More Sunshine Beach

[adman (Adam)]

[stardust steve (Steve)]

They look great Adam. And what a big difference that white balance adjustment made. Good stuff.
Thanks for another great tip H

[Octane (Humayun)]

By helping others, I help myself. It's all good.

H

[adman (Adam)]

I have had yet another go at reprocessing some of these shots. I have just downloaded the trial of Lightroom 4, and I and quite impressed. Another learning curve...

There were some other shots that I didn't even try processing in photoshop, but after I saw what I could do with the others in Lightroom, I had a crack at some of (what I thought were) the more marginal ones.

I like these a lot better than than my first efforts.

link to dropbox album

Adam

[RickS (Rick)]

Very nice, Adam!

[alistairsam]

Hi Adam,

Not sure how to describe it, there is a big difference in your repro's, but the rocks kind of look dry and more of a desert feel if you don't look at the ocean whereas the original one had the "wet" look on them as you'd expect from the water?
how close is your repro to the actual scene in your opinion?

just my personal opinion, I think the originals while they do have a stong blue hue, do look more powerful, but I do like number 3 in your dropbox album. that contrast is striking.
Nice work.
Cheers

[adman (Adam)]

thanks for looking guys!

Originally Posted by alistairsam

Hi Adam,

Not sure how to describe it, there is a big difference in your repro's, but the rocks kind of look dry and more of a desert feel if you don't look at the ocean whereas the original one had the "wet" look on them as you'd expect from the water?
how close is your repro to the actual scene in your opinion?

just my personal opinion, I think the originals while they do have a stong blue hue, do look more powerful, but I do like number 3 in your dropbox album. that contrast is striking.
Nice work.
Cheers

I kind of see what you mean in some of them, but looking back at the originals, there is no real 'wet look' sheen that has been lost in post-processing, so it must be the colours? I have attached the original for the number 3 shot so you can compare...

It is a very strange experience going back to a previously processed image after a while, and you see it through fresh eyes again - you pick up things that you couldnt see while you were working on it.