Posted by Geoffrey Baker on September 3, 2010 at 4:06 PM
Taken at Ogmore near the seaside resort of Porthcawl in South Wales.
Converted from a single RAW file.
Sony A350
Sigma 10-20
6 seconds
f11
ISO 100
10mm
Cokin X-Pro 2 stop ND grad
Tripod
Cable release
Posted by Andy Shepherd on September 3, 2010 at 4:19 PM
This really works for me Geoffrey, the sky is gorgeous, it's certainly an image with bags of atmosphere.
Andy...
Posted by Jeroen Stel on September 3, 2010 at 4:21 PM
Wonderful shot with gorgeous colors!
Well done!
greetings,
Jeroen Stel
Posted by Ron McCombe on September 3, 2010 at 4:27 PM
Love it Geoffrey
well done
Posted by Ian Haskell on September 3, 2010 at 4:58 PM
Is this double processed once for shadows and once for highlights or is this just from ND placement.
I do like the natural colours in the shot and the foreground looks good too. Looking at the horizon it does seem to have some curvature to it on the left hand side (this distracts my eye a bit as the foreground seems to lead left to right), but when I hold a ruler it is reasonably straight (optical illusion?).
Its probably worth posting in ESS and seeing what comments you get. The sky is awesome! Nice shot.
Ian
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on September 3, 2010 at 6:21 PM
Thanks everyone
That's what I should have done Ian, but I did it all from the one RAW file in the Sony RAW converter that came with my camera, then played around with it in photoshop until I was happy with it.
I'm not an expert in photoshop and no doubt I do a lot of things that are unnecessary and probably destructive, I'm constantly working on improving my workflow.
It is in the ESS gallery and I'll go in there now to see what comments it's got.
Geoff.
Posted by Ian Macdermott on September 3, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Lovely shot and wonderful colours in the water
Posted by John Robinson on September 3, 2010 at 6:34 PM
I,m not a landscape man but this will do for me.!
Beautiful- what ever the techs which don't really matter to me.
JohnR
Posted by Paul Rosser on September 3, 2010 at 6:36 PM
Geoff this is lovely mate! My only nit being the slight Barrel Destortion, that comes with such a wide lens(10mm). Easily corrected though!
Regards,
Paul.
Posted by Dale Sutton on September 4, 2010 at 2:59 AM
Im not a landscape man but I would hang it on my wall anyday.
Dale
Posted by David Kjaer on September 4, 2010 at 4:40 AM
Looks gorgeous Geoffrey, makes me want to be there!
Cheers,
Des
Posted by David Taylor on September 4, 2010 at 6:42 PM
Could have been taken on one of those exoplanets that are currently being discovered. An unearthly feel to the image, IMO. Superb.
Posted by Andy Astbury on September 5, 2010 at 3:40 AM
Nice "meaty" image Geoff - I'd be happy with this myself
The only nit I have is that the skyline intersects the top edge of the far rock - it would be better if the skyline/horizon had a bit of vertical seperation.
Discussion
18 repliesConverted from a single RAW file.
Sony A350
Sigma 10-20
6 seconds
f11
ISO 100
10mm
Cokin X-Pro 2 stop ND grad
Tripod
Cable release
This really works for me Geoffrey, the sky is gorgeous, it's certainly an image with bags of atmosphere.
Andy...
Well done!
greetings,
Jeroen Stel
well done
I do like the natural colours in the shot and the foreground looks good too. Looking at the horizon it does seem to have some curvature to it on the left hand side (this distracts my eye a bit as the foreground seems to lead left to right), but when I hold a ruler it is reasonably straight (optical illusion?).
Its probably worth posting in ESS and seeing what comments you get. The sky is awesome! Nice shot.
Ian
That's what I should have done Ian, but I did it all from the one RAW file in the Sony RAW converter that came with my camera, then played around with it in photoshop until I was happy with it.
I'm not an expert in photoshop and no doubt I do a lot of things that are unnecessary and probably destructive, I'm constantly working on improving my workflow.
It is in the ESS gallery and I'll go in there now to see what comments it's got.
Geoff.
Beautiful- what ever the techs which don't really matter to me.
JohnR
Regards,
Paul.
Dale
David
Cheers,
Des
The only nit I have is that the skyline intersects the top edge of the far rock - it would be better if the skyline/horizon had a bit of vertical seperation.
But it's still a cracker matey
T
T
Nice to hear from you again Andy, hope you are well
I used a grad for this one Tom but I will be experimenting more with HDR or exposure blending cos I reckon that's the way to go.
Geoff.