Rocks, Sea & Submarines

[nickjohnson]

I have - some time ago - shown some of these informally at a camera club meeting. At the time my pp skills where non existent. The consensus was to ask where the fleet of submarines came from! Sadly some folks chose to interpret these as a portrayal of the Farne islands disguised as submarines. So how do you see this work ? Thanks for looking.

#1 5D 24mm f11 @1/60sec ISO 400



#2



#3 5D 24mm f11 @1/60sec ISO 400



#4



#5 5D 24mm f11 @1/40sec ISO 400



#6

[jeeperman]

Nick I like 5 the best as it really grabs and moves the eye into the shot. I think the black and white of the same would be a bit better with a little carful Dodge and burn.

[Barry]

1 and 5 for me as the rocks have good lines drawing your eye into the image, plus I feel the colours could do with a tad more boost behind them.

[Antonio Correia]

I see here not one but two sets of images. One in colour and the other in black and white the last one being an interpretation of the first or vice-versa.

In all images - either colour or black - I see that the images ned a stronger treatment.
I see much potential - can I say this in English ? - I mean inherent qualities in both versions. I think you need o push the colours and create some kind of point of interest within each image.
Try - allow me to suggest - duplicate layer change to Multiply in the blending mode, create a mask and erase to lighten areas.
On the B&W the images need detail and depth. Perhaps Dave can drop a line about this. He is an expert in this while I am not

[nickjohnson]

Jan 19, 2012 17:59:42 GMT jeeperman said:

Nick I like 5 the best as it really grabs and moves the eye into the shot. I think the black and white of the same would be a bit better with a little carful Dodge and burn.

Thank you Paul. I will see if I can improve the B&W #6

[nickjohnson]

Jan 19, 2012 18:07:47 GMT Barry said:

1 and 5 for me as the rocks have good lines drawing your eye into the image, plus I feel the colours could do with a tad more boost behind them.

Thank you Barry. On boosting the colour in #1 and #5 - do you mean vibrancy or saturation or both? Any particular colour or colours?

[Barry]

Jan 19, 2012 22:52:39 GMT nickjohnson said:

Thank you Barry. On boosting the colour in #1 and #5 - do you mean vibrancy or saturation or both? Any particular colour or colours?

Probably a bit of both, but not too far

[nickjohnson]

Jan 19, 2012 18:49:23 GMT Antonio Correia said:

I see here not one but two sets of images. One in colour and the other in black and white the last one being an interpretation of the first or vice-versa.

In all images - either colour or black - I see that the images ned a stronger treatment.
I see much potential - can I say this in English ? - I mean inherent qualities in both versions. I think you need o push the colours and create some kind of point of interest within each image.
Try - allow me to suggest - duplicate layer change to Multiply in the blending mode, create a mask and erase to lighten areas.
On the B&W the images need detail and depth. Perhaps Dave can drop a line about this. He is an expert in this while I am not

Thanks for your suggestions. I'm not sure these images are strong enough to be worth spending the time on the kind of local adjustments you mention. The whole idea of this set is that they do not have particular points of interest - they are simply scenes to - hopefully - be enjoyed for what they are.

[jeeperman]

I had to have a little go with #5, hopefully not overdone as I tried to go easy. I adjusted the clipping points and did a slight dodge/burn. After that a very light curves adjust and slight sharpen.

[nickjohnson]

Thanks Paul - here is my version!

[nickjohnson]

Is this any better for the B&W - or have I over done it?

[jjbacoomba]

Here is my go with #5 and #6.


6726314539_72133b8f1f_bFSC by ebamismoi, on Flickr


6726314539_72133b8f1f_bFSCB&W by ebamismoi, on Flickr