Lorne, Victoria, Australia

devbobo · February 12, 2006

Broke free of Andy's customisation shackles this weekend

I got the chance to head down to Lorne for the weekend and a chance to give my new graduated neutral density filters a good run. Here's a few of the shots that I have processed so far.

Comments and criticism most welcome..

Cheers,

David

germaine_sba · February 12, 2006

Beautiful, clear shots. Thanks.

MuskyDude · February 12, 2006

Man do I ever love these David, especially the first two. Superb!!!

AJ

nburwell · February 12, 2006

I absolutely love the composition of all your photographs. Also, the color is just great. Very nicely done!

TassieD · February 12, 2006

Hi there David,

:jawdrop There are outstanding. What were the Neutral density filters you were using? I am looking at the Cokin system as my filter sizes vary.

Look forward to seeing some more.

Red Bull · February 12, 2006

Wow! I love those 2 first shots the best. Excellent composition and very, very clear. What lens(es) were you using?

DanielB · February 12, 2006

gorgeous david

gtc · February 12, 2006

verrrry nice
very nice david-beautiful colour and composition-what time of day and exif please?

by the way they are now at joes garage now-where we met last time-all up on the wall

devbobo · February 13, 2006

germaine_sba wrote:

Beautiful, clear shots. Thanks.

Hi Germaine,

Thanks so much for your comments

David

devbobo · February 13, 2006

MuskyDude wrote:

Man do I ever love these David, especially the first two. Superb!!!

AJ

Hey AJ,

Thanks man, I am really loving my 20D and starting to really get the hang of it

Plus the investment in some good quality GND filters was well worth it.

Cheers,

David

devbobo · February 13, 2006

nburwell wrote:

I absolutely love the composition of all your photographs. Also, the color is just great. Very nicely done!

nburwell,

Thanks

Typically I think I suck at composition, but after looking at loads of great photography, i am hoping that some might be rubbing off.

Just get out there and have fun

Cheers,

David

devbobo · February 13, 2006

TassieD wrote:

Hi there David,

:jawdrop There are outstanding. What were the Neutral density filters you were using? I am looking at the Cokin system as my filter sizes vary.

Look forward to seeing some more.

Hey Dave,

Firstly, thanks for the comments

To be honest, i surprised myself.

Sorry I should have detailed the filter info in the original post. I used the following...

- Singh-Ray 3-stop graduated ND filter
- Singh-Ray 3-stop reverse graduated ND filter
- B&W 10-stop ND filter

I am using the Lee Foundation system with a 77mm adapter ring.

The stuffs not cheap, but I am pretty happy with the results. I still think it's going to take a bit of time to get use to them.

Cheers,

David

devbobo · February 13, 2006

Red Bull wrote:

Wow! I love those 2 first shots the best. Excellent composition and very, very clear. What lens(es) were you using?

Steven,

Thanks dude. All these shots were taken with an EFS 10-22mm.

Cheers,

David

devbobo · February 13, 2006

DanielB wrote:

gorgeous david

Merci Daniel

devbobo · February 13, 2006

gtc wrote:

very nice david-beautiful colour and composition-what time of day and exif please?

by the way they are now at joes garage now-where we met last time-all up on the wall

Hey Greg,

Thanks man. I am totally digging my new filters. I have linked the EXIF data to each photo (click). The first two shots were taken around 6:30am and the second just before 8:00am.

That sucks about the exhibition !! Was just reading your other thread. I am glad that Joes Garage came to the party.

Cheers,

David

nokout3839 · February 13, 2006

Great, but tell me something...
Hey David,

Unreal photos, was just wondering how you went about setting the exposure times. Did you use a light meter and assess the exposure time from that or the onboard meter.

The reason I ask is with exposures over 30sec (on my 350d) I have to guess beacuse Im using bulb. I think I might be missing something??? This is probably something stupid but if I dont ask Ill kick myself later.

Again, great set of photos. They give the coastline fantastic atmosphere.

Cheers, Nigel

devbobo · February 13, 2006

nokout3839 wrote:

Hey David,

Unreal photos, was just wondering how you went about setting the exposure times. Did you use a light meter and assess the exposure time from that or the onboard meter.

The reason I ask is with exposures over 30sec (on my 350d) I have to guess beacuse Im using bulb. I think I might be missing something??? This is probably something stupid but if I dont ask Ill kick myself later.

