will king

January 22, 2008

Hey Mike, to be honest with you, I'm not as found with this one as I am with the rest of your work. The rocks lead my eye to the horizon only to be let down with a bright, almost blown out sky. Also the tire tracks are a bit disturbing.

January 22, 2008

Nice shot Graeme. I think it would be presented better without the vignetting and the strong black frame.

January 22, 2008

Comments and critiques welcomed.

January 22, 2008

Thanks Chuck. I glad you do know because it's almost impossible to get a decent exposure in these conditions...along with the constant haze and mist, but of course it's paradise and you can't beat the scenery. I'll have to try to get up with you the next time I come out there.

January 21, 2008

This is excellent. Very well lighted, the DOF is very good, white balance is a bit warm but I think it works well. Her expression is great too. Overall, a superb shot.

January 21, 2008

Hey but your frame matches her outfit and that's what really counts. Who cares about image quality, sharpness, and a good background, when you have a turquiose frame.

January 20, 2008

If you could mix the two images together you might have a winner here Michael. This one has some black splotches in the sky that really bring it down, and the other one...well the sky is a bit too blue. Love the dynamic range though.

January 20, 2008

Hey Brian. Nice scene and it seems to be exposed well but the only flaw is, I can see where your grad nd starts.

January 20, 2008

Straighten square crop works A LOT BETTER.

January 20, 2008

Thanks all for your comments. Chuck, wish I lived there like you. ;)

January 20, 2008

We made it up here last week. Of course it was in the middle of the day and we didn't get good light like you have here. Love how the waves are captured here. Good dynamic range too. Is this one exposure?

January 20, 2008

I use layer masks in PS CS3.

January 20, 2008

Maxym, the technique really has nothing to do with saturation. The technique is used to achieve dynamic range (to be able to get detail in the lights and darks) There are other ways to achieve this...like using a grad nd filter. The difference between lights and darks were too extreme in this situation even to use a gnd filter though.

January 20, 2008

rocks

January 20, 2008

Sea

January 20, 2008

Thanks all for your kind words.

John, here you go:

January 19, 2008

Thanks everyone who commented. This was one of the most difficult scenes to capture. The thick haze and mist was almost impossible to deal with and the polarity of lights and darks were extreme. A 3 stop gnd filter didn't even help so I went with 3 exposures and blended them.

January 19, 2008

Hey Chuck. I was out in Kauai and Oahu the last 2 weeks. I got to the Da Hui surf contest right when it was over but still got some decent surf shots. Did you get any shots of the competition?

January 19, 2008

Comments and critiques welcomed.

January 19, 2008

Hey Tony, I was browsing through your portfolio and was quite impressed with your body of work. I'm sorry that I can't say the same for this image. The horizon seems a bit tilted, really no interesting foreground and I think the biggest flaw is the over the top colors. I tend to be heavy handed on saturation at times too, but this goes beyond believeable.

January 18, 2008

This amazing work. This could be a poster for a movie. Awesome!

January 18, 2008

Kelly, it was exactly 1 second. f/16. I think Marc would have done more justice to this scene given the opportunity.

January 17, 2008

Comments and critiques welcomed.

January 17, 2008

Not a bad start. The only obvious mistake was clipping his feet off. Other than that, a decent shot. (excuse the pun)

January 8, 2008

I upload them at a pretty small resolution. It's not like they can print decent sizes of these shots.

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