C&C Tramore dunes

JMcL

Hi all,

I've been having fun playing with Lightroom's B&W conversions a lot over the past couple of weeks.

Here's one from the weekend. It's a single raw file processed twice with about 1.5 stops difference and merged

Fajitas!

Very nice!!

Very good composition. Is the blur on the horizon from the merging?

We really should organise a Waterford meet

Borderfox

Thats really nice. Good job. Print out and stick on wall

Stephen

Fajitas! wrote:

Very nice!!

Very good composition. Is the blur on the horizon from the merging?

We really should organise a Waterford meet

I might even come along, being in Kilkenny

The Dublin ones would be a pain in the ass to go to for me.

Tarakiwa

Really lovley shot!

JMcL

Thanks guys!

Fajitas! wrote:

Very nice!!

Very good composition. Is the blur on the horizon from the merging?

It's probably me not paying quite enough attention to the focusing. With the 10-20 and the massive depth of field possible I've taken to just using manual focus and focusing to the hyperfocal distance (in as much as it's possible given the the focus ring markings jump fairly abruptly from 1m to infinity!), rather than go through the rigmarole of pointing the camera at something, focusing, and recomposing. I'd zoomed in to 14mm so I probably should've adjusted focus a bit to compensate

Fajitas! wrote:

We really should organise a Waterford meet

Absolutely! If we want to do beaches and sunsets, it'd probably want to be sooner rather than later before the sunset disappears behind cliffs for the summer

shepthedog

Are you finding lightroom good for B&W conversion?

Fajitas!

I find it is. It uses a very similar technique to what I do in Photoshop, but I prefer having all my controls like that in one basket.

bp_me

JMcL wrote:

Absolutely! If we want to do beaches and sunsets, it'd probably want to be sooner rather than later before the sunset disappears behind cliffs for the summer

There's more to waterford than beaches

I remember listing a whole load of things in a previous thread...but I couldnt be bothered going looking for it now.

kjt

Nice shot

Fionn

i like this photograph, great sense of movement..very nice

a trip along the south coast might be an idea!!! anyone got a boat?

georgey

That's a great shot and equally good conversion, smashing contrast, the only distracting element is the horizon the glow catches my eye.
Philip

JMcL

shepthedog wrote:

Are you finding lightroom good for B&W conversion?

Yeah, I think its's excellent. You have, in my mind, an even more flexible channel mixer than the one in Photoshop, you can click on any part of the image and drag up/down the brightness levels of the underlying channels. Also, you can fiddle with white balance simultaneously, which can have a dramatic effect as well

bp_me wrote:

There's more to waterford than beaches

But it does have some of the most dramatic coastline in the country

Roen

Well count me in for any meets here. I know both mountain ranges very well too if anyone wants to head upwards.
Great shot too by the way!