Posted by Bruce King on August 11, 2011 at 11:59 PM
Was down on the coast last weekend for a wedding and managed to steal away a few times for exploring. Ecola Point and Indian beach were pretty much socked in when I arrived early AM but hung around long enough for a little break in the clouds.
How do the colors look? Color management is still a mystery but I'm gaining on it.
Edit-looks like there are some nasty halos at the horizon I didn't notice before posting. Dang.
Posted by David Bostock on August 12, 2011 at 10:53 AM
Wonderful scene, Bruce. Yeah the halos are a bit distracting, but it's a great image of our coast.
Posted by John Williams on August 12, 2011 at 11:45 AM
I've only photographed Indian Beach once, but I liked it and think it has a lot of potential.
Looks like the cursed marine layer was in full play. I think the colors look good for heavy clouds and low light. If you shot a white balance card or similar and used it to adjust the scene it would probably look very gray, and I much prefer the blue tone here.
On my monitor, the halos look like a result of sharpening, so not a big deal to me and hopefully an easy fix.
I'm a bit conflicted on the foreground, it makes me wonder what is to the right. I think I'd prefer a shot with the foreground rock filling, or near filling, the frame, but I'd have to see that and compare to be sure.
For the weather you describe, the colors look great to me. Yeah, noticed those halo's too, I do that sometimes. I'm finding some types of sharpening work better than others depending on the scene. Great NW feeling to this shot.
Posted by Bruce King on August 12, 2011 at 12:10 PM
Thanks for the comments guys.
John-yes the marine layer was thick and early on I was wiping down the glass regularly. I worked on the blue and cyan channels quite a bit in PP to get them to look even this decent, and the halos are definitely from sharpening. The full sized file doesn't have any.
That white spot in the bg rocks is actually a seagull surveying the scene that you can see quite clearly in the original file.
I like this very much, Bruce. For the weather, you made some good post-processing decisions about color cast-- in this case, I presume, adding some. The sky looks quite pretty, especially as it interacts with the toasty warm colors of the sand. The composition gives that wonderful expansive feeling of being at the coast. Suggestions: perhaps ease up on the darkness in the rocks? And I do the same darn thing-- clipping pieces of things-- but getting all of that fg rock in would've been good depending on what was at the base or to the right of the rock.
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5 repliesHow do the colors look? Color management is still a mystery but I'm gaining on it.
Edit-looks like there are some nasty halos at the horizon I didn't notice before posting. Dang.
Looks like the cursed marine layer was in full play. I think the colors look good for heavy clouds and low light. If you shot a white balance card or similar and used it to adjust the scene it would probably look very gray, and I much prefer the blue tone here.
On my monitor, the halos look like a result of sharpening, so not a big deal to me and hopefully an easy fix.
I'm a bit conflicted on the foreground, it makes me wonder what is to the right. I think I'd prefer a shot with the foreground rock filling, or near filling, the frame, but I'd have to see that and compare to be sure.
John-yes the marine layer was thick and early on I was wiping down the glass regularly. I worked on the blue and cyan channels quite a bit in PP to get them to look even this decent, and the halos are definitely from sharpening. The full sized file doesn't have any.
That white spot in the bg rocks is actually a seagull surveying the scene that you can see quite clearly in the original file.