Posted by Dave Sewell on November 27, 2007 at 6:03 PM
One from Bryher, Isles of Scilly this October. Techs are 1D2N 500 + 1.4X, f5.6, 400ISO 1/800 sec. Absolutly no processing - the more I read of layers, Dabs, RGB's and CRT's the more useles I feel!
All best,
Dave
PS - this was one of a series of shots taken while lying flat on my face in the mud on Great Par beach. Unfortunatly the evening light was on my left. If I'd realised that the birds were going to come so close I'd have positioned myself a little better!
Posted by Andy Astbury on November 27, 2007 at 6:11 PM
You could really do with getting into colour correction and PS Dave - this is a very nice image that with a bit of colour correction and 5 minutes in PS would be a stunner
David, if you can find me a DSLR that takes great looking images then I and I'm sure a lot of others, will go and get one post-haste
They all need to have their images processed - that's why we all do the PS thing
Posted by Stuart McCrae on November 28, 2007 at 2:23 AM
Unlike Andy I like the colours,but I do agree that a little time in PS could make this a stunner,some selective adjustment of highlights would be top of the list.....
Stu.
Posted by Dave Sewell on November 28, 2007 at 3:10 AM
OK I've had a tinker in Elements and this is the result. A big problem is not really knowing my way around the terminology of a photograph let along how it then relates to Photoshop. DDoes anybody know where you can get a bit of training for this sort of thing?
Cheers,
Dave
The re-post is much better. I'd suggest getting a good book on photoshop for learning it. Not sure which ones are good these days though as the last Photoshop book I bought was for Photoshop 3. Tristan
Posted by Craig Nash on November 28, 2007 at 8:04 AM
I hope you dont mind I have reduced some of the noise with neat image and processed the remainder in Lightroom
The original looks by far the best of the three on my screen!
Posted by Dave Sewell on November 28, 2007 at 3:46 PM
Well I got half way there but Craig's post nails it for me. Jeremy - you might want to get your monitor calibrated - the first version sucks compared to the last!
Thanks for all comments.
Dave
Posted by John Varley on November 29, 2007 at 7:32 AM
Well I think it is a very pleasing picture. Craig has done a very good job of bringing out a lot of the detail in the image, but I tend to agree with Jeremy the original has a certain magic. I think I would be playing around quite a bit to get the best out of this image. What makes it for me is the very low angle of the subject and the warm evening light and the contrasts. I would be seeking to retain that feeling while just bringing up detail but keeping the shadows very dark, and keeping the highlights very bright but striving to retain every bit of texture.
Its all just a matter of reading and practice practice and yet more practice
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8 repliesAll best,
Dave
PS - this was one of a series of shots taken while lying flat on my face in the mud on Great Par beach. Unfortunatly the evening light was on my left. If I'd realised that the birds were going to come so close I'd have positioned myself a little better!
David, if you can find me a DSLR that takes great looking images then I and I'm sure a lot of others, will go and get one post-haste
They all need to have their images processed - that's why we all do the PS thing
Stu.
Cheers,
Dave
Thanks for all comments.
Dave
Its all just a matter of reading and practice practice and yet more practice