Yipee!! Rain at last (C+C)

amcinroy

It was a welcome change to see some rain in the last week. I was getting a bit tired of blank sunset skies.

Here's three from the evening.

oshead

Excellent as usual. The Ganets on the cliff face is my favourite of the three. Not sure the first BW one does it for me though.

Dave OS

Paulw

Great picts, as always.

I like the two colour ones more. A nice calm feeling to them, especially with the lovely tones. Not too saturated either.

Brilliant.

Dinkie

I love the first one.... it seems so desolate and despairing.

Can I ask what settings/lenses you used? I'm trying to learn from all the c&c here!

Thanks

quilmore

#2 does it for me, full of powerful lines

amcinroy

No problem Dinkie,

There isn't too much to this one really.

It was shot on a Pentax 14mm prime lens on my K10D

Exposure was 3 seconds at F13 which is plenty depth of field using this lens from this height. It was shot from a tripod, of course, due to the long exposure and was fired by cable release in order to time the more laminar outflow.

I used a 2 stop neutral density graduate filter over the sky to balance the exposure between sky and sea.

In post process I discarded the blue channel and used 50% red/50% green which made the contrast pop a little more. I then dodged any evidence of the grad filter away. Then a quick black and white point adjustment and small S curve and I was done in under 5 mins.

Andy

Paulw

Dinkie wrote: »

Can I ask what settings/lenses you used? I'm trying to learn from all the c&c here!

You should be able to read the EXIF from the photos. Try getting an exif reader, such as iexif.

mehfesto2

Love #1. Nicely composed and nicely converted. I think you got the tones blacks just right. A stunner, indeed!

#2 isn't my cup of tea. I think it's just that the colours are a bit weak for my liking. It seems to be more favoured by other people, mind. You can't please all the people all the time, eh?

And #3 is a great find. Quite sweet in it's own way. Nicely composed, too.

Will be looking out for your other posts, now!

amcinroy

Thanks everyone for your feedback.

I like to mix it up a bit with a bit of drabness after a month of almost unbelieveable colour. If I posted any more colourful imagery the saturation police would be after me.

AnimalRights

Very professional looking, 2 and 3 with 3 just shading it because of it's originality.

Paulw

amcinroy wrote: »

I like to mix it up a bit with a bit of drabness after a month of almost unbelieveable colour. If I posted any more colourful imagery the saturation police would be after me.

:rolleyes:

I think there's a big difference between a colourful photo and an over-saturated one. The colour in the images above seems under-saturated, but it really suits the images and the mood. Just my view, of course.

AnimalRights

Paulw wrote: »

You should be able to read the EXIF from the photos. Try getting an exif reader, such as iexif.

I don't see Vista there.

GhostInTheRuins

AnimalRights wrote: »

I don't see Vista there.

It's on the download page

System Requirement

* OS: Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista

#1 is brilliant,great range between b&w and nicely composed with the foreground rock and the wisp of water running towards the bottom and the stark backgroud rock leading the eye towards the horizon.I would have prefferred a higher angle in #2 also the sky is slightly over exposed,almost blending in with the sea.Alright shot but could be improved.#3 is a fantastic shot.If I was to be a little niggley I'd desaturate the yellows as the yellow in the top right is a bit of a distraction when you first see the shot.Great stuff as usual Andy.

Hugh_C

oshead wrote: »

The Ganets on the cliff face

[pedantic]cormorants oshead, not gannets[/pedantic]

Like the first one Andy, I always find it difficult to judge the exposure time on those - looks like you've judged it just right.

Dink

No 3 is really lovely!

Mr Dave C

3 Very nice shots #1 i like alot..

stabo

Three great pics. third pic is a fav.

AlanMooneyPhoto

I love No.1 great shot, well processed.

run_Forrest_run

#1 and #2 for me, superb.

oshead

amcinroy wrote: »

No problem Dinkie,

There isn't too much to this one really.

It was shot on a Pentax 14mm prime lens on my K10D

Exposure was 3 seconds at F13 which is plenty depth of field using this lens from this height. It was shot from a tripod, of course, due to the long exposure and was fired by cable release in order to time the more laminar outflow.

I used a 2 stop neutral density graduate filter over the sky to balance the exposure between sky and sea.

In post process I discarded the blue channel and used 50% red/50% green which made the contrast pop a little more. I then dodged any evidence of the grad filter away. Then a quick black and white point adjustment and small S curve and I was done in under 5 mins.

Andy

Thanks for the indept explination.

Dave OS

SuprSi

#1 by a country mile for me. Absolutely beautiful. Love #2 as well though.

amcinroy

Thanks everyone for your comments.

Andy

karkar

Those are amazing, I love the third one.
Where did you take them?

amcinroy

These were taken in Inishowen at a place called Shroove near Greencastle.

A short walk from the lighthose brings you to Port-a-Doris which you can see in the 1st shot. But the next 2 were taken after a climbing traverse above the sea into the next hidden cove which is rarely visited.

This last shot from the evening shows the terrain a little better.



Andy