A boat and some rocks

vulkan75 · 20-07-2008, 7:02 PM

Struggling with my Mojo of Late as well as time

anyway heres to sharing

Paulie-W · 20-07-2008, 7:05 PM

Love the colours in #2

johnaalex · 20-07-2008, 7:08 PM

Number 2 is a brilliant shot and I like number 1 as well. Great stuff!

Holowlegs · 20-07-2008, 7:09 PM

Hello there

Been missing these, all I can with #1 with thats Struggling with your Mojo, well I haven't even got one. Thats a great picture, never a big fan of selective colouring, but this works really well. Nice one

Cheers Holo

dazza74 · 20-07-2008, 7:13 PM

Superb stuff, colours and pebbles in #2 are amazing and I really like #1 that skies incredible.

stevegreen · 20-07-2008, 7:18 PM

Great light in #2, really nice processing. Liking #1 as well

goso · 20-07-2008, 7:38 PM

Brilliant 1 & 2 just Brilliant

julian_fraser · 20-07-2008, 7:52 PM

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Struggling with my Mojo of Late

Yeah....I don't know why you bother to be honest

Fantastic, inspiring photos as usual. Thanks for sharing.

cedmondson · 20-07-2008, 8:03 PM

Sheesh if my mojo ever slips that far

Just kidding.

Seriously, I really like #1 a lot. I wouldn't mind knowing how you achieved that sky effect if it isn't too much of a trade secret?
#2 is nice too (& very very Vulkan™) but there's something about the reddish glow around the rocks that seems slightly strange (may just be me though) and in any case I know I'm being a bit picky.

bodoman · 20-07-2008, 8:08 PM

Pure Vulkan, nothing wrong with your mojo mate

vulkan75 · 20-07-2008, 8:16 PM

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Originally Posted by cedmondson

Sheesh if my mojo ever slips that far

Just kidding.

Seriously, I really like #1 a lot. I wouldn't mind knowing how you achieved that sky effect if it isn't too much of a trade secret?.

Thanks colin.

No secret just the effects of a long exposure during the day.In this case 202secs achieved with Nd1000 Cp Ndg8 & NDg4 stacked

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Originally Posted by cedmondson

#2 is nice too (& very very Vulkan™) but there's something about the reddish glow around the rocks that seems slightly strange (may just be me though) and in any case I know I'm being a bit picky.

I dont know if you mean it looks unnatural or something..it is however, how the light fell on the wet rocks...ive not added it or anything like that...processing was minimal...I think I nudged the hue to slightly more orange thats about it.

Thanks for your opinion

denno75uk · 20-07-2008, 8:53 PM

Yup. You've still got 'it'.
The angle in #1 works really well, as do the tones/colours. Was it selective colouring or just a drop of the saturation? Nice effect either way.
Love the reflections from the wet rocks, esp in #2. Lifts the overall brightness of the shot without losing the moody light of the sunset. Can't see any EXIF on flickr. How long were the exposures of #2 and #3?

Liquid101 · 20-07-2008, 9:09 PM

Nice shots Alex, interesting processing on the first one - but i'd have to straighted that horizon line up

Really like the figure in the 3rd - looks a bit wild.

**senu** · 20-07-2008, 10:59 PM

Alex
.. your mojo ( such as you describe it) is alive and well as are your Vulkanising skills

Life is not a 100m race

Take your breaks and keep returning with stuff like this
well done
I like all of them

#2 is very eye catching though
Oh thanks Im having a wee dram or 3..

konastab01 · 20-07-2008, 11:02 PM

Some nice pictures there mate.

Bristol Pete · 20-07-2008, 11:06 PM

Nice,

Live long and prosper.

cedmondson · 21-07-2008, 7:53 AM

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Originally Posted by vulkan75

No secret just the effects of a long exposure during the day.In this case 202secs achieved with Nd1000 Cp Ndg8 & NDg4 stacked

Thanks for that - must have a play with long exposure stuff sometime.

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I dont know if you mean it looks unnatural or something..it is however, how the light fell on the wet rocks...ive not added it or anything like that...processing was minimal...I think I nudged the hue to slightly more orange thats about it.

No I wasn't suggesting you'd added it

When I looked at it last night I thought the red patches on the rocks in the bottom right corner were catchlights but they seemed somehow too big and too red. Looking again I see they aren't catchlights at all ........I'll get my coat

ryart · 21-07-2008, 12:14 PM

Lovely pictures and just the right amount of blur in the sea to give a feeling of movement but not turn it into something like dry ice.

vulkan75 · 21-07-2008, 8:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Liquid101

Nice shots Alex, interesting processing on the first one - but i'd have to straighted that horizon line up

Really like the figure in the 3rd - looks a bit wild.

Thanks. I guess the horizon could do with a bit more tilt for the effect I was after.The boat was actually on a shallow pitch bank and I wanted to portray it kinda leaning..as if it were dumped by the retreating tide,iv e ended up fluffing it...i knew you'd spot it eagle eye

processing was just desat the green in levels and hike the blue...I picked up on the Bluefin boat name and tried to introduce the hue as a compliment

thanks though

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Originally Posted by denno75uk

Yup. You've still got 'it'.
The angle in #1 works really well, as do the tones/colours. Was it selective colouring or just a drop of the saturation? Nice effect either way.
Love the reflections from the wet rocks, esp in #2. Lifts the overall brightness of the shot without losing the moody light of the sunset. Can't see any EXIF on flickr. How long were the exposures of #2 and #3?

Ill have to get back to on that as im on my laptop at the mo without the original pictures..flickr uploader strips my exif

Straightened at Bw conversion