Sunset + Durdle Door

flyingseale · Mar 10, 2007

I guess everyone has to have a sunset and if you visit Dorset you have to take a trip to Lulworth and Durdle Door...so I've killed two birds with one stone and got the door with sunset in one shot.

Alex_B · Mar 10, 2007

i really like the composition and colours, almost like a drawing ... again a bit soft though.

And I think I have seen Durdle Door on so many images, it is very popular among tourists

(of course in a less artsy style then)

flyingseale · Mar 10, 2007

I did remember to sharpen this time. Too much and the white pebbles on the beach began to look out of place. I used the unsharp mask (only one I know how to use). Perhaps I need to learn other sharpening techniques?

Alex_B · Mar 10, 2007

flyingseale said:
I did remember to sharpen this time. Too much and the white pebbles on the beach began to look out of place. I used the unsharp mask (only one I know how to use). Perhaps I need to learn other sharpening techniques?

well, you can also select areas and then only sharpen them.

Alex_B · Mar 10, 2007

I know this looks a bit plastic, since I did this in a hurry:

I only sharpened the pebbles a bit, where as the rest of the image got the full dose ... the door itself got even an extra dose

Antarctican · Mar 10, 2007

Like Alex said, nice composition and colours. The whispy clouds are lovely, and I like the curves created by the lapping water. A very pleasing image.

Sw1tchFX · Mar 10, 2007

Yes, i LIke it too. It looks like an HDR.

ShootHoops · Mar 10, 2007

Very nice. I thought it was an HDR when I first looked at it.

Tolyk · Mar 10, 2007

That's absolutely stunning, I love it

flyingseale · Mar 11, 2007

Alex_B said:
I know this looks a bit plastic, since I did this in a hurry:

Nice edit. I really must sit down one rainy day and play with photoshop!
Sw1tchFX and ShootsHoops, it is an HDR. I think it would be impossible to get any detail in the right hand cliffs or the door itself unless I had a durdle door shaped ND grad filter...now there's an idea :wink:

Mike

KillerChaos · Mar 11, 2007

Very Nice pic! It reminds me of a level in the first Halo game on Xbox.

lostprophet · Mar 11, 2007

very nice but are you aware there is an unwritten rule on this forum that says you have to post a bad photo from time to time so the rest of us feel human ;-) :lol:

Alex_B · Mar 11, 2007

lostprophet said:
very nice but are you aware there is an unwritten rule on this forum that says you have to post a bad photo from time to time so the rest of us feel human ;-)

A rule which I fulfill way to often

simonkit · Mar 11, 2007

Very nice shot, great colours & composition - agree it looks a little soft

simon

flyingseale · Mar 12, 2007

lostprophet said:
very nice but are you aware there is an unwritten rule on this forum that says you have to post a bad photo from time to time so the rest of us feel human ;-)

I'll see what I can do.

simonkit said:
agree it looks a little soft

I'll have a little play with photoshop to see if I can learn the selective sharpening skills necessary so that I can achieve the look Alex_B has given it.

Mike