Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 26 February 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.
Another photo fron Southport Pier taken this winter
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low down, a excellent one
26 Feb 2008 4:51am
@Pouhou: Thanks Pouhou!
Excellent shot and a great angle, really nice.
26 Feb 2008 6:54am
@Lotte: Thanks Lotte!
So how much extra saturation are you adding, or is this HDR?
26 Feb 2008 7:17am
@Viewfinder: Hi Viewfinder.....No, I haven't tried HDR yet. I process each shot individually depending on how I feel about it. With this one I satuarated the blue channel a little to give the sky a bit more punch. I tend to expose for the highlights when I take the photo and bring the shadows up later in photoshop which helps a lot.
Also, I usually add some Local Contrast Enhancement. Looking back on some of my older images I realise now that I've been overdoing it on some of the colour shots as it can leave halos around objects and banding of the Jpegs so it's something I'm trying to be a bit more subtle about.
I got a cheap Cokin ND Grad filter recently for landscape photos (not used on this shot) and that's great for helping skies without having to worry about photoshop artefacts.
It has a 'going the distance' feel, I'd love be there...and there is NO doubt in my mind, that you will publish!
26 Feb 2008 8:14am
@Lorraine: Thanks very much Lorraine!
Again, I like your processing. Good colors. Fine perspective to add interest. Very well done.
26 Feb 2008 12:33pm
@Jeff: Thanks Jeff....that's very kind of you!
Marvelously, the deep point of view, everything perfectly!
26 Feb 2008 3:34pm
@Stefan Thaler: Thanks very much Stefan!
Love the deep camera viewpoint. Fantastic.
26 Feb 2008 4:03pm
@tom: Hi Tom.....thanks very much!
Beautiful perspective, Ian. Thanks for the insight in your answer to VF above.
26 Feb 2008 5:44pm
...i like very much this points of views.
26 Feb 2008 6:09pm
cool shot! i really like the perspective. as always great composition, color, light.
26 Feb 2008 8:35pm
i love the depth of this image!
28 Feb 2008 1:09am
Love the shot! Thought you might enjoy the view of this bridge from another site... Two different eyes, two very different shots... And I loved both! Here is the link http://www.facecloud.com/index.php?user=datawise&id=275496,865736
Let me know what you think PS. I follow your blog and enjoy every shot of every given day... And the progress... Very inspiring for me as a beginner
28 Feb 2008 12:40pm
@Nataly: It's a great photo taken at just the right time of day when the lights on the Pier are turned out and the clouds turning pink with the setting sun.....lovely!
You are very kind with your comments as I still feel like a beginner myself half of the time.....at least I constantly get surprises both good and bad with the results that come out of my camera.
I like your own choice of camera by the way.....very classy!
Here's another photo of this Pier that I took a while ago with my compact Fuji F31 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6534522&size=lg
The photo should be here on my portfolio page as well but the Aminus link addresses are'nt stable enough for me to use.....I've posted photo links in the past using an AM3 address and the next day it will link into a different photo.
Thanks for the link! What a bridge! And I love the portfolio... well organized and composed
29 Feb 2008 11:11am
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