[aideyhoward]

hey some more of my India maybe one day i will put some up of uk, but for now these will have to do C&C thanks

#1 cows on the beach


#2 men fishing


#3 some fishing or dolphin trip boats

[Rob Barron]

Definitely need to correct that heavily sloping horizon Aidey. Not sure about the colours in that one either (first one) as it is strongly cyan-biased. In fairness you had a real struggle to get the lighting in that one, the sky is bright the bullocks are dark, not an easy combination.

The men fishing works fine, the curve of the nets adds a pleasing shape to the whole thing.

Don't like the beach FG in the last one, it looks almost burnt out on my monitor. The palm trees have an almost sketched feel to them which is interesting. Not sure the ultra-low viewpoint was really needed, at least without some FG interest to focus on and take the eye into the shot.

But hey, I'd just chuck the camera in the bag, lie on that beach and soak up the sun

Cheers,
Rob

[sickboyblue]

number 1 reminds me of Magaluff beach...

[aideyhoward]

i agree with what you said rob i had a little mess with contrasts and it looked ok at first but now im thinking that it was a little bit to much maybe be better if i try and the equivelant of a polerizer using photoshop it might improve it. thanks
also the third one yes it looks burnt out slightly but the sun was so bright and the sand soo white i didnt really know how to avoid it as i only used my auto feature then ive only just started to get into the manual adjustments of aperture priority and shutter. so next time i will try again as im there in may

[Dabhand16]

If you shot in RAW you can use the fill light in #1 and recovery in #3 in ACR in Photoshop - if you have CS3 that is. Lightroom also has these features and maybe other RAW converters too.

Alternatively, you could try the shadow/highlight tool - I think that is in earlier PS versions (as well as CS3).

[aideyhoward]

i have cs3 but again only started using it properly recently and still have a hell of a lot to learn i have the cs3 for dummys book and some mags but theres just soo much to do i cant decipher which things i need to change to get the desired results yet. not shot in RAW i am just going to start doing that as i didnt really know the benifits before

[pete Rammy]

Good shots mate but i agree with Rob,you need to straighten those horizons

[aideyhoward]

i was going to use say oh they are straight it was the curvature of the world but ill leave that for any of my high alititude landscapes ive got laying around somewhere

[Dabhand16]

Originally Posted by aideyhoward

not shot in RAW i am just going to start doing that as i didnt really know the benifits before

In that case try the shadows/highlights tool. Do it on a new layer in case you don't get it right and there will be no risk to the original - and don't forget to save it 'AS' another file when you are happy with it so as not to overwrite the original.

There is an option in the layers menu to flatten the image before saving.

Another option, but more complex is to select the various areas that need tweaking and do them individually (on separate layers). Check out Rob's selection tutorials and have a practice. As long as you don't overwrite the original file (work on a copy) you can't damage the original.