How about one of these for Surf or Turf ?

Antonio Correia · July 30, 2007

Are these any good for the contest ?
Comments welcome, please.
Thank you.

VisualXpressions · July 30, 2007

The first one works well... I like it

Glad to see you competeing in the contest!

Winston

Antonio Correia · July 30, 2007

VisualXpressions wrote:

The first one works well... I like it
Glad to see you competeing in the contest!
Winston

Travis · July 30, 2007

I couldn't imagine
that you would enter a shot of kitesurfing! LMAO I love the composition in #1 and it definitely hits the theme dead-on. I can tell that you suffered from the same thing that I ran into yesterday which is shooting an ocean scene in midday with no clouds. Not really a way around having a flat sky at capture. Maybe boost the blue in the sky? I'm not sure but I seem to be on the color advice kick and I'll provide the same disclaimer here as on other posts - my work laptop is horrible for viewing color so I may be way off base.

Greensquared · July 30, 2007

I like #1 the best as well, but it would be even stronger if the sky were a bit more interesting.

Emily

Antonio Correia · July 30, 2007

Travis,
Thank you for commenting.

Indeed the sky is so "light" because it was really like that. (obvious)
The Sun was at our right at 6 o'clock in the evenning.
The light was very hard and clouds ... well, there was no clouds.

As suggested, I will try to make the sky a little more blue.

Antonio Correia · July 30, 2007

Greensquared wrote:

I like #1 the best as well, but it would be even stronger if the sky were a bit more interesting. Emily

Emily. Good afternoon

Oh that sky !

I can´t help it, but I will try to get some blue out of it.

Tessa HD · July 30, 2007

i like the 3 elements that form a triangle in your second one, but the surfers are more interesting in the first. kind of a toss up for me. i've never seen this sport before - neat!

Flyinggina · July 30, 2007

Both nice. I love #1. If you have PS, you can select the sky and intensify the color a bit. Not too much because you want it to look real. (Or maybe you don't!!) Since my eyes are drawn directly from the parachutes to the people in the water, the gray sky doesn't really bother me. Good luck!!

Virginia

Antonio Correia · July 30, 2007

Tessa HD wrote:

i like the 3 elements that form a triangle in your second one, but the surfers are more interesting in the first. kind of a toss up for me. i've never seen this sport before - neat!

Thank you for your opinion Tessa.

Antonio Correia · July 30, 2007

Flyinggina wrote:

Both nice. I love #1. If you have PS, you can select the sky and intensify the color a bit. Not too much because you want it to look real. (Or maybe you don't!!) Since my eyes are drawn directly from the parachutes to the people in the water, the gray sky doesn't really bother me. Good luck!! Virginia

I think I'll go the first one after some treatment in the sky .

LiquidAir · July 30, 2007

These look to me like they are begging for a polarizer. Compositionally I prefer the second one because the lighthouse (?) out there fills a bit of the void that is that sky; however the reflections off the water are pretty harsh.

Antonio Correia · July 31, 2007

LiquidAir wrote:

These look to me like they are begging for a polarizer. Compositionally I prefer the second one because the lighthouse (?) out there fills a bit of the void that is that sky; however the reflections off the water are pretty harsh.

Liquidair.
Good morning.

You know what ? I used the polarizing filter all the time.

Without it, the shots would be MUCH worst.

I do have not shot one picture without the CPF , unfortunately, thought I had thought of it !

Indeed it is a light house and the harsh light is from the Sun which was already at a relative low position.

Thank you for your comment.

How about you ? Where is your picture for this contest ? I want to see it and I want to have a word before you post, if you ever do so.:D

Tentacion · July 31, 2007

Would like to comment, but unfortunately I cannot see your pictures...I have no idea why?

Antonio Correia · July 31, 2007

Thank you Tentation:D
You don't have any ideia neither do I ...

Here they are:
1 2

LiquidAir · July 31, 2007

Antonio Correia wrote:

Liquidair.
Good morning.

You know what ? I used the polarizing filter all the time.
Without it, the shots would be MUCH worst.

I do have not shot one picture without the CPF , unfortunately, thought I had thought of it !

I've noticed that CPFs are not as effective as the linear polarizers I used to use and I and have had a few shots with sky reflections finding their way through the filter. Thinking about it, those were sky relfections, not direct sun reflections. I have been meaning to test one of my old LPs to see what the real issues with it are on my camera. That said, your direct sun probably would have been too much for an LP too.

I do find that the shot with the lighthouse has overall more visual appeal. I'd be sorely tempted to shorten the cord on that kite a bit to bring it closer to the center of the frame. If you can, you might also try making the surfer a little larger although maybe that will be less of an issue at the regulation 800px resolution.

Antonio Correia wrote:

How about you ? Where is your picture for this contest ? I want to see it and I want to have a word before you post, if you ever do so.:D

My entry (still a work in process) is in this thread. You'll see I'd had rather different weather on the water...

http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=67400

dlscott56 · July 31, 2007

Antonio Correia wrote:

I think I'll go the first one after some treatment in the sky .

Excellent choice Antonio. I like this one best too.

Antonio Correia · July 31, 2007

Thank you Kenneth.

Antonio Correia · July 31, 2007

dlscott56 wrote:

Excellent choice Antonio. I like this one best too.

Antonio Correia · July 31, 2007

Before and after.
In fact, I am such a poor operator of the Photoshop that I do have serious difficulties in more difficult pictures.
The orange at the distance doesn't bother me because it was late afternoon. Well, just an excuse !

Anyway I think it is better. Not a winner I know.

Travis · July 31, 2007

Antonio Correia wrote:

Before and after.
In fact, I am such a poor operator of the Photoshop that I do have serious difficulties in more difficult pictures.
The orange at the distance doesn't bother me because it was late afternoon. Well, just an excuse !

Anyway I think it is better. Not a winner I know.

I like it!

Antonio Correia · August 1, 2007

Good morning Travis.

saurora · August 1, 2007

Better, brighter, clearer, and a little bit of 'sweet light'!

Antonio Correia · August 1, 2007

saurora wrote:

Better, brighter, clearer, and a little bit of 'sweet light'!

Hello Saurora

Thank you for the encouragement !

swintonphoto · August 1, 2007

#2 for me - the lighthouse really adds dimension

Antonio Correia · August 2, 2007

swintonphoto wrote:

#2 for me - the lighthouse really adds dimension

Swinton, good morning.
It does add dimention indeed. Scale.
Thank you.