This is the second in this small series, probably the most colourful of the three, and probably my least favourite (though I'd be hard pressed to say why). As with yesterday's and tomorrow's the processing is relatively straightforward; i.e. two masked Curves, one for the land below the horizon and the container, the other for the sky.
On a totally unrelated matter: generally, I'm a big fan of Movable Type, the software I use to run chromasia, but there's one thing that's always bugged me; i.e. the interminable delay between pressing the post button in the comments window and the window reloading. Well, it only takes around ten seconds (during which time Movable Type recreates any pages that have changed), but I'd much rather it reloaded instantly, not least because the comments popup is dynamically generated from the database so the delay serves no real purpose. So, bearing that in mind, does anyone have any ideas as to how I could use JavaScript to get the 'post' button to reload the page as well as submit the comment data when it's clicked? I've managed to alter it so that it disables itself when clicked (to avoid duplicate comments) but I can't work out how to code it such that it reloads the page.
I suspect this may not be possible, but if anyone does have any ideas I'd be grateful.
captured camera lens focal length aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO flash image quality RAW converter cropped?
12.39pm on 24/6/06
Canon 20D
EF 17-40 f/4L USM
17mm (27mm equiv.)
f/8.0
1/500
aperture priority
-2/3
evaluative
100
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RAW
C1 Pro
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comment byifeelhome.net at 07:11 PM (GMT) on 29 June, 2006
I think you should return that =)
comment byJamey at 07:22 PM (GMT) on 29 June, 2006
I don't know a huge amount about Javascript or CGI (PHP is my thing) but can you not have the button send an HTTP header to the browser immediately after it submits the form data? That's what my comments system does and, as long as you get the order right, it works fine.
And I think I agree with you about this photo, it's good on its own but yesterday's is still winning for me. Looking forward to tomorrow's though.
comment by Peter at 07:29 PM (GMT) on 29 June, 2006
I think the size and shape of the bucket may make it a bit less appealing than yesterdays. But undoubtedly a great shot.
Also, I was browsing through the archives looking for that picture of Camilla, and realized that we have yet to see a portrait of Finley. Just feeding ideas. :)
comment byBill Hooker at 07:33 PM (GMT) on 29 June, 2006
I haven't a clue whether what you want is possible, but SixApart maintains a set of pretty useful forums for MT, and are themselves pretty responsive. I'd suggest simply writing to Anil/Mena/Ben/whoever and asking them directly.
I like this better than the bucket shot because I get a greater sense of history from this shot. I think it's beacause there's a phone number on the box that is a very old style area code...where did this box go in the meantime!?
David...
Hai tutta la mia ammirazione. Riesci a produrre sempre delle immagini originali, eleganti e ricche di fascino.
Ti voglio fare i miei più sinceri complimenti. Per me sei fonte di ispirazione e vorrei tanto avere una mente creativa come la tua.
Diego Gaspari Bandion - Fotografo
www.dgbandion.com
P.S. Quale plugin utilizzi per dare le tonalità così particolari alle tue immagini?
Translation by Google… :-(
David…
I admire to you.
You produce pictures elegant and fascinating. He compliments sincere. Watching your pictures I find inspiration and I would want to have one creative mind like yours.
Diego Gaspari Bandion - Photographer
www.dgbandion.com
P.S. Which plugin it uses for giving the particular tonalities therefore to your images?
comment by m at 08:50 PM (GMT) on 29 June, 2006
Peter's correct. Wheres that portrait of Fin you promised ?
comment byJohn Washington at 08:51 PM (GMT) on 29 June, 2006
I like this a lot. Its a combination of colours plus the type on the box that makes the picture work for me. Well done.
comment bysniper at 09:01 PM (GMT) on 29 June, 2006
nice colours David
comment byRobert at 09:12 PM (GMT) on 29 June, 2006
I like the "Norfish Seafoods" on the container; links it to the beach and gives you the thought that it might have fallen off a commercial fishing boat.
comment bynuno f at 09:13 PM (GMT) on 29 June, 2006
Yesterday's photo works better in composition, but this one is better because of the colors. The words gives us a clue where this container have been.
comment byBrett Admire at 09:45 PM (GMT) on 29 June, 2006
Love it as always. but I was wondering about the processing. When you use two masked Curves. Do you lasso the sky and make into a new layer?
