome/appreciated!

liking the composition on the 2nd one - just needs a bit of processing to make it less flat looking

No.3 is nice as well, again a little PS could help to make it 'pop'

Regards - Tb

[RobDickinson]

AndyT350 said:

Love the colours in that - did you do anything special to give it so much 'pop'?

Yeah, kitchen sink processing. General levels/curves , orton, but of dodging and burning, adjusting local colour etc. Its somewhat over processed but you have to do that sometimes

Left is raw defaults, mid is raw once into photoshop ( levels, contrast, WB and vibrance etc) right is finished

[LastLight]

RobDickinson said:

AndyT350 said:

Love the colours in that - did you do anything special to give it so much 'pop'?

Yeah, kitchen sink processing. General levels/curves , orton, but of dodging and burning, adjusting local colour etc. Its somewhat over processed but you have to do that sometimes

Left is raw defaults, mid is raw once into photoshop ( levels, contrast, WB and vibrance etc) right is finished

Do you - or anyone else here - use any of the Topaz filters for PS? I've read good things about Detail and the BW conversion one on the B&W forum run by Keith Cooper so downloaded them and have watched a couple of their YouTube tutorials so hope it works well.

[E65Ross]

Top Banana said:

E65Ross said:

constructive criticism welcome/appreciated!

liking the composition on the 2nd one - just needs a bit of processing to make it less flat looking

No.3 is nice as well, again a little PS could help to make it 'pop'

Regards - Tb

Many thanks for this. I'll have a play around with PS later if I get the chance and see what can be done. I've edited them all a little already but not massive amounts.

[GetCarter]

Nick Grant said:

Road-Trip by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Nice. I was standing there today. (photographing Triathlon cyclists)

[E65Ross]

Top Banana said:

E65Ross said:

constructive criticism welcome/appreciated!

liking the composition on the 2nd one - just needs a bit of processing to make it less flat looking

No.3 is nice as well, again a little PS could help to make it 'pop'

Regards - Tb

May be over the top but...what do you think?

I have increased contrast, saturation, vibrance, sharpness. I added an orange radial filter as an additional layer of soft light over the sun to increase the orange a little....I also added 2 more gradient filter layers (one black with around 50% opacity to darken the sky a touch, and the other orange to bring the sky a bit brighter...also around 50% opacity)

[noell35]

Monty

Monty by northernladgonesouth, on Flickr

[GravelBen]

Southerly front over Southland by Ben, on Flickr

[RobDickinson]

Nice Ben!