More wet rocks, 4 for C&C

[RobNZ]

Had another shoot last night with my new shooting partner, the epic sunset is still avoiding us, I think he may be bad luck, lol.

We first met a few weeks back when we both ended up in the same location shooting a very cool cloud formation combined with a top notch sunset, everytime we have shot together since the sunsets have been less than remarkable, karma maybe.

Ended up with 4 I am reasonably happy with.

1. Intentionally shot with my partner in crime in the frame. Nice to have some sort of scale reference in the shot, without which you would have no idea how the size of the rocks, not that they are anything impressive. Tried a few crops, but I think the overall coposition fails this shot for the horizion to be anywhere but close to middle of frame.

2. At first I was really happy with this one, but time wore me down I think, I spend alot of time in post which doesnt help my opinion. On a brighter note, the Pohutakawa trees and their gnarled limbs are screaming out for a dedicated series.

3. Unsure overall with this, I usually try to do my first run at post to get the image to appear exactly as I remember it being, then I make decisions on what to do from there to come up with a finshed result, I would say this one is damn close to how I remember it being.

4. My personal favourite of the bunch and a completely different style. Shot well after the sun has gone down. I had my 10-22mm mounted and I quite liked how the foreground rocks led my eye when it was at the wider end. I would have to say shooting with this lens has been the hardest single lens to get to grips with so far.

Any feedback appreciated.

Cheers

 

[tirediron]

Nicely done.

 

[john sherratt]

Im a noob so sorry i have no helpful input but i love them all think they are awsome.:thumbup:

 

[handi360]

Wow, i though those rocks where smaller til i saw the person
I like #3 the best.

 

[chito beach]

Rob these are really good! I love the 4th shot. what where you setting if you dont mind sharing

 

[RobNZ]

Nicely done.

thanks tirediron

Im a noob so sorry i have no helpful input but i love them all think they are awsome.:thumbup:

Helpful is giving an opinion, which you did, thanks john.

Wow, i though those rocks where smaller til i saw the person
I like #3 the best.

thanks handi

Rob these are really good! I love the 4th shot. what where you setting if you dont mind sharing

Thanks chito, for the 4th one, 10mm focal length, ISO 100, f/10, 239 seconds (shot in manual mode, bulb, with remote shutter release).

It was dark enough that I had to use a light to scrurry around the rocks. I think this would have been much better with more ambient light though, within 30 minutes of sunset.

When we got there it was already reasonably dark, so I picked one location and went with with it and made the best of what I had chosen, I have been doing that alot lately, find a spot and try and work it from every angle to try and avoid that "ahh damn if only I had framed it a bit more to the left or up or down etc....even backwards"

Actually the first 2 are shot from exactly the same spot if I recall correctly (tripod, never moved, partly because im lazy, the light was fading fast and it was a tricky setup, perched across 2 boulders). The 3rd was about 4 feet closer to the ocean.

 

[FattyMcJ]

I'm going to assume these are HDR's because I don't know how you could get such a wide dynamic range any other way, other than a GND filter which you didn't mention.

Either way, they're pretty awesome shots and #3 would be a wall hanger if it were mine. :thumbup:

 

[chito beach]

I'm going to assume these are HDR's because I don't know how you could get such a wide dynamic range any other way, other than a GND filter which you didn't mention.

Either way, they're pretty awesome shots and #3 would be a wall hanger if it were mine. :thumbup:

There are ways..........:thumbup:

 

[reznap]

Good stuff, can't even pick a favorite.

Great processing - how many exposures did you take for each?

 

[chito beach]

Good stuff, can't even pick a favorite.

Great processing - how many exposures did you take for each?

Id say one each since the waves, splashes and foam are all sharp

 

[RobNZ]

I'm going to assume these are HDR's because I don't know how you could get such a wide dynamic range any other way, other than a GND filter which you didn't mention.

Either way, they're pretty awesome shots and #3 would be a wall hanger if it were mine. :thumbup:

Thanks Fatty, good to see you didnt really pick up the HDR from overcooking, but more from your knowledge of dynamic range and whats possible in a single exposure.

Although I do have ND and GND filters I prefer not to use them these days if I can as its does affect image quality, with another piece of plastic/glass in front of good optics. Weakest link theory.

I do however pay for that decision with the time I have to spend in post.

Saying #3 is a wallhanger is a hell of a compliment, so thanks.

Good stuff, can't even pick a favorite.

Great processing - how many exposures did you take for each?

Thanks reznap, 6 exposures, -4 to +4, one of the 0's is usually discarded by software, to give 5. Long story short, after tone mapping I do the best exposure via RAW, import as a new layer and compare, tweak to get balance and may blend in to get rid of any surreal looking artifacts, glitches etc.

Takes a hell of a long time I must admit, 3 hours for the shoot, worked until midnight to select candidates, tone map 13, another 3 hours, sleep on it, get wife to check and select from her perspective, I ignore (sometimes, lol) then I picked the 4 strongest to finish to this state another 3 hours.

9 hours for 4 images, but then again its not something I consider work

 

[RobNZ]

Good stuff, can't even pick a favorite.

Great processing - how many exposures did you take for each?

Id say one each since the waves, splashes and foam are all sharp

Actually, CS5 is pretty good at reducing ghosts, not perfect but it is pretty good.

 

[chito beach]

Good stuff, can't even pick a favorite.

Great processing - how many exposures did you take for each?

Id say one each since the waves, splashes and foam are all sharp

Actually, CS5 is pretty good at reducing ghosts, not perfect but it is pretty good.

great job!

 

[sam_justice]

I love 4!

 

[Linkovicha]

Just a newbie, but I love them! Especially the effects in number 4, it looks really neat! I've seen that before and wondered what makes it look misty around the rocks....