comment byBrandon Crain at 10:00 PM (GMT) on 29 June, 2006
Love the lomo colors. The perspective makes me wonder what's inside. Well done as always.
comment by Jennifer at 10:18 PM (GMT) on 29 June, 2006
Both very good - but I like the bucket best too it has more character - if you know what I mean!!
comment byJonathan at 10:34 PM (GMT) on 29 June, 2006
I actually like this one better, solely because of the composition. Both great shots though.
comment byNatalie at 01:47 AM (GMT) on 30 June, 2006
Wonderful contrast of color and the horizon looks infinate.
comment by Nathan de Vries at 06:01 AM (GMT) on 30 June, 2006
This shot is fantastic. I've just subscribed to your photoblog in the last few days, and every day I'm more and more impressed. Great work, and thanks for sharing.
As a novice, I'd love to know your techniques for post-processing the photos (from the comments above, there appear to be others as well). Is there some resource you know of where I could find out about this? Do you have a fairly routine process for cleaning and then adjusting your photographs? I particuarly like the moody / gloomy feel of these shots.
Thanks again!
comment byderLitograph at 08:07 AM (GMT) on 30 June, 2006
I think this one is better, because of the red color in contrast with the blue sky. Great job as always.
comment byMichael Stanton at 08:14 AM (GMT) on 30 June, 2006
Wow, the red just jumps right out of the picture
comment by Luuk Derksen at 08:38 AM (GMT) on 30 June, 2006
You may want to use this code for your problem (I am not sure whether I do understand your problem the right way, but you can put this code behind the code were you insert your data in the database):
The processing is excellent. I know the box is the focal point but I find myself staring at the detail throughout. That sky looks like something from Judgement Day!
comment bySysagent at 09:28 AM (GMT) on 30 June, 2006
Ok thats done it!
I am off to the Fylde next week with my Kit to grab some shots...
Prob is if I take some shots similar to this etc I will be accused by Jamey of copying you ;-)
Mmm I think both images are worthy and one isn't particularly more striking than the other, they are both good shots.
comment by Catherine at 10:49 AM (GMT) on 30 June, 2006
Just a quick note to say that I've been a fan of your website for quite a while now and I think your work is wonderful.
This picture struck me as Norfish is (or was) a local company based in our own North East area - Sunderland to be precise. Perhaps you should get in touch with them as they may be tickled pink (like their prawns!) to see one of their old crates featured in such a fantastic shot.
http://www.norfish.co.uk/
comment bynavin harish at 11:01 AM (GMT) on 30 June, 2006
The contrats in this picture is amazing and if you had left the sky as it was (blue) it may have looked even sharper. I definitely like this one more than yesterday
Excellent.. I like this one the best of the series.. the red and grey sky really work together and it gives me the impression of the ensuing rain...That special moment as the weather begins to change and the downpour is only seconds away.
Interesting shot Dave, but I found the yesterday's bucket more fascinating. I have a similar doubt with Brett: when you apply two or more masks, do you *manually* draw the edges of the mask (with lazo tool, in this case bordering the bucket) ?
Ah, thanks for the explaination about details, I'm going to follow your suggestion and spend some time with Web Presenter. Do you know if exists a demo version of this plugin? Thanks again.
As always your shots blow me away, It's soo annoying (and a large ting of jealousy mixed in) when i look at your images and realise they where not snapped by me. Aaaaarrrrggghhhhhh. Not fair.
NOTE TO SELF: Work harder at getting as good as David
Suby
comment bycoxcorns at 02:18 PM (GMT) on 30 June, 2006
Great colors!
comment byTristan at 02:47 PM (GMT) on 30 June, 2006
I prefer this one to yesterdays shot. The placement of the horizon works better and gives it a better sense of depth. Love the color of the horizon contrasting against the red.
comment byBeakerSt at 03:29 PM (GMT) on 30 June, 2006
The knees and elbows must be gone in all your clothes? ;)
comment by Carole at 04:38 PM (GMT) on 30 June, 2006
I too like this one best so far-the color, the dof and the information on the side of the tote - it seems to be just waiting on the beach to be loaded up and then off to processing; then perhaps back to its spot again.
