An old washed up boat . . .

[Gizmo 76]

Good evening,

Just a couple from a half hour trip out as the sun was coming down this evening.


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Cheers.

Giz

[onefivenine]

#1 is superb with the colour of the sky reflecting in the still water. #2 is great but I do prefer the composition in #1.

[imcarm]

Both are wonderful shots Gizmo 76 - I love the compostion of #1 the colours are superb. #2 has a great perspective and I like the way it almost looks like a different boat with the super wide angle

[senu]

Very nice..just how much PP got you this far??

[Gizmo 76]

Cheers guys

Originally Posted by senu

Very nice..just how much PP got you this far??

EASY!!

I admit there are a few seperate exposures going on here, but I was quite gentle, just wanted the nice sky and some foreground boat detail, and finally a bit of dodging and burning, so all pretty standard for me

[Gizmo 76]

Last one of the boat, and one for you wide lovers

Just thought I'd post it as I like the way the sky changes thoughout the horizon in the shot.


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Goodnight

[onefivenine]

Saved the best till last eh!? Very nice indeed!

[BananaTiger]

Yeah, like the last one the best too. Nice angle and composition

[stevegreen]

I like #2 probably the most, they do all appear to be a tad underexposed/dark to me though. Nice colours on them all

[Gizmo 76]

Cheers all

Steve - It was just stating to get dull out when they were taken, must of been just gone 9pm last night. I might well invest in one of them monitor calibration devices in the coming months as I work off of 3 different screens depending where I am, and the result always look slightly different on each in terms of both sharpness and brightness.

I really should get out more in the later and earlier hours of the day as I quite enjoyed the walk last night.

[allymac123]

#3 would have to be my favourite. Looks like you had some nice light.

Nit picking I'd have to mention the ghosting around the lower right of the boat's bow.

I love the garduation of the orange to blue in the sky but am a wee bit put off by the way the orange seems to hover just above the horizon as opposed to merge doen into it. (don't know if thats how it was or if thats to do with processing.)

[horribleman]

I really like the third one. The funky angle of the boat and the closeness makes it have more oomph!

[jamesbryan17]

Fantastic

These HDR or standard with PP?

[Gizmo 76]

Thanks

Ally - The sky is like that in the original, but the processing has definitely made it more apparent.

Jamesbryan - They're HDR, I tried to just combine 2 exposures, but I couldn't get a result I was happy with. So I split the single RAW into 4 (-2.5, -1.5, 0, +1.5 - I think), then I combined these in photomatix, but I used very low strength (30ish) as I wanted to keep it looking real. After this, a couple of additional tweaks and some dodging, and viola

[SweetGirl]

very nice Gizmo