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Post by Barry on Jan 15, 2012 16:54:59 GMT
Crossed the border yesterday into England to visit the Sharpness to Gloucester Shipping Canal. When they built this canal, at the Sharpness end the canal runs very close to the Severn River which is tidal, so to stop the erosion they purposely ran aground about 80 boats and just left them to sink into the mud in order to stop this erosion, today about 50 are so deep that they can no longer be seen, but this leaves about 30 boats still visible making for a interesting walk along this river bank. 1  Nikon D700, f13, 1/100, ISO200, Sigma 12-24 at 24mm. 2  Nikon D700, f13, 1/60, ISO200, Sigma 12-24 at 15mm. 3  Nikon D700, f13, 1/100, ISO200, Sigma 12-24 at 24mm. |
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Post by jeeperman on Jan 15, 2012 16:56:50 GMT
Well done Barry. #1 has to be my favorite. Love the fact the name of the boat is visible.
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Post by jjbacoomba on Jan 15, 2012 16:58:14 GMT
Thanks for sharing these wonderful images with us.
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Post by chrisc on Jan 15, 2012 18:33:49 GMT
Would you share the original image of #1...curious as to how far you had to go in PP to get to this end.
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Post by Barry on Jan 15, 2012 18:40:13 GMT
Would you share the original image of #1...curious as to how far you had to go in PP to get to this end. Just for you  SOOC, RAW file  |
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Post by chrisc on Jan 15, 2012 18:43:59 GMT
Interesting...I am discovering about as much as making the right compositions/exposures for good B&W conversions as I am about the PP work involved.
Cannockwolf just noted that a sky he put in too nearly an hour of work to get just right...I've spent a lot longer than that, but I am just a beginner in all this PP stuff.
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Post by nickjohnson on Jan 15, 2012 22:00:58 GMT
Hello Barry, I like #1 the best out of the three. I will try and make some comments that are consistent with the genre of this work.
#1 Has a nice feel to it – not really D&G – and strangely warmer than the frost of the original colour! You may like to tone down or eliminate the – for me – light distractions at top left, in the line of trees / bushes, and mid left edge. I find both these pull my eye away.
#2 Is the least strong of the the three. The light toned jungle in the bottom left I find massively distracting. How about cutting off the left hand side as close to the left side of the prow rail as possible?
#3 This has a bit of a power struggle going on. The bright grass – on the right – is pulling the eye into the picture. However, I find the shadows and light on the stern of the boat a bit ….hummmm …. odd. I find the defuse shadow on the stern at odds with the strongly defined shadow at the left edge. I keep finding myself trying to figure out if it's you wearing a cap!
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Post by Barry on Jan 15, 2012 22:13:14 GMT
Cheers Nick for your comments, Image 1 is my Favourite as well, although I still have loads to go through yet, those areas you mentioned can easily be toned down a tad. As for Image 3, I can now remember saying to myself as I composed the shot, to make sure that my shadow was in the grass so that it could be cloned out during PP, but hey I forgot all about it. So what you are seeing is my camera on a tripod with me behind . |
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Post by rjbell on Jan 16, 2012 18:47:32 GMT
I like 1 too. Someone in camera club entered some pictures from here a couple of months back. I really need get over there.
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Post by Barry on Jan 16, 2012 20:01:11 GMT
I like 1 too. Someone in camera club entered some pictures from here a couple of months back. I really need get over there. At this time of year, lighting is best from about midday until sunset as the sun stays low, morning light is blocked by the large hedge between Canal and river Severn. |
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Post by cannockwolf on Jan 16, 2012 20:42:36 GMT
nice images, i went here a couple of years ago, an interesting place
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