I would also love more information on post processing.
comment byKarl Baumann at 06:18 PM (GMT) on 30 June, 2006
Typical chromasia :-) I love it. It looks like mounted with photoshop. fantastic
Jamey: yep, that would probably work, but I'd need to edit the comment script to do that and that's a bit beyond me.
Peter: ok, I'll try and take a decent one of him this weekend :)
Bill: thanks, I'll drop them a line.
Diego: I don't often use any plugins and normally tone my images with a combination of a Curve, the channel mixer, and so on.
Brett (and marco): no, I use seperate adjustment layers rather than modifying the image directly, and to select the sky I use a variety of tools - magic wand, etc.
Luuk: thanks, I'll look into that one.
Sysagent: let me know when you're coming over. Perhaps we could meet up.
Catherine: thanks for that, I'll send them an email.
This is the second in this small series, probably the most colourful of the three, and probably my least favourite (though I'd be hard pressed to say why). As with yesterday's and tomorrow's the processing is relatively straightforward; i.e. two masked Curves, one for the land below the horizon and the container, the other for the sky.
On a totally unrelated matter: generally, I'm a big fan of Movable Type, the software I use to run chromasia, but there's one thing that's always bugged me; i.e. the interminable delay between pressing the post button in the comments window and the window reloading. Well, it only takes around ten seconds (during which time Movable Type recreates any pages that have changed), but I'd much rather it reloaded instantly, not least because the comments popup is dynamically generated from the database so the delay serves no real purpose. So, bearing that in mind, does anyone have any ideas as to how I could use JavaScript to get the 'post' button to reload the page as well as submit the comment data when it's clicked? I've managed to alter it so that it disables itself when clicked (to avoid duplicate comments) but I can't work out how to code it such that it reloads the page.
I suspect this may not be possible, but if anyone does have any ideas I'd be grateful.
camera
lens
focal length
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
flash
image quality
RAW converter
cropped?
Canon 20D
EF 17-40 f/4L USM
17mm (27mm equiv.)
f/8.0
1/500
aperture priority
-2/3
evaluative
100
no
RAW
C1 Pro
minor
I think you should return that =)
I don't know a huge amount about Javascript or CGI (PHP is my thing) but can you not have the button send an HTTP header to the browser immediately after it submits the form data? That's what my comments system does and, as long as you get the order right, it works fine.
And I think I agree with you about this photo, it's good on its own but yesterday's is still winning for me. Looking forward to tomorrow's though.
I think the size and shape of the bucket may make it a bit less appealing than yesterdays. But undoubtedly a great shot.
Also, I was browsing through the archives looking for that picture of Camilla, and realized that we have yet to see a portrait of Finley. Just feeding ideas. :)
I haven't a clue whether what you want is possible, but SixApart maintains a set of pretty useful forums for MT, and are themselves pretty responsive. I'd suggest simply writing to Anil/Mena/Ben/whoever and asking them directly.
I like this better than the bucket shot because I get a greater sense of history from this shot. I think it's beacause there's a phone number on the box that is a very old style area code...where did this box go in the meantime!?
After looking at the two I definately like yesterdays over todays. I think the neutral colors add a little more life to the photo. But that's just me.
David...
Hai tutta la mia ammirazione. Riesci a produrre sempre delle immagini originali, eleganti e ricche di fascino.
Ti voglio fare i miei più sinceri complimenti. Per me sei fonte di ispirazione e vorrei tanto avere una mente creativa come la tua.
Diego Gaspari Bandion - Fotografo
www.dgbandion.com
P.S. Quale plugin utilizzi per dare le tonalità così particolari alle tue immagini?
Translation by Google… :-(
David…
I admire to you.
You produce pictures elegant and fascinating. He compliments sincere. Watching your pictures I find inspiration and I would want to have one creative mind like yours.
Diego Gaspari Bandion - Photographer
www.dgbandion.com
P.S. Which plugin it uses for giving the particular tonalities therefore to your images?
Peter's correct. Wheres that portrait of Fin you promised ?
I like this a lot. Its a combination of colours plus the type on the box that makes the picture work for me. Well done.
nice colours David
I like the "Norfish Seafoods" on the container; links it to the beach and gives you the thought that it might have fallen off a commercial fishing boat.
Yesterday's photo works better in composition, but this one is better because of the colors. The words gives us a clue where this container have been.
Love it as always. but I was wondering about the processing. When you use two masked Curves. Do you lasso the sky and make into a new layer?
