For fans of geology

thebigsky

Here's another shot I took on our recent trip to the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England.

This little cove lies alongside the more well known Lulworth Cove and is forming in much the same way, the different layers of strata can clearly be seen, the hole I was standing in created by the erosion of the softer sedimentary rock, whilst a layer of harder rock remains, almost enclosing the cove as it is eroded more slowly (the exposed, folded layers of rock are known as the 'Lulworth Crumple'):-



Here's another looking to the right of this spot:-



I should have turned further to the right where a mirror view of the 'Lulworth Crumple' can be seen, as though someone has removed a slice of cake.

Thanks for looking,

Charlie

rosselliot

ooohhh! I LOVE those! how did you get the dreamy effect on the water? low ISO or a nuetral density filter? just curious - I'd love to find a way to make a shot like that!

- RE

thebigsky

Thanks Ross, I'd have preferred to use an ND filter but didn't have one with me, in this case I took multiple exposures and blended them with the merge to HDR function in PS.

At the time I was disappointed with the bland sky, but now I wonder if a more detailed one might detract from the geology on show, I only had one evening at the location and would love to return at different times of the day.

Charlie

thebigsky

I found this interesting wider angle view of the area:-

http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/jpg/L2-Stair-high-label.jpg

Charlie

zini

vivid an dreamy - just great
I love the colors they really pop, these pics are vivid and dreamy. The rocks on the beach almost look alive. :ivarThe first with the layers (strata) is beautiful. What type of workflow technique did you employ to get the colors to pop so much? If you don't mind me asking.....

curves, hue, saturation, sharpness?

Kudos!!!

thebigsky

zini wrote:

I love the colors they really pop, these pics are vivid and dreamy. The rocks on the beach almost look alive. :ivarThe first with the layers (strata) is beautiful. What type of workflow technique did you employ to get the colors to pop so much? If you don't mind me asking.....

curves, hue, saturation, sharpness?

Kudos!!!

Thanks Zini, there were both created from multiple exposures using the merge to HDR function in PS. This produces inherently flat images but I import them back into Lightroom and simply use the highlights, lights, darks and shadow sliders to bring back the contrast after setting my white and black points.

I then use my new best friend, the vibrancy slider, to re-saturate the image, someone cleverer than me can tell you how this works differently to the plain saturation slider, all I know is it gives better results without compromising the image.

Here's another I'm working on, this was taken at Kimmeridge Bay:-



Cheers, Charlie

David_S85

Charlie, these are wonderful!

Marc Muench

thebigsky wrote:

Thanks Zini, there were both created from multiple exposures using the merge to HDR function in PS. This produces inherently flat images but I import them back into Lightroom and simply use the highlights, lights, darks and shadow sliders to bring back the contrast after setting my white and black points.

I then use my new best friend, the vibrancy slider, to re-saturate the image, someone cleverer than me can tell you how this works differently to the plain saturation slider, all I know is it gives better results without compromising the image.
Here's another I'm working on, this was taken at Kimmeridge Bay:-
Cheers, Charlie

Charlie

if you don't already know try Ben Willmore's HDR method which does bring back the contrast within photoshop. Click the High Dynamic Range Imaging link in the first paragraph to view. Wonderful images well worth the effort

Cheer
Marc

thebigsky

David_S85 wrote:

Charlie, these are wonderful!

Thanks David, I'm really pleased with them, it's turning out to have been a successful trip.

Charlie

thebigsky

Marc Muench wrote:

Charlie

if you don't already know try Ben Willmore's HDR method which does bring back the contrast within photoshop. Click the High Dynamic Range Imaging link in the first paragraph to view. Wonderful images well worth the effort

Cheer
Marc

Thanks Marc, I must admit, I have tried to the various methods, and haven't settled on my preferred one as yet, I do however feel more comfortable with Lightroom than PS, although I'm learning slowly.

Charlie

Marc Muench

thebigsky wrote:

Thanks Marc, I must admit, I have tried to the various methods, and haven't settled on my preferred one as yet, I do however feel more comfortable with Lightroom than PS, although I'm learning slowly.

Charlie

Keep workin your images are worth it

jelly beans

I like all of them. Love the colors and saturation. the perspective is pleasing to my eyes. Did you take them standing up?

thebigsky

jelly beans wrote:

I like all of them. Love the colors and saturation. the perspective is pleasing to my eyes. Did you take them standing up?

Thanks Jelly, they were all taken whilst perched precariously on rocks behind my tripod which was equally precariously perched on rocks .

Charlie