New shots

[shelltree]

Hi everyone,

I just thought I would pop in a share a few of my newest shots

http://www.redbubble.com/people/shelltree/art/6459579-1-the-rise-of-sol

http://www.redbubble.com/people/shelltree/art/6534366-1-downstream

http://www.redbubble.com/people/shelltree/art/6537518-1-kadjagooma-falls-warrie-circuit

http://www.redbubble.com/people/shelltree/art/6537667-1-a-misty-morn

http://www.redbubble.com/people/shelltree/art/6539864-1-a-new-beginning

And one more, from a quick macro session yesterday afternoon

http://www.redbubble.com/people/shelltree/art/6542747-1-ropalidia-revolutionalis

Thanks for looking and I hope you see something you like :)

Cheers,

Shelley :D

[Octane]

Shell,

You never cease to amaze.

Misty Morn and New Beginning speak volumes to me.

Keep up the brilliance.

H

[multiweb]

Great sets of pics. :thumbsup: Love the sea sunrises and sunset and all. Superb colors. Good looking frog too, but hey that's just personal preferences. :P

[shelltree]

Thank you so much H, your words are always very inspirational :D

[shelltree]

Thanks mate, I find frogs quite good looking too :P

[troypiggo]

Beautiful shots there Shelley. Love the Rocks' shots.

[astroron]

Lovely photo's there Shelly:)
the Waterfalls do it for me :thumbsup:

[RobF]

Wonderful work - most inspiring.
And you've made it look far easier than it is getting such wonderful soft detail and colours.

[hotspur]

Amazing work.downstream is really lovely.

What sort of post processing do you do?

Chris

[shelltree]

Thanks Troy! We need to organise another BIMBO outing once this rain settles down :)



Cheers Ron, really glad you like them. Plus I walked 17km to get the shot of Kadjagooma Falls so I'm glad it was worth it :P



Thank you so much Rob :) I really really love what I do and it makes it that much easier to capture the beauty I see. :thanx:



Thanks Chris, I appreciate it :D

I try not to post process too much, I usually do a few adjustments in raw and then a slight sharpen in Photoshop and curves if I need.

Thanks again everyone for your inspiring words! :D

Shelley

[iceman]

Lovely images! Great stuff!

[jjjnettie]

I looooove your work Shel. Superb!

[DavidTrap]

I looked at these pics before I went on holidays to the beach for Christmas and was inspired to get up in the wee small hours in search of some seascape sunrise shots - alas the weather hasn't obliged... Made a good excuse for an afternoon nap though!

DT

[hotspur]

Really great stuff Shelly,Thanks for the information on PS you do.

I am very limited in PS so try and get an idea of what others do so I

can attempt it.I think StephenM had some lovely rainforest creek images a while back,he used a ND 8 filter,which sounds useful for this type of photography and sunsets etc.

David-those early morning beach scene shots are great to have a crack at,so beautiful colours in the morning,so have a go when you can.

Here are some I did along time ago,Its hard to get the weather right,I do not
get to stay at beach often.These images taken with my old long gone 300D and 17-85 lens.I am looking forward to attempt something like this again,with 50D and 10-22 mm Canon wide field lens.

Cheers Chris

[shelltree]

Thanks Mike :) Really glad you like them :thanx:



Aww thanks J :D You know how to make a girl smile!



David, you've made my day :) The weather has been a bit iffy but I always try to get up anyway if it's not raining but still cloudy. Sometimes you can get the most amazing shots with some moody dark clouds and ferocious seas :) Of course it sure is hard getting up at 2:30am to get to the coast for sunrise... :zzz2::screwy: It's usually worth it though! I haven't mastered the art of napping, I always feel really crummy afterwards :P



Hi again Chris, try youtube-ing some simple Photoshop Tutorials or landscape tutorials, they can be helpful but above all, just keep it simple. I like my shots to be as natural as possible but if there is one small change that will turn a good shot into a great shot then I'll certainly do it if it isn't going to effect the quality of the image.

I'm no expert on PS myself, my partner taught me most of the technical stuff as I'm really bad with it all. I'm very creative, I know where to point the camera and I notice things like reflections of clouds in still water, the artistic side of nature but it's the settings and post processing I've always struggled with.

One extremely important post-processing rule that I always failed at is creating a background copy layer to use for editing. I always use to edit straight on the background which was devestating if you stuffed it up and saved it, then you'd have to start all over again instead of just deleting a layer. And I never use to change the "mode" to 16-bit til my partner saw me doing it and gave me some more helpful pointers :P

Just have a play around with raw settings and try some curves, it's amazing what a small amount of curves can do for a shot.

Before I got my graduated filters I use to use exposure bracketing and combine the images in photomatix, which worked okay. But now I use Lee grad filters for my seascapes and the "Big Stopper" filter (10 stop filter) sometimes as well. I can also use the Big Stopper for water falls etc. but we always try to get up really really early and get to the falls when the light isn't harsh and most of the time I don't need the filter and can just use a longer shutter speed.

Photos are nice and have some good morning colour but are a bit dark, that's why I found exposure bracketing helpful to get a perfectly exposed sky and foreground as well. So give it a try or look into some grad filters, they are awesome :D

Anyway, enough with my amateur ramblings :screwy:

[Suzy]

Absolutely breathtaking pics Shelley. I had a look at many of your other pics as well while I was in that link - I'm gobsmacked - truly incredible! My favourite, if I had to choose, (and so hard to choose) was that one at Coolum Beach with the waves and rocks and the sand looks super shiny. I stared the heck out of it - my eyes must have looked like massive round big marbles protruding out of their sockets. :lol: You are so talented! And you're only going to get better.:D

[shelltree]

Awww thank you so much Suzy, you have just made my day :D I'm so happy with the response to my photography, it has really inspired me to stay out there and keep creating. That morning at Coolum was probably the best shoot I've had, the sky was just blazing with colour and everything ran smoothly. I even got my parents a framed print from the other shot of that morning and they love it :)

Now all I need is this rain to stay away for just one morning! :lol: I've got new filters and I've only managed to use them once!