Balboa Pier

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted March 4, 2015138 views7 comments

March 1, 2015 at Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, CA in a light rain at sunset. I processed this image as part of a tutoring session with Keith Bauer. (He was tutoring me.)

Nikon D800 Nikkor 24-120 lens at 24mm ISO100 .5sec f/22 White Balance Auto RAW

Processed in Lightroom, PhotoshopCC2014, NIK and TK We played significantly in Color Effex in NIK.

Thank you for your comments.

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Harry Harris on March 5, 2015 at 9:05 AM

Patrick, I really like this image. I like how you went out in this weather to look for the shots (I stayed home). But I was rewarded(with your image). The shutter is set at just the right speed for the surf. Love it.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on March 5, 2015 at 9:23 AM

Real nice scene - love the movement (and direction) of the water here.

Only issues I see are some chromatic aberration on the diagonal posts and some jagged edges - but the edges are almost certainly a result of compressing the massive D800 file down to 1200 pixels.

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on March 5, 2015 at 10:15 AM

Great sense of depth!

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on March 5, 2015 at 10:55 AM

Real nice, Patrick. I really like the perspective. I am seeing the strong CA that Luke mentioned. Maybe from some masking?

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on March 5, 2015 at 11:28 AM

I like the symmetric composition and the action in the water. The water on the left looks a tad too green, and I also see the CA and the jaggies. I am also seeing some sharpening halos--most prominent on the left. The sky color looks nice, as do the whites in the water.

--P

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments

Comment posted by Patrick O'Healy on March 6, 2015 at 7:58 PM

I want to thank all of you who posted comments. I am baffled by the halo around the pier. It did not show on the screen in the various iterations we worked on, nor did it appear when I posted it on my website or in Facebook. Figuring this out is way above my pay grade.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 6, 2015 at 11:13 PM

Patrick: The CA issues aside, I think this is a superbly conceived and crafted image. Dynamic comp and a marvelous capture. >=))>

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