This is another shot taken while I was out and about with Theis Dahl a couple of weekends ago, and beyond that I guess I don't have too much to say about this one other than that the warning sign caught my eye.
I would be interested to hear what you think of it though.
On a different matter: our latest tutorial was published earlier today - Working with textures: part two - and I'm really pleased with how it turned out, not least because it was a bit different from our usual tutorials.
If you are already a subscriber you will know that most of our tutorials are based around my own images, but for the Working with textures series I used some of Mike Regnier's, because a) he's an internationally renowned artist in this field, and b) he's considerably better at this technique than I am ;)
Anyway, I wont bore you with all the details, but if you are interested, you can read a bit more about the tutorial here:
comment byJacques at 06:34 PM (GMT) on 28 June, 2009
Nice one. Typically Chromasia.
comment bysimonGman at 06:35 PM (GMT) on 28 June, 2009
Great texture and colour Dave.
comment byEnric at 06:38 PM (GMT) on 28 June, 2009
I can't say it better, typically chromasia.
It's incredible the way you tranform a normal image in a clean, nice colored and obsolutly sharp image.
I'm a suscriber of your tutorials, I hope one day I can tone a sky in the way you do.
Congrats.
comment byjanko at 06:40 PM (GMT) on 28 June, 2009
those clouds come out pretty cool ! Though the scene you present here gives me as a viewer a somewhat disturbed feeling, like something very bad has just happened. A beauty shot though
comment byCraig at 06:55 PM (GMT) on 28 June, 2009
Doesn't look like there's too much to be warned about so I'd be the fool that carried on walking, get stranded by the tide and need to be rescued! :) Love the colour in this, especially the sky.
comment byMaarten at 06:57 PM (GMT) on 28 June, 2009
great shot, but somehow the tint of red is bothering me a bit...
comment byClaus Petersen at 08:56 PM (GMT) on 28 June, 2009
The simplicity and minimalism of this image is just fantastic! This is a real chromasia image :-)
comment bySinographer at 01:56 AM (GMT) on 29 June, 2009
no offense, but do you really have to tell us "i'd be interested to hear what you think" every single time?
comment byCarlos Garcia at 01:59 AM (GMT) on 29 June, 2009
I find it whimsical... calm waters, beautiful sky and the red lines of death! :)
Love it!
Carlos
comment byDesert Dream at 01:18 AM (GMT) on 30 June, 2009
I like the simplicity of this. I tried taking some of your tutorials but I need more patience to use photoshop and that's why I tend to get stuck on using Lightroom 2 or Capture NX 2 for most my post processing. What I am wondering is, is photoshop really all that needed in the basic workflow? Right at the moment, I am using Photoshop Elements 6 on my mac for basic stuff but I could get Adobe PS CS4 on a student discount because I am in school but again I am debating the expense with all the software I already have. For many years I have enjoyed your photography, David and it's what inspires me to actually consider photoshop. I am willing to force myself to to slow down and have the patience and learn some of the techniques you offer in your tutorials. This post-processing world is confusing. I much rather just stick to shooting pictures. haha.
Desert Dream: Photoshop is necessary from my work, but isn't essential for everyone's workflow. What I can say though is that it's a lot more powerful than either Lightroom or Elements.
This is another shot taken while I was out and about with Theis Dahl a couple of weekends ago, and beyond that I guess I don't have too much to say about this one other than that the warning sign caught my eye.
I would be interested to hear what you think of it though.
On a different matter: our latest tutorial was published earlier today - Working with textures: part two - and I'm really pleased with how it turned out, not least because it was a bit different from our usual tutorials.
If you are already a subscriber you will know that most of our tutorials are based around my own images, but for the Working with textures series I used some of Mike Regnier's, because a) he's an internationally renowned artist in this field, and b) he's considerably better at this technique than I am ;)
Anyway, I wont bore you with all the details, but if you are interested, you can read a bit more about the tutorial here:
http://www.chromasia.com/tutorials/online/wwt2_info.php
camera
lens
focal length
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
flash
image quality
RAW converter
cropped?
Canon 5D
EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
28mm
f/2.8
1/5000
aperture priority
+2/3
evaluative
100
no
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ACR
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Nice one. Typically Chromasia.
Great texture and colour Dave.
I can't say it better, typically chromasia.
It's incredible the way you tranform a normal image in a clean, nice colored and obsolutly sharp image.
I'm a suscriber of your tutorials, I hope one day I can tone a sky in the way you do.
Congrats.
those clouds come out pretty cool ! Though the scene you present here gives me as a viewer a somewhat disturbed feeling, like something very bad has just happened. A beauty shot though
Doesn't look like there's too much to be warned about so I'd be the fool that carried on walking, get stranded by the tide and need to be rescued! :) Love the colour in this, especially the sky.
great shot, but somehow the tint of red is bothering me a bit...
The simplicity and minimalism of this image is just fantastic! This is a real chromasia image :-)
no offense, but do you really have to tell us "i'd be interested to hear what you think" every single time?
I find it whimsical... calm waters, beautiful sky and the red lines of death! :)
Love it!
Carlos
I like the simplicity of this. I tried taking some of your tutorials but I need more patience to use photoshop and that's why I tend to get stuck on using Lightroom 2 or Capture NX 2 for most my post processing. What I am wondering is, is photoshop really all that needed in the basic workflow? Right at the moment, I am using Photoshop Elements 6 on my mac for basic stuff but I could get Adobe PS CS4 on a student discount because I am in school but again I am debating the expense with all the software I already have. For many years I have enjoyed your photography, David and it's what inspires me to actually consider photoshop. I am willing to force myself to to slow down and have the patience and learn some of the techniques you offer in your tutorials. This post-processing world is confusing. I much rather just stick to shooting pictures. haha.
Thanks everyone :)
Sinographer: point taken :)
Desert Dream: Photoshop is necessary from my work, but isn't essential for everyone's workflow. What I can say though is that it's a lot more powerful than either Lightroom or Elements.
Very beautiful tones!
Tone is delicious to the sky. You manage to get detail even at the darkest zones of the image. Each photo of yours is a lesson.
Absolutely love it, the colors, contrast, dof.. nice pick David.