Random Photos : Part 4

[pidsy]

i like that.

got a bit of a weird obsession with images of the moon.

[V8Wagon]

LastLight said:

V8Wagon said:

Still enjoying my little EOS M...





and I know I got a bit carried away but this was my first proper play with Lightroom which has changed my image significantly.



Hove Outlet at Low Tide by André Jardinière, on Flickr

Really, really like that. I reckon it would work brilliantly as a pure monochromatic or split toned bw print too.

Thanks mate. I'll have a crack at it and see what I can come up with. Really enjoying tinkering in LR at the moment.

[V8Wagon]

Another one on the beach!


Shapes In The Sand by André Jardinière, on Flickr

and a bit of local wildlife...



Wing Power by André Jardinière, on Flickr

and some people parascending on the Downs.



Flying Without Wings by André Jardinière, on Flickr

I'm driving my wife potty at the moment as I take the camera everywhere!

Edited by V8Wagon on Saturday 23 May 20:55

[leggly]

And then the rain stopped. by squiffy1308, on Flickr

[jp7152]

Taken on my telephone

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[slyelessar]

jp7152 said:

Taken on my telephone

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Epic... did you use light room post?

[jp7152]

Thanks!

Yes I used lightroom. I didn't really know what I was doing with it so just played with all the sliders until it looked a little sharper.

[LastLight]

slyelessar said:

jp7152 said:

Taken on my telephone

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Epic... did you use light room post?

Some other equally wonderful shots from the session(?) on your Flickr stream!

[jp7152]

LastLight said:

Some other equally wonderful shots from the session(?) on your Flickr stream!

Thank you very much for the kind comments. It was a while ago now but I was on the beach waiting for it to get dark to have a fire. Snapping away on the phone while the sun set and and I think I just got very lucky they turned out well.

[AB8219]

Didn't have the camera on me so another phone entry here;

Sunset with an iPhone by Aaron Brown, on Flickr

pano with an iphone by Aaron Brown, on Flickr

[leggly]

Glen Brittle by squiffy1308, on Flickr

[E65Ross]

MysteryLemon said:

tenohfive said:

For my taste, I'd look at lowering highlights and boosting shadows a touch, then a dose of vibrance and a bit of clarity.
Just one opinion mind.

No, I agree. Having looked at it on screens other than my work one (where I processed it and wouldn't usually). Made some tweeks this morning...



I'm happier with this one Doesn't look as flat.

May I ask what you did to this?

Looks great by the way.

[E65Ross]

Here's one taken with my RX100 last month. No post processing at all.....it's something I've never delved into....anyone care to show what could be done with it!?



Many thanks

[DibblyDobbler]

2 minute edit

There is a massive amount you can do depending on taste, expertise etc - especially if starting with a RAW file.

[E65Ross]

Just had a little play around with some simple, but free, software. Colours are a bit more vibrant

[E65Ross]

DibblyDobbler said:

2 minute edit

There is a massive amount you can do depending on taste, expertise etc - especially if starting with a RAW file.

What benefit does RAW give you exactly?

thanks

[havoc]

PP is personal - everyone has their own taste.

My view is that the sky in the original looks the most natural (think both DD's and the recut are over-saturated*), but I like DD's foreground better.





* I try to reduce the brightness on blue alongside extra saturation if I'm giving sky more 'punch'...but as DD is a better 'tog than me I wouldn't take my opinion as worth much more than just that - some bloke's opinion...

[E65Ross]

Here's one more I took. Just upped the saturation a little and increased the temp a touch on white balance. It looks better than the original except the sky seems a bit over-exposed now. How could I go about sorting the sky out, without effecting the rest of the image?



Many thanks!

I really should make a thread on help, rather than posting here.

Cheers

[DibblyDobbler]

E65Ross said:

What benefit does RAW give you exactly?

thanks

Well I'm no expert but simplistically you have all the data the sensor captured so, for example, can recover more from shadows and highlights etc etc

Your shot above looks fine as it is!

[tenohfive]

E65Ross said:

Here's one more I took. Just upped the saturation a little and increased the temp a touch on white balance. It looks better than the original except the sky seems a bit over-exposed now. How could I go about sorting the sky out, without effecting the rest of the image?



Many thanks!

I really should make a thread on help, rather than posting here.

Cheers

The sky is the only area that is predominantly light coloured, so lowering the highlights (white/light colours) should work. It's often one of the first things I do with sky shots as it gives more definition to clouds which become less hazy.

The alternative - not necessary on this image, but possibly applicable for others where you have highlights in the foreground that you don't want touching - would be to use a graduated filter (a digital equivalent of a physical grad.) Lightroom makes that sort of thing really easy.