Beadnell Bay - Low Tide

[kev7d]

Just reworked this shot trying some different techniques to what I would normally use within my more standard work flow. Happy to receive comments in any shape or form. Just be gentle!

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[Phil]

The tone mapping has worked well.

For my taste, and it is just my taste, the only thing lacking is a vignette.

[ChrisLumix]

I'm not sure exactly why I feel a bit uncomfortable? Perhaps I'm just being a bit conventional but the boat is quite high in the composition. Or maybe it's just that awful rail it has around its deck?

[kev7d]

Chris / Phil. Now this is useful feedback. It gets me thinking not only about the composition, and I agree the rail around the deck is an eyesore, but also what might work from a processing perspective with some further tweaks. But I am enjoying a different way of processing to see how things come out. I went and popped a single RAW through some simple adjustments for levels etc. Then I went extreme and popped a copy through Topaz Adjust and wound up the sliders. I then increased the brightness of the topaz layer and just blended it with the original shot. I have to try these things.

[JHFoto]

Looks OK to me......

[kev7d]

Looks OK to me......

 

Cheers!

[THELONGMAN]

Looking at this objectively I can see how this would benefit a number of pictures, especially bit sky shots, I like it a lot,

 

Geoff

[kev7d]

Looking at this objectively I can see how this would benefit a number of pictures, especially bit sky shots, I like it a lot,

Geoff

Thanks Geoff. And the sky was my main reason for trying this. It was a bit flat, and I wanted to add some punch and see if I could get some light behind the clouds and down on the sand.