It was lovely an hour ago

[tryingtimes]

Well, here we are at the end of the comp and I never did get to go out taking candid shots. I only had two days off during the month and spent them with my family.

In typical British style we ended up getting caught in a heavy downpour which I managed to snap while feeling cold and miserable. The kids didn't mind though and you can see that everyone in the tent is still smiling. Once I got home I realised I could have done some simple things to improve it - next time



Exif should be on the Flickr page.

Basically I shot RAW, then converted twice to 2 exposures. Then I masked the darker image over the top of the other to get the sky detail and enhance the rain. Then I did colour adjustments (channel mixer and a 'colour dodge' layer).

[jonnypb]

Really nice picand I like the color adjustments, one of my favourites so far

[Gizmo 76]

Very nice TT

Like the processing, works very well with the scene, but where is the sand castle and flag!!

[stevegreen]

Very good. Nice processing but I would have lost the sandy bit in the foreground with a crop. Good entry

[tryingtimes]

Originally Posted by Gizmo 76

but where is the sand castle and flag!!

I know! - I was soaked though and only wearing shorts and a t-shirt - I got his while running back to the car to get people's coats.
But even in the time I had, I should have grabbed a spade and dug it in the sand to the bottom left and asked one of them to look up at the sky - as I say next time

[Gadget Daddy]

nice shot and love the pping thats been done to it, taking the pic is only half the battle, good pp can make or break it, in this case well done

Pete

[Liquid101]

Nice shot - I like the composition, and I also quite like the sandy foreground.

Personally, I think I woudl have preferred a straight B/W, eithe that or just a little more saturation. I can see what you were gewtting at with it, but I think it's just a little shot of colour.

I find the bright patch on the wind break a little distracting too.

Generally though, I really like it, and it's nicely on theme - and no flags

[Zone]

Really like the shot and the pp has given it a look all of its own.
Sums up the British mentality to a tee as well

[bodoman]

Excellent, but would have preferred it in just B & W, but thats me

Oh, and take note Liquid, not a pebble in site

[tryingtimes]

I thought long and hard about b&w - I think it may have been more popular, but I am also trying to learn how to get certain effects I've seen on flickr and liked. This was one of those attempts. I'm not there yet, but I enjoyed the process.

[Bigmoisty]

I LOVE this image. I think it is very british, and you have captured the theme perfectly.
My only issue is I am against the use of PP. Not to hi-jack your thread, but sometimes it feels like this is less a photo competition and more of a PP competition.

[tryingtimes]

I can understand the PP point of view - it's one of the reasons we are asked to explain what we did - so that voters can decide for themselves.
I prefer it when my images come out of the camera just how I want them too (like last month), but most of the time I prefer to get the end result regardless of how it's done.
I actually have a version of this photo with a spade photoshopped into the foreground. I'm guessing it wouldn't have got your vote!

[Bigmoisty]

As I said it's a lovely image. But I am rubbish at photoshop and feel imtimidated by some people's skill with it. On alot of photo competitions I enter they have 2 seperate sections. This allows the photoshop crowd to go wild and get very creative, whilst the people with just camera skills slug it out elsewhere.
I didn't want to single you out as this is just my view and in no way does it mean I don't like your image.

[markbingo]

How do you spot a British family, with kids, on ANY beach in the world?

They are the ones with the tent!



Love it......... my favorite so far. Well done.