Love the lomo colors. The perspective makes me wonder what's inside. Well done as always.
Both very good - but I like the bucket best too it has more character - if you know what I mean!!
I actually like this one better, solely because of the composition. Both great shots though.
Wonderful contrast of color and the horizon looks infinate.
This shot is fantastic. I've just subscribed to your photoblog in the last few days, and every day I'm more and more impressed. Great work, and thanks for sharing.
As a novice, I'd love to know your techniques for post-processing the photos (from the comments above, there appear to be others as well). Is there some resource you know of where I could find out about this? Do you have a fairly routine process for cleaning and then adjusting your photographs? I particuarly like the moody / gloomy feel of these shots.
Thanks again!
I think this one is better, because of the red color in contrast with the blue sky. Great job as always.
Wow, the red just jumps right out of the picture
You may want to use this code for your problem (I am not sure whether I do understand your problem the right way, but you can put this code behind the code were you insert your data in the database):
[code]
//META http-equiv=refresh content="1; URL=//?php echo $url_redirect; ?\\"\\
[/code]
(Since you can't post html code in these comments, replace the // by HTML opening tags and replace \\ by HTML end tags)
Feel free to mail me if you need any more help.
Unbelievable tones!
The processing is excellent. I know the box is the focal point but I find myself staring at the detail throughout. That sky looks like something from Judgement Day!
Ok thats done it!
I am off to the Fylde next week with my Kit to grab some shots...
Prob is if I take some shots similar to this etc I will be accused by Jamey of copying you ;-)
Mmm I think both images are worthy and one isn't particularly more striking than the other, they are both good shots.
Just a quick note to say that I've been a fan of your website for quite a while now and I think your work is wonderful.
This picture struck me as Norfish is (or was) a local company based in our own North East area - Sunderland to be precise. Perhaps you should get in touch with them as they may be tickled pink (like their prawns!) to see one of their old crates featured in such a fantastic shot.
http://www.norfish.co.uk/
The contrats in this picture is amazing and if you had left the sky as it was (blue) it may have looked even sharper. I definitely like this one more than yesterday
Excellent.. I like this one the best of the series.. the red and grey sky really work together and it gives me the impression of the ensuing rain...That special moment as the weather begins to change and the downpour is only seconds away.
Great shot Dave! Can't say anything more than I normally say.. "Great tones, love the PS work" - gets a bit repetitive ;)
Interesting shot Dave, but I found the yesterday's bucket more fascinating. I have a similar doubt with Brett: when you apply two or more masks, do you *manually* draw the edges of the mask (with lazo tool, in this case bordering the bucket) ?
Ah, thanks for the explaination about details, I'm going to follow your suggestion and spend some time with Web Presenter. Do you know if exists a demo version of this plugin? Thanks again.
As always your shots blow me away, It's soo annoying (and a large ting of jealousy mixed in) when i look at your images and realise they where not snapped by me. Aaaaarrrrggghhhhhh. Not fair.
NOTE TO SELF: Work harder at getting as good as David
Suby
Great colors!
I prefer this one to yesterdays shot. The placement of the horizon works better and gives it a better sense of depth. Love the color of the horizon contrasting against the red.
The knees and elbows must be gone in all your clothes? ;)
I too like this one best so far-the color, the dof and the information on the side of the tote - it seems to be just waiting on the beach to be loaded up and then off to processing; then perhaps back to its spot again.
I would also love more information on post processing.
Typical chromasia :-) I love it. It looks like mounted with photoshop. fantastic
Jamey: yep, that would probably work, but I'd need to edit the comment script to do that and that's a bit beyond me.
Peter: ok, I'll try and take a decent one of him this weekend :)
Bill: thanks, I'll drop them a line.
Diego: I don't often use any plugins and normally tone my images with a combination of a Curve, the channel mixer, and so on.
Brett (and marco): no, I use seperate adjustment layers rather than modifying the image directly, and to select the sky I use a variety of tools - magic wand, etc.
Luuk: thanks, I'll look into that one.
Sysagent: let me know when you're coming over. Perhaps we could meet up.
Catherine: thanks for that, I'll send them an email.
Your least favourite, but my favourite.
this is the best, but a bit dark for my eyes perhaps
Beautiful and powerful atmosphere!