Bahamas (56k Death!)

[vonDrehle]

Well I finally have all my pictures, the better ones anyway, ready to be posted. All of these were taken in the Bahamas last week. I will load the full quality versions on my dA Account (Click my sig) tomorrow and will have a little write up about each one. But if you would like to know anything about the sites before then just ask. Keep in mind there are all at 6 quality, the big iguana one being a 2.

**Also this was the first time I got to use my 17-40mm... :mrgreen:

It might be easier for some of you just to look through the photobucket gallery... http://photobucket.com/albums/v391/Outkastplaya6769/Bahamas/

These last 3 are manipulations

 

[Raymond J Barlow]

they only took about 4 seconds to load here.. and some really cool shots here Von Drehle! I like the fist shot best , postcard for sure!

 

[deveel]

WOW Great shots. Did you PS the first three or how comes the reddish sky?

 

[vonDrehle]

WOW Great shots. Did you PS the first three or how comes the reddish sky?

Just some brightness/contrast. And maybe a little playing with curves. But I don't really see the red in the sky. Only thing I didn't like in alot from the Island is the small little sections of Island in the background always came across a real redish brown.
This is a good example...

 

[shayrgob]

wow, i'm very impressed. Seems like an extremely serene place to be.

 

[mentos_007]

I love the 17th picture and this lovely dreamy soft look
did you used some kind of "half-filter"? most pictures seem to have a slight magenta dominant in the top. Was that intentional?

 

[ShutteredEye]

alot of the really seem to have a pink tinge to me, like white balance is a little off. Really cool shots though!!

 

[vonDrehle]

I love the 17th picture and this lovely dreamy soft look
did you used some kind of "half-filter"? most pictures seem to have a slight magenta dominant in the top. Was that intentional?

It is a Gaussian blur of about 1.1. I just blended it. I'm not sure why the coloring seems to have gone a little pinkish.
Which one would you say is the "Pinkis" I'll load it up on dA at full quality.

 

[vonDrehle]

Here is an untouched version of the first one.

 

[ShutteredEye]

Yah the first one feels very pink to me, especially in the sky. On one hand, I'm on a laptop, but on the other, it actually does a pretty decent job of reproducing whites.....

 

[vonDrehle]

Do you know what could have caused it? For most of these I used Fujifilm 200 and a 17-40mm lens with lens hood.

 

[Nikon Fan]

Very awesome series!!! Love the variety of tones, and the manipulations you posted are also very nice. Great job with all of these!

 

[vonDrehle]

Full quality now loaded...
http://vondrehle.deviantart.com/

 

[Chiller]

Holy cow...just brilliant work. Some of these should be in Bahamas brochures, especially that first one. Very well done.

 

[ShutteredEye]

vonDrehle:

All I have on this computer is stupid Microsoft Photodraw. When I take the first shot, and set a cloud puff as "white" and auto hue/tint it, it REALLY makes the blue/green of the water jump out. Looks really nice.

Am I the only one seeing the pink in these??