ocean edge

[tegan]

Not all shots work. The light at dawn can and does change very quickly. The water is soft here because of the necessary slow shutter speed but what I found rather interesting was the straight edge of the water at the shoreline, which I never would have predicted. You will notice also that straight lines are not as visually attractive as curves.

By the way, this is as shot with no post processing whatsoever, and the colours matched what I was seeing.

Tegan

[Marko]

I really like the sky and water here tegan but I'm not sure about that blackish waterline. Because it is so dark it contrasts quite a bit with the sky and is competing for my attention... and when I look at it there is very little to see in all that black.

You are 100% correct though, in the rock paper scissors of lines and curves, curves win everytime.

Just curious do you also have a shot of just the sky and water without the shoreline?

[tegan]

Well, Marko, here is the one with the curves and the curves are the centre of interest.

Tegan

[Marko]

See, curves win.

Overall this shot is superior to the last one in my opinion though I like the sky and clouds better in shot 1.
In this shot the shoreline is 'interacting' with the water/sky instead of dividing them....if that makes any sense.
I would still try to get a bit more detail in the less intense(dark bluish) blacks though.

[cdanddvdpublisher]

the curves definitely work a lot better; both shots are pretty noisy though

[tegan]

See, curves win.

Overall this shot is superior to the last one in my opinion though I like the sky and clouds better in shot 1.
In this shot the shoreline is 'interacting' with the water/sky instead of dividing them....if that makes any sense.
I would still try to get a bit more detail in the less intense(dark bluish) blacks though.

Thanks Marko, I agree that the curves make this a better shot. The dark bluish blacks by the way are blue beach chairs which would be distracting I think, if I selectively improved the levels in that area. (The beach chairs are not in any organized set up either and I was too far away to go about readjusting them.)

Tegan

[tegan]

the curves definitely work a lot better; both shots are pretty noisy though

Thanks cd, you are right, but that is solvable, and I have not done any postprocessing yet.

Tegan

[tegan]

Well, Marko, here is what you suggested,..I think. What is your take on this version?

Tegan

[Travis]

I like the first shot better..... from my dell laptop the correction on the beach now appears posterized...

[tegan]

I like the first shot better..... from my dell laptop the correction on the beach now appears posterized...

I think you need a better quality monitor but I think I agree with you about the first shot.

Tegan