The skies were flat and overcast, it was windy, and towards the end of our walk along Fleetwood beach it rained, but Craig and I had a great time. It's been too long since I walked along the shore.
captured camera lens focal length aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure bias metering mode ISO flash image quality RAW converter plugins (etc) cropped?
comment byDan Kaufman at 08:32 PM (GMT) on 10 September, 2010
love the punch you gave it. the saturation and contrast curves are strong !!
...am curious about the skew transform in the lower left.
...am curious too about your capture date. In the US we commonly use the format MM/DD/YY and I think you in the UK, Europe and elsewhere often use DD/MM/YY...but I don't know how you got us to the 19th of September when today's only the 10th. You must have used the new CS-5 "Content Future Fill" tool.
comment bydjn1 at 08:40 PM (GMT) on 10 September, 2010
Thanks Dan, I've fixed the date. As fro the skew transformation. I used the warp tool to bring the corner down because I decided I'd prefer the leading line to start in the corner. It wasn't a big deal, but I think the final image looks a bit more balanced as a result.
comment by Cavan at 09:37 PM (GMT) on 10 September, 2010
What made you decide to blur the top left corner as opposed to a burn?
comment bydjn1 at 09:41 PM (GMT) on 10 September, 2010
Cavan: I wanted to soften that area of the image, so added some blur with Bokeh. It's possible that I slightly overdid it ;-)
comment by Cavan at 09:46 PM (GMT) on 10 September, 2010
No, I really like it. It does feel a bit unnatural because its the only blurry part, but at the same time it really drives the eye towards the wave.
comment bydjn1 at 09:50 PM (GMT) on 10 September, 2010
The bottom-right of the image is also blurred, but nowhere near as much. I think that if that section of the image was more blurry it would probably make the top-left blur seem a bit more natural.
comment by Libby Nightingale at 05:12 AM (GMT) on 11 September, 2010
Fantastic - I've really missed the sea and your beach scenes.
Don't fancy going swimming though ;-)
Looking at this picture brings back to life what I miss most about back home in Aberdeen and that is walks along the beach on stormy days when the North Sea is at it's most dramatic...
I definitely feel inspired to put more effort into my own pictures after looking at this...stunning picture.
comment bydjn1 at 08:53 AM (GMT) on 13 September, 2010
Thanks everyone :)
comment byMatthias at 02:25 PM (GMT) on 13 September, 2010
fine colors! i like the sea. nice waves there :)
comment byPhilip Jensen at 07:49 PM (GMT) on 13 September, 2010
I really agree with Cavan the blur (made only with the plugin?) really is fantastic! Once again you did it! :)
comment byXavier Rey at 10:51 AM (GMT) on 15 September, 2010
The skies were flat and overcast, it was windy, and towards the end of our walk along Fleetwood beach it rained, but Craig and I had a great time. It's been too long since I walked along the shore.
camera
lens
focal length
aperture
shutter speed
shooting mode
exposure bias
metering mode
ISO
flash
image quality
RAW converter
plugins (etc)
cropped?
Canon 5D Mark II
EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
70mm
f/5.6
1/1000
aperture priority
+1
evaluative
100
no
RAW
ACR
Topaz Detail and Bokeh 2
2x1
love the punch you gave it. the saturation and contrast curves are strong !!
...am curious about the skew transform in the lower left.
...am curious too about your capture date. In the US we commonly use the format MM/DD/YY and I think you in the UK, Europe and elsewhere often use DD/MM/YY...but I don't know how you got us to the 19th of September when today's only the 10th. You must have used the new CS-5 "Content Future Fill" tool.
Thanks Dan, I've fixed the date. As fro the skew transformation. I used the warp tool to bring the corner down because I decided I'd prefer the leading line to start in the corner. It wasn't a big deal, but I think the final image looks a bit more balanced as a result.
What made you decide to blur the top left corner as opposed to a burn?
Cavan: I wanted to soften that area of the image, so added some blur with Bokeh. It's possible that I slightly overdid it ;-)
No, I really like it. It does feel a bit unnatural because its the only blurry part, but at the same time it really drives the eye towards the wave.
The bottom-right of the image is also blurred, but nowhere near as much. I think that if that section of the image was more blurry it would probably make the top-left blur seem a bit more natural.
Fantastic - I've really missed the sea and your beach scenes.
Don't fancy going swimming though ;-)
Great, it even makes me want to go for a walk on the beach.. and thats saying something..;-)
What comes out from the camera vs what you had in mind. This is a perfect example.
Beautiful David. Love the toning and, of course, love the sea shore :) Enjoy your moments there...
Excellent transformation. I love the seaside, unfortunately I don't live near the sea if i did I know where I would be now.
Looking at this picture brings back to life what I miss most about back home in Aberdeen and that is walks along the beach on stormy days when the North Sea is at it's most dramatic...
I definitely feel inspired to put more effort into my own pictures after looking at this...stunning picture.
Thanks everyone :)
fine colors! i like the sea. nice waves there :)
I really agree with Cavan the blur (made only with the plugin?) really is fantastic! Once again you did it! :)
good work !