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Clovelly Dawn with Surnej and Biggerry

Postby aim54x on Sun May 02, 2010 1:48 pm

It was cold, and dark. We risked getting both camera and life to get some pictures. BUT most importantly it was a great experience and a very good catch up!

Comments, tips and critique are very much appreciated!

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Re: Clovelly Dawn with Surnej and Biggerry

Postby glamy on Sun May 02, 2010 2:15 pm

Hi CAmeron,
Out of these, I realy like only the last one, probaly because of the composition and the mood. The other ones do nothing for me.
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Re: Clovelly Dawn with Surnej and Biggerry

Postby biggerry on Sun May 02, 2010 5:04 pm

We risked getting both camera and life to get some pictures


lol, c'mon there was a rescue donut right there, i woulda thrown it to ya, plus you only got your toes wet :wink:

I like #2, I assume this one is the one with the grad ND, it seems to suffer a bit of extra warmth, I think cooling down the colour would be the ticket. Maybe also pano crop? that may however lose that nice interesting pools in the foreground...

#3 is well captured, it looks HDRish with the darker bits on the wave etc.. it is however a good shot, it is quite a bit harder than it looks to get the definition in the wave crashing without losing it in the background or whitewash.

The last image is nice, has good composition with some key elements, in terms of PP, I would just bump the contrast a fraction.
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Re: Clovelly Dawn with Surnej and Biggerry

Postby aim54x on Sun May 02, 2010 10:20 pm

biggerry wrote:lol, c'mon there was a rescue donut right there, i woulda thrown it to ya, plus you only got your toes wet :wink:


Im sure you would have thrown that donut to me! You and Surenj got pretty close to a few of those waves though!

I like #2, I assume this one is the one with the grad ND, it seems to suffer a bit of extra warmth, I think cooling down the colour would be the ticket. Maybe also pano crop? that may however lose that nice interesting pools in the foreground...


I actually switched my WB to Shade hence the warmer tones, and I think I may have bumped the warmth up in post as well, but yes the grads were used here, and a bit of selective post processing to bring back the sky, as in #3.

#3 is well captured, it looks HDRish with the darker bits on the wave etc.. it is however a good shot, it is quite a bit harder than it looks to get the definition in the wave crashing without losing it in the background or whitewash.


No HDR there, just a selective pull back on the sky to bring back colours in the sky.

The last image is nice, has good composition with some key elements, in terms of PP, I would just bump the contrast a fraction.


No post on this one, more contrast eh? I'll see what I can do mate!
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Re: Clovelly Dawn with Surnej and Biggerry

Postby biggerry on Sun May 02, 2010 10:28 pm

No post on this one, more contrast eh? I'll see what I can do mate!


yeah just crank the contrast a bit and that will make that beautiful green seaweed stuff really come to life.. :up:
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Re: Clovelly Dawn with Surnej and Biggerry

Postby surenj on Mon May 03, 2010 2:49 pm

aim54x wrote:We risked getting both camera and life to get some pictures

and scaled extreme heights... :mrgreen:

I quite like #2 and #3 for their composition. I prefer these warmer tones and the tonal range you have milke out of these. I assume they are combined exposures?

Nice wave action! I don't think I got the shutter speed correct to get the nice definition you have achieved here.

Always nice to see the same scene from a different set of eyes. :cheers:
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Re: Clovelly Dawn with Surnej and Biggerry

Postby aim54x on Mon May 03, 2010 9:59 pm

surenj wrote:
aim54x wrote:We risked getting both camera and life to get some pictures

and scaled extreme heights... :mrgreen:

I quite like #2 and #3 for their composition. I prefer these warmer tones and the tonal range you have milke out of these. I assume they are combined exposures?

Nice wave action! I don't think I got the shutter speed correct to get the nice definition you have achieved here.

Always nice to see the same scene from a different set of eyes. :cheers:


Actually none of these in this set are combined exposures, #2 and #3 have had the sky and sea pulled back using Capture NX2 and the 14-bit RAW that my trusty D300 produces.
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Re: Clovelly Dawn with Surnej and Biggerry

Postby colin_12 on Mon May 03, 2010 10:10 pm

Glad to hear that you all had fun in the cold. :cheers:
You all have some nice pics to show for it.
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Re: Clovelly Dawn with Surnej and Biggerry

Postby aim54x on Mon May 03, 2010 10:19 pm

More contrast to juice up that green Gerry!

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Re: Clovelly Dawn with Surnej and Biggerry

Postby surenj on Mon May 03, 2010 10:22 pm

colin_12 wrote:all had fun in the cold.

Wasn't THAT cold... :roll: Only Gerry was complaining. Could easily manage with two layers, shorts and sandles.

aim54x wrote:#2 and #3 have had the sky and sea pulled back using Capture NX2 and the 14-bit RAW that my trusty D300 produces.

Holy CARP! I didn't realise that the dynamic range is THAT good in 14 bit cameras... :bowdown:
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Re: Clovelly Dawn with Surnej and Biggerry

Postby biggerry on Mon May 03, 2010 11:30 pm

Only Gerry was complaining


man, i must be gettign soft in my old age...cmon tho, i was wearing shorts... :violin:

More contrast to juice up that green Gerry!


excellent and you know what? it actually looks alot more like the true scene that morning :up:
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