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11/24/2003 11:36:36 PM · #1

Shot this today after work and was trying out some new stuff in PS, attempting to get a more painterly look and feel. What do you think? Thanks.

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wkmen

Olympus SP-570 UZ

11/24/2003 11:45:10 PM · #2

I like it. Has the appeal of a painting with the reality of a photo. Dramatic sky, breakers on the beach, nice composition. Maybe a little grainy and dark, but close to those paintings on sale at seashore gift shops for general appeal. (I meant that as a compliment.)

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audioaltima

Canon EOS-10D

11/24/2003 11:45:41 PM · #3

It looks pretty colorful, as if the saturation was boasted quite a bit. However, the noise of the image is a bit too much and pulls away from any painted look. Also what my eyes try to pick as the focal point, the light house, looks kinda fuzzy.

It's a beautiful place you have found to capture though. I'd go back with a tripod, lower ISO, longer shutter and get in front of those plants in the foreground. Then play with some paint-ish techniques in photoshop :)

11/24/2003 11:57:54 PM · #4

Actually, I did have my tripod and shot at ISO 50 at f5.6 The colors are pretty close to the reality of what was there. The noise was added in PS. The problem was that the wind was 40+ knots and was sandblasting both me and the camera, not to mention the spray that kept freezing over the filter on the front of the lens, even though I was at least 100 meters away from the lake.

I shot this same place earlier this summer:

but the weather was much less violent.

I added the noise in PS trying for an impressionistic effect, but, well, maybe not.....

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audioaltima

Canon EOS-10D

11/25/2003 12:32:58 AM · #5

Ah... guess I should have noticed that 40+ knots the first time through, hehe. Sorry about that... I tend to skim the words beneath the photo.

I do love that nice weather picture tho... very nice indeed!

11/25/2003 09:05:48 AM · #6

Thanks everyone for the comments.

I agree about the dark part, so I reposted the photo after lightening it up. The grain/noise was intentional and was added in PS, but it seems to bother viewers rather than enhance the image. Either the effect is not strong enough or it should be taken away. Maybe I'll file these away for a bit and look at them later. Maybe I can make them work then.

Message edited by author 2003-11-25 09:06:16.

kaycee

Olympus C-750UZ

11/25/2003 10:25:38 AM · #7

I actually thought it quite lovely and that you had achieved what you were looking for. Perhaps it's because we live near the ocean and I know how difficult it is to really get that much color. Frankly, I find that beach shots are really difficult to get just right. I do a lot of surfing photography, and it's rare that I'm entirely pleased with the result.