coastal b&w

Andy

halfmoon bay, looking south, about 15 minutes before sunset. shot with canon 1Ds Mark II and 16-35L aboard, at 29mm. in post:

• converted from raw to jpg in adobe camera raw
• converted to bw, using channel mixer, 50,50,0 and check monochrome
• applied two luminosity toning layers, cross-toned
• applied soft-light layer blending to the steel-blue luminosity tone layer
• normal curves adjustment layer, eyedropper for black and white points
• resized and usm (100, .4, 0)

click on the pic for the exif.



interested in your feedback, of course - this is not a final edit as i'm only working on a laptop right now.

Harryb

Hey Andy,

Marvelous composition on this one with the birds, shoreline and the sea running from the right to the upper left.

Harry

ian408

Overall, I like the shot. But something troubles me. Not sure if it's the dark
flowers in the foreground or seagulls. It feels a bit too busy. But I like it.

Wierd.

Ian

gubbs

I think the busyness of the shot is a positive, makes it stand out from the crowd(if you know what I mean). The layers are really cool too, there's just so much to see . I bet that'll be a fantastic shot to print B I G
What's the colour like andy??

Nir

Andy,


I'm not sure about this one ... most of your photos make me 'WOW' immediately. This one didn't.Sorry!

Very respectfully yours,

4labs

great composition. I would love to see the original pre BW processed.

Andy

Harryb wrote:

Hey Andy,

Marvelous composition on this one with the birds, shoreline and the sea running from the right to the upper left.

Harry

thank you, harry. i'm really enjoying my wide angle lenses

Steve Cavigliano

Andy,

This one is really nice too You must have been shooting this one when I had thought you fell down the cliff :lol I kept looking and looking and couldn't even see your head. I thought for sure you were sleeping with the gulls Which, btw, is much better than sleepin' with those smelly fish I was about to call a Coast Guard helicopter to airlift your 1Ds Mk II....lol

Nice composition and you got some good contrast for as flat as the light was

Steve

Yep, 2:30 sounds good (I'm trying to get things wrapped up here, but I might have to do some cell phoning)

Andy

ian408 wrote:

Overall, I like the shot. But something troubles me. Not sure if it's the dark
flowers in the foreground or seagulls. It feels a bit too busy. But I like it.

Wierd.

Ian

thanks ian. appreciate your comments and stopping by

wxwax

I think it's a lovely photo. The sepia tone in the sky top right corner caught my attention, which I guess means it's a wee bit much?

ian408

andy wrote:

thanks ian. appreciate your comments and stopping by

I'm usually quick to say whether I like something or not. But this one is tough. I like it for the
angles and for combination of sky and beach and for its infinite view point.

Someone said this would look better printed larger. The more I look at it, the more I think that's
true.

Ian

Allen

I think I see what's probably bothering a few. The foreground
section with all the white leaves/flowers keeps pulling the focus
away from the top. The top part is facinating with all the birds,
the texture of the beach, etc. but I lose concentration because
the brightness below is distracting and my eyes keep
returning there. Overall I still think it is a lovely photo with
very good composition.
Al