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Sailing and wandering about in the menus . . .


Sutton Warrior

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Well now . . . I have been and surprised myself!!! :huh: I've been playing 'silly buggers' :P mid morning, not touched a drop of the hard stuff . . . looking at the sailing. Then I came on these two, total by chance the shot was taken at an angle, the camera was playing up!!! actualy finger trouble :rolleyes: But the result was the shots leaning over, I think they get a sence of speed with the mast over like that, despite the horizon falling of the picture as well?

 

However, the picture as was, was still bland, spice it up with a little adjustment in 'colour curves', down hill from there . . . :clap: one of the style options was 'Solorise'; these are the results after a little trial and error. I am not a fan of unnatural pictures, however, the angle of the boat and the colour combination, the sun ahead and amazing sky colour, in my humble opinion ;):marinheiro: put a zip in to the shots?

 

1 Original picture with a high (standing) lens position with some basic pp work

1orighighrwDSC_0965.jpg

 

1a Solorised

1SolorisehighrwDSC_0965.jpg

 

2 Original picture with a low (grovel :D ) position and some basic pp work

1origlowrwDSC_0962.jpg

 

2a Solorised

1SloriselowrwDSC_0962.jpg

 

So finger trouble at the camera end and my wandering about in the computer menu produced interesting results . . . IMHO B) Do you like the strange angle, is the high or low lens position better, does the solorising work for you, do the pictures work at all? . . . agree, disagree? open to you comments.

 

SW

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The sloping horizon I found made me feel a bit queasy!

 

I like the solarizing effect. It's made a rather ordinary shot very much more dramatic. I'm not one of the hair shirt purist brigade that say you shouldn't fiddle...if you have the technology, then why not use it? I think Hellbelly can show us the way there - I love what he's done with some of his more recent photographs. Such a pity that they are barred from the monthly competition. Perhaps we ought to have another section?

 

I really don't care what has been done to a picture, so long as the results are pleasing on the eye. In many cases the so called "fiddling" can turn a very ordinary shot into something much more special.

 

I particularly like the first shot with the sun hiding behind the sail - how about levelling up the horizon and posting them again (without the bit of sail in the top left hand corner of the amended shot).

 

I've got a crick in my neck trying to visualise it!

 

Hope that made sense....????

 

Janet

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The sloping horizon I found made me feel a bit queasy!

 

I like the solarizing effect. It's made a rather ordinary shot very much more dramatic. I'm not one of the hair shirt purist brigade that say you shouldn't fiddle...if you have the technology, then why not use it? I think Hellbelly can show us the way there - I love what he's done with some of his more recent photographs. Such a pity that they are barred from the monthly competition. Perhaps we ought to have another section?

 

I really don't care what has been done to a picture, so long as the results are pleasing on the eye. In many cases the so called "fiddling" can turn a very ordinary shot into something much more special.

 

I particularly like the first shot with the sun hiding behind the sail - how about levelling up the horizon and posting them again (without the bit of sail in the top left hand corner of the amended shot).

 

I've got a crick in my neck trying to visualise it!

 

Hope that made sense....????

 

Janet

 

 

Hay Janet, hear what you say, if I try to level it up you loos so much of the photo? Might have another look later? Off to my boat now, see if we can catch a few early season bass on the new flood tide that starts at 3pm?

 

Note, on the original I had cropped that bit in the corner out. Hard to make much more of the standard picture with out a full fish eye lens or change my initials to 'JC' and walk on water :lol:

 

I suspect there is a cleaver way to straighten the horizon??? but I have no idea how? Good case for an excuse to go out on another fishing trip to re shoot :whistling:

 

SW

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The sloping horizon I found made me feel a bit queasy!

 

I like the solarizing effect. It's made a rather ordinary shot very much more dramatic. I'm not one of the hair shirt purist brigade that say you shouldn't fiddle...if you have the technology, then why not use it? I think Hellbelly can show us the way there - I love what he's done with some of his more recent photographs. Such a pity that they are barred from the monthly competition. Perhaps we ought to have another section?

 

I really don't care what has been done to a picture, so long as the results are pleasing on the eye. In many cases the so called "fiddling" can turn a very ordinary shot into something much more special.

 

I particularly like the first shot with the sun hiding behind the sail - how about levelling up the horizon and posting them again (without the bit of sail in the top left hand corner of the amended shot).

 

I've got a crick in my neck trying to visualise it!

 

Hope that made sense....????

 

Janet

 

 

Mmm, if its made you feel queasy Janet . . . perhaps it has achieved the objective, 'you are at sea?' . . . "Ooooo, a life on the ocean waves . . . . . "

 

'Hair shirts' in my book are more into the 'everything manual', use either prime or best quality professional zoom lenses, do things the hard way and big bucks . . . ££££££? I wish. They seem to be quite happy after promoting the 'old fashioned', retro, 'steam operated' way? They are then quite happy to dive into all sorts of modern skulduggery in PhotoShop . . . isn't that a double standard?

 

I'm happy to get the settings right in the camera, with a minimum of post processing in PS. However, to have a little fiddle some times is fun dont you think . . . :lol: The owner of the boat loved the Solarised pictures.

 

Only my humble opinion :rolleyes: SW

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