Again, great set of photos. They give the coastline fantastic atmosphere.

Cheers, Nigel

Hey Nigel,

Thanks for the comments

I don't have a light-meter. I typically take a few test shots and look at the results in the histogram and then adjust accordingly. For sunrise/sunsets where time is important, it's probably not the best method. But at this stage, that's what I have to live with.

Hope this helps,

David

petesopete · February 13, 2006

the first shot is amazing. love the way the colors turned out.

Scott_Quier · February 13, 2006

I guess I'm just contrary
Contrary to most posted opinions, I really like the second and last photos.

The second one, IMO, uses the sand/rocks as a nice lead into the distant portion of the image. The colors are killer as well.

For the last photo, I love the sense of dark and gloom, relieved by the sun appearing from behind the clouds on the right. A mix of doom & gloom and hope. Very nice.

mushy · February 13, 2006

I like my landscape shots and these rate very highly, beautiful colour and a great perspective. well done

gtc · February 13, 2006

exif
hi david

Thanks man. I am totally digging my new filters. I have linked the EXIF data to each photo (click). The first two shots were taken around 6:30am and the second just before 8:00am.

once i go wide i will invest in some of those grad nd filters

That sucks about the exhibition !! Was just reading your other thread. I am glad that Joes Garage came to the party.

Yes thanks -now that they are up on the wall i dont like some of them and some will come down and some others are in at the lab to replace them.

By the way,i noticed in your EXIF data that you have your camera set to sRGB-for printing purposes it is better to set it at Adobe RGB.

Make sure your printer is set up for high quality as well.

Greg

gubbs · February 14, 2006

Excellent stuff David. the first is awesome!!

Chris_S · February 14, 2006

The composition and colours are fanatstic.

Did the photos require much photoshop work to balance the exposure of the sky and the ground, or did the filters take care of that?

devbobo · February 14, 2006

Chris_S wrote:

The composition and colours are fanatstic.

Did the photos require much photoshop work to balance the exposure of the sky and the ground, or did the filters take care of that?

Hi Chris,

Good to see you here dude. Thanks so much, I am pretty thrilled with the result, even thought I reckon I could do better next time.

The filters took care of it pretty well, the PS work I did was more too handle the exposures that may not have been exposed as well as they could be if I had used a light meter or was a bit more experienced.

Cheers,

David

devbobo · February 14, 2006

gubbs wrote:

Excellent stuff David. the first is awesome!!

Thanks Gubbs,

I have been working this image, if your interest check out the Eye Candy thread in the Whipping Post.

Cheers,

David

MesaMan · February 14, 2006

Awesome pics, I've been waiting for the right time to try to get something similar to the first one - a silky effect over (in my case) moonlit pebbles. Those colours are amazing and bring the shot to life. Great long exposure!

gus · February 14, 2006

Howd i miss these mate

they are really spesh. You did very well

I was looking into some of these filters. There is one that is worth about $400 & works like a CP out to 32 from memory. Just pu tthe one on & go from there...not sure how it works exactly...i saw it on the net a while back & now i cant find it again.

Gus

Dixie · February 14, 2006

I couldn't pick a favorite. The colors really grab you in the first two, but the subtlety of the colors in the third along with the composition are just as powerful.

devbobo · February 14, 2006

petesopete wrote:

the first shot is amazing. love the way the colors turned out.

Thanks Pete

devbobo · February 14, 2006

Scott_Quier wrote:

Contrary to most posted opinions, I really like the second and last photos.

The second one, IMO, uses the sand/rocks as a nice lead into the distant portion of the image. The colors are killer as well.

For the last photo, I love the sense of dark and gloom, relieved by the sun appearing from behind the clouds on the right. A mix of doom & gloom and hope. Very nice.

Hi Scott,

Thanks for your comments.

I am big fan of B&W photography, particularily high contrast/key stuff, so next to the first image, my favourite is the last one.

Cheers,

David

devbobo · February 14, 2006

mushy wrote:

I like my landscape shots and these rate very highly, beautiful colour and a great perspective. well done

Hey Glen,

Thanks for your comments...I wish I just got more time to get out and practice.

You live in a great part of Australia, which I would love to get to some day.

Cheers,

David