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Chichester and Barrington Tops (dial up warning)

PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:32 pm
by daniel_r
A few keepers from the Barrington Tops outing on the weekend.

Thanks to Stubbsy for the loan of the ND4... and some inventive adaption with the kit lens hood to get a 77mm filter to fit on 67mm :)

A set of Neutral Density filters and step down rings is right up there on purchase list now. The D70's ISO 200 can be a bit too fast for this kind of work.

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-- Nature --
#1
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#2
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#3
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#4
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#5 (artsy landscape attempt)
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-- Structure --
#6
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#7
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#8 (inspiration from Rokkstar's urban series)
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Good, bad or indifferent comment and critique welcome
:D

PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:39 pm
by NikonUser
Nice series of photos.

Number 1 & 5 are my favourites.

With number 1 I would like to see it without the blurry leaves/branch in the top left. It distracts my eye a little. Love the colours and flow of the water though.

Paul

PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:44 pm
by Oneputt
Some great images there. Unfortunately some look a little dark on my monitor.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:55 pm
by radar
Hi Daniel,

I was looking forward to your photos :)

Love the first one, my fav. BTW, it is the Allyn River and if that is the falls at the end of the day, it's called Ladies Well.

#2 could also be just as good, but I find it a bit too dark for my taste, maybe bring up the exposure just a bit.

#4 with the cow, the cow comes out a bit too dark, so it's hard to see, but the title makes you look :)

I also like the morning mist and the last one of the wall on the dam came up very nicely.

Well done and great to have you on a Hunter trip again. Hope you didn't mind my driving :? (you don't have to answer that :roll: )

Cheers,

André
(note: my monitor is not calibrated, YMMV)

PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:15 pm
by birddog114
radar wrote:
......Hope you didn't mind my driving :? (you don't have to answer that :roll: )


Andre,
Hehehe! are you talking to me? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:26 pm
by radar
Birddog114 wrote:Hehehe! are you talking to me? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Didn't mention anything about your driving did I, that's OT anyway ?

André
:lol: :lol: :lol:

PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:37 pm
by stubbsy
Daniel

Brilliant. All are good, but 1,3,5,7 and 8 are just that little bit better than 2,4 and 6. I just wish I had captured this many keepers. Oh, and #1 is the standout. Next time I'll remember to take a tripod :oops:

Edit: Just wanted to add that they all appear a touch dark to me too.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:41 pm
by huynhie
Daniel,

it was nice catching up with you on the weekend.

You photos turned out great, though I have to agree with Andre on the cow pic. It looked brighter when we were previewing it at Birddogs camp.

Overall number 1 was the standout.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:03 pm
by daniel_r
Thanks everyone.

Paul - I agree. I'm considering getting some large prints of 1 and 5 done. I'll have an attempt at trying to clone out the movement in the top left. I considered this originally and put a thumb over it to have a guess... and then left it. I'll post something up tomorrow.

oneputt - I've got my setup profiled for AdobeRGB, and as all browsers can't support profiles other than sRGB, I do a profile convert in photoshop before exporting for web... and they've changed a little bit from my original PP... (I've mainly done the PP for print as the final output)

André - Thanks for the title correction. Normally I take photos of the signs so I remember the name, but for some reason I forgot to. I've got to work on Cow in Creek more, it's a bit of a Where's Wally right now.
Driving - much appreciated!

Stubbsy - I had a surprisingly good hit rate. The lighting and subject definitely favoured a tripod. I'm very pleased with how #1 turned out.

Andrew - I'm going to revisit Cow In Creek. I'm still not 100% with the colour, WB and how visible the cow is.

PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:38 pm
by daniel_r
attempt number 2 at #1.

I've cloned out a fair bit of the branch movement in the top, leaving a bit on the side to fill the frame.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:29 pm
by huynhie
That looks better Daniel. :wink:

PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:00 pm
by daniel_r
Thanks, I think I now prefer the cloned out leaves after revisiting it.