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Erith Island with Lighthouse

Postby casnell on Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:30 pm

OK next one to cc...

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I reckon there's something not quite right colourwise, what can I do to it?
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Postby Alex on Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:38 pm

I like the colours in the water. But I feel it would have been slightly better if it was 1/3 or 1/2 stop less in exposure. Also, you may want to try to bump the saturation up a notch.

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Postby Justin on Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:10 pm

Tyranny of distance - you've got a lot of water haze in this photo which is affecting the background.

But I think you are right the greens aren't that green - try playing with the colour balance in the midtones.

Nice shot tho!
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Postby casnell on Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:34 pm

Justin wrote:Tyranny of distance - you've got a lot of water haze in this photo which is affecting the background.

But I think you are right the greens aren't that green - try playing with the colour balance in the midtones.

Nice shot tho!

Thanks, ok, now where do I go to do that?

Cheers, Chris.
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Postby Justin on Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:38 pm

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Postby Justin on Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:40 pm

I ran this through DXO optics and it made some good differences in sharpness and colour - I suggest you download the current beta from dxo.com and try running some of the pics through this
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Postby casnell on Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:53 pm

Thanks, I've done that and will have a play tomorrow.
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