LPS#10 Wave Rider

Nikolai

EDIT: Entry withdrawn due to the community service. I leave it here only as an exhibitional item.

This is my current entry, Wave Rider



There is still a few hours to make an adjustment or two, so critique away!

Travis

Excellent!
Awesome capture Nikolai.

Nikolai

Travis,

Travis wrote:

Awesome capture Nikolai.

Thanks, appreciate it!

LiquidAir

Great capture. It feels a little oversharpened for my taste. On trick I use on shots like this is to paint a mask for the sharpening layer with a 25ish% opacity brush. That way I can back off the sharpening on parts some parts of the image and guide the eye to the center of interest.

Nikolai

Ken,

LiquidAir wrote:

Great capture. It feels a little oversharpened for my taste. On trick I use on shots like this is to paint a mask for the sharpening layer with a 25ish% opacity brush. That way I can back off the sharpening on parts some parts of the image and guide the eye to the center of interest.

Thanks, man!
FWIW, I overdid USM on purpose, wishing to express the rage of the waves. Naturally it's on a separate layer (actually, it's a Smart Filter:-), so I can always modify it.

PaulThomasMcKee

Love it,
With the rushing wave and the splashing foam, it has something of the feel of the classic The Great Wave. I can't decide about the sharpening...If it is the effect that you were going for and you like it, then I say leave it. Otherwise, you might play around with some different treatments to see if something softer works.

At any rate...Great shot!

Nikolai

Paul,

PaulThomasMcKee wrote:

With the rushing wave and the splashing foam, it has something of the feel of the classic The Great Wave. I can't decide about the sharpening...If it is the effect that you were going for and you like it, then I say leave it. Otherwise, you might play around with some different treatments to see if something softer works.

At any rate...Great shot!

Thank you!
I felt in love with Hokusai's Great Wave when I was just a little pup :-)
Yes, I was going for this over-the-Wedge:-) sharpening, and thus far I think I like it...

Tentacion

Very Cool Shot Nik

Nikolai

Tentacion wrote:

Very Cool Shot Nik

Thank you!

Tessa HD

all that action is really cool!

Nikolai

Tessa HD wrote:

all that action is really cool!

Thank you, Tessa!

Flyinggina

Really dramatic shot, Nik. It really communicates the driving power of the waves. Nice of you to give up the entry for "community service."

Virginia

Nikolai

Virginia,

Flyinggina wrote:

Really dramatic shot, Nik. It really communicates the driving power of the waves. Nice of you to give up the entry for "community service."
Virginia

Thanks!
I was the best I had at the moment that matched the theme.
As you know, Summer is not great for waves here. I'll try to catch up in Fall/Winter. I also learned that just 100 miles off our shores there are the biggest waves in the world - up to 60 ft (20m)!!!

HoofClix

Nik, it was a great shot there. Because of your "community service," I'm now not sure now if we should cry for you or cry for us, or both...

Nikolai

HoofClix wrote:

Nik, it was a great shot there. Because of your "community service," I'm now not sure now if we should cry for you or cry for us, or both...

:-)
Thanks!
Well, at least you have less competitor:-)

Travis

Nikolai wrote:

:-)
Thanks!
Well, at least you have less competitor:-)

Thank goodness, because that is the image I would have loved to have had if I wasn't on the east coast in mid-summer with zero swells.... you get it

Nikolai

Travis wrote:

Thank goodness, because that is the image I would have loved to have had if I wasn't on the east coast in mid-summer with zero swells.... you get it

!
Surf is really small these day, I do long for winter winds:-)

Travis

Nikolai wrote:

!
Surf is really small these day, I do long for winter winds:-)

Problem is that I'd rather be surfing than shooting when the swells are good and so there lies the conundrum.

Nikolai

Travis wrote:

Problem is that I'd rather be surfing than shooting when the swells are good and so there lies the conundrum.

OK, so how about you come out here, you surf, I shoot, deal?
West Coast, baby!

Travis

Nikolai wrote:

OK, so how about you come out here, you surf, I shoot, deal?
West Coast, baby!

LMAO

LiquidAir

Nikolai wrote:

Thanks, man!
FWIW, I overdid USM on purpose, wishing to express the rage of the waves. Naturally it's on a separate layer (actually, it's a Smart Filter:-), so I can always modify it.

I don't have CS3 yet, so I have to do it the old fashioned way--flatten the image to a new layer, set it to luminosity blend and then sharpen it. It works fine unless I want to change one of the lower layers. More and more I am using layer masks to control the effect rather than the blend slider precisely because it lets me selectively overdo it. I am sure that'll all get easier when I upgrade to CS3.

Felicia

Ken, take a class at your local Junior College or Adult Education and you can qualify for the CS3 Student Discount which is MUCH more affordable...

LiquidAir

Felicia wrote:

Ken, take a class at your local Junior College or Adult Education and you can qualify for the CS# Student Discount which is MUCH more affordable...

Oooo. I hadn't thought about the student discount aspect of it. I have been periodically looking at College of Marin catalog and so far I haven't found any classes that excite me; all the classes they offer seem to be targeted at camera basics rather than someone who knows how the gear works. I should take a look to see of Sonoma State has an interesting adult education program...

saurora

Nikolai wrote:

OK, so how about you come out here, you surf, I shoot, deal?
West Coast, baby!

..Travis, that's a great offer from Nik, you better grab your board and head West!!!! Great image, Nik, I like the over-sharpening alot and the angle you shot from - it's almost like you're riding the wave with the surfer.

Nikolai

saurora wrote:

Great image, Nik, I like the over-sharpening alot and the angle you shot from - it's almost like you're riding the wave with the surfer.

Thanks, Susan, glad you liked it!

peterst6906

As usual, nice shot Nikolai but if you have to judge, then that's just lucky for the rest of us.

Regards,

Peter

Nikolai

Peter,

peterst6906 wrote:

As usual, nice shot Nikolai but if you have to judge, then that's just lucky for the rest of us.

Regards,

Peter

Thanks, man!
As to the lucky - not so sure, wait till you see the results

Tentacion

Nikolai wrote:

Thanks, man!
As to the lucky - not so sure, wait till you see the results

I ain't askeered of the Big Black Helmut.....lol

Shay Stephens

Tentacion wrote:

I ain't askeered of the Big Black Helmut.....lol

oh really?

Tentacion

Shay Stephens wrote:

oh really?

On second thought...LMAO

richtersl

I like it, Nikolai. But agree with the comments about it being over-sharpened. Sections of the wave look more like ice crystals on my monitor. The composition, however, is SUPER!!!