An evening with the pier...

CWSkopecCWSkopec Registered Users Posts: 1,325 Major grins
edited January 26, 2009 in Landscapes
I took these shots back around Thanksgiving down in Ocean Beach here in San Diego. I've just now gotten around to processing them and these are the best of an evening of experimenting.

1) This may be the best of the night... I wish there was a little more orangish/red in the sunset, but what there is I had to pull out of the raw and it's about at it's limits without looking faked.
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2) OK, so I'm not thrilled about the color of the sand in this one, but the sky looks pretty good to me!
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3 & 4 were experiments in the effect of long shutter speeds on the waves around the pier and accompanying rocks. The colors I captured ended up being somewhat uninspiring so I've experimented with some processing... as you can see! :D

3) I cooled this one considerably. It seemed to fit the feel...
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4) And a black & white... with a "ghost" :D
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Please feel encouraged to share your suggestions and concerns!
Thanks for looking!
Chris
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  • CWSkopecCWSkopec Registered Users Posts: 1,325 Major grins
    edited January 23, 2009
    One more I forgot to include...
    5)
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    Suggestions and concerns are encouraged for this one as well! :D
    Chris
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  • shniksshniks Registered Users Posts: 945 Major grins
    edited January 24, 2009
    Chris- #3 is awesome. I love the feel and the monotone colors. Nice job!!!



    Cheers,
    Nikhil

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  • CWSkopecCWSkopec Registered Users Posts: 1,325 Major grins
    edited January 26, 2009
    shniks wrote:
    Chris- #3 is awesome. I love the feel and the monotone colors. Nice job!!!



    Cheers,

    Thank you, Nikhil!
    I was quite happy with how that one turned out, it's my wallpaper at work in fact, glad to know others agree with me! thumb.gif
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  • BlinkingsBlinkings Registered Users Posts: 124 Major grins
    edited January 26, 2009
    Yes I particularly like #3 also. Well done.
    All the best,
    Andrew
  • CWSkopecCWSkopec Registered Users Posts: 1,325 Major grins
    edited January 26, 2009
    Blinkings wrote:
    Yes I particularly like #3 also. Well done.

    Thank you, Andrew! :D
    Chris
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited January 26, 2009
    Good set Chris. I like #2 the best although I might play with the crop (less fg and more sky)??
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  • CWSkopecCWSkopec Registered Users Posts: 1,325 Major grins
    edited January 26, 2009
    dlplumer wrote:
    Good set Chris. I like #2 the best although I might play with the crop (less fg and more sky)??

    Thank you, Dan!

    Sadly, #2 is already heavily cropped (just more proof that I should plan out my shots more before I take them) as I wasn't expecting the sand to look so awful. I'm afraid if I crop it anymore, there won't be much left. I'll probably head back there before too long to try again and get closer to the pier so I won't have to crop away so much sand! :D
    Chris
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