Took these photos last week with my Canon EOS600D. The first one was taken at Cheddar Gorge, Somerset camera settings f4.5, 1/50 sec. ISO 100, 18mm focal length
The second one was taken on camera setting f5.6, 1/80 sec. ISO 400, 10mm focal length with a canon 10-22mm lens
The third one was taken at Weston-Super-Mare camera settings f6.3, 1/60 sec. ISO 100, 22mm focal length
It is a shame that the first two shots are let down by their bright featureless skies. However, the third photo is a very nice composition, with good depth and wonderful colours throughout.
It is a shame that the first two shots are let down by their bright featureless skies. However, the third photo is a very nice composition, with good depth and wonderful colours throughout.
Cheers.
Philip
Thank you Philip
The first two were taken when it was very misty around the gorge. Not good enough yet to change them in post production - still learning. I thought the same about the skies in those photos but liked the rest of them.
(Oct 28, 2014, 16:06)snaphappy Wrote: Thank you Philip
The first two were taken when it was very misty around the gorge. Not good enough yet to change them in post production - still learning. I thought the same about the skies in those photos but liked the rest of them.
Thanks
Jane
Jane,
The first one could be made to look more like a dull day to reduce the glare of the white sky. That just requires playing around with the controls for brightness, contrast, highlights and shadows. It also has a good side effect, because it reveals more of the detail in the swirling water at the base of the falls.
For the second one you could consider just cropping to remove the sky. The effect of that would be to make the gorge seem even more imposing above the three tiny figures (two people and their dog), because then we don't know how high the rock face goes.
Examples:
Adjustments like those will, of course, work much better on the full-size images, and they are easy to make in most imaging software, even in free stuff like the "Faststone Image Viewer" that was used for the above edits. Just have a go, using full-size copies of your originals, and enjoy yourself!
Cheers.
Philip
(This post was last modified: Oct 28, 2014, 17:48 by MrB.)
I agree - the third shot is a cracker! I also really like Philip's crop, because the eye is now drawn down naturally to the dog walkers, making sense of the composition. I say that because I nearly failed to spot these figures in the original. Rob
(Oct 28, 2014, 16:06)snaphappy Wrote: Thank you Philip
The first two were taken when it was very misty around the gorge. Not good enough yet to change them in post production - still learning. I thought the same about the skies in those photos but liked the rest of them.
Thanks
Jane
Jane,
The first one could be made to look more like a dull day to reduce the glare of the white sky. That just requires playing around with the controls for brightness, contrast, highlights and shadows. It also has a good side effect, because it reveals more of the detail in the swirling water at the base of the falls.
For the second one you could consider just cropping to remove the sky. The effect of that would be to make the gorge seem even more imposing above the three tiny figures (two people and their dog), because then we don't know how high the rock face goes.
Examples:
Adjustments like those will, of course, work much better on the full-size images, and they are easy to make in most imaging software, even in free stuff like the "Faststone Image Viewer" that was used for the above edits. Just have a go, using full-size copies of your originals, and enjoy yourself!
Cheers.
Philip
Hi Philip
Thank you once again for your comments. I like what you have done to tone down the sky. I shall certainly be trying this out on some of my other photos.
(Oct 29, 2014, 06:43)RobS Wrote: I agree - the third shot is a cracker! I also really like Philip's crop, because the eye is now drawn down naturally to the dog walkers, making sense of the composition. I say that because I nearly failed to spot these figures in the original. Rob
Thank you RobS. I tried to get a sense of scale using the people and their dog.
(Oct 29, 2014, 06:44)EdMak Wrote: Jane, consider the Gorge as an upright. The seaside, is well worth a bit of tweaking. These are P/S, and, a from very small file size. Ed.
Thank you Ed. You have certainly given me something to think about and try out. Very grateful for all your comments.
