Sailing Shots... will you help me please?

[Antonio Correia]

Definetly!! what a nice competition !! isn't it?

More than that Nicola. Much more !!
Great Steve !!! You can do it man !!!!

Where is my church Steve ???

[Nicola]

bolder angle and Steve-kind sky
taken out of the water, obviously...

[Antonio Correia]

I need Steve to teach me how to insert these skys so perfectly

[lizzy310]

This one looks really good. The color is better and pops! Nice job Steve!

best I can do

[arith]

It is free Nicola; you can get the 8 bit image in your PM's I finally found a use for. Do a bit of dodging and it looks alright to me, and even Frank will like it. I gained more from doing it than you could believe, doing other peoples photo's is really hard.

[arith]

More than that Nicola. Much more !!
Great Steve !!! You can do it man !!!!

Where is my church Steve ???

I have to get to the church. I'm all embarrassed now

[FrankMi]

Hi Nicola, sorry I wasn't able to get back to you sooner. Here is another rendition to add to your collection.

[Nicola]

Hi Nicola, sorry I wasn't able to get back to you sooner. Here is another rendition to add to your collection.

Many thanks Frank!!
your version is really interesting!! it is on one of the highest steps of the podium!! I've to work hard these days.. I would like to obtain something a bit similar..!!
thanks to you all

cheers
Nicola

[shreds]

Be aware Nicola of the salt water !



How about a GoPro in the top of the mast ? or inside the boat ? or at water level ?

Nice idea Antonio. If Nicola is not already using some sort of housing, then it is certainly a strong recommendation.

I used an underwater housing on a little P&S some years ago and they certainly extend the limits of what you can do. Trouble with good housings, is they usually cost at least as much as the camera.

Go Pro and the like have lowered the cost, but the cameras dont usually have the quality of DSLR lenses and sometimes dont always produce RAW files, just jpegs.

A friend of mine who has a D200 housing for underwater photography really does create some fantastic shots, although he is a pretty competent diver too!

[Nicola]

Ok
I try to walk on the footspteps of you all
below my first result... I still have to adjust some details, like some borders.. but I thnk I'm on the right way...
what do you think about it?

[arith]

Yep; that is it Nicola. Very good rendition and I like Franks as well. Antonio, I just used the magic wand on a duplicate in photoshop and eraser. Then pasted the clouds in.Bringing the duplicate to the front and wallah new sky.

[Dave Humphries]

Ok
I try to walk on the footspteps of you all
below my first result... I still have to adjust some details, like some borders.. but I thnk I'm on the right way...
what do you think about it?

Not bad.

Frank has nicer sail texture, with possibly an accurate, but unflattering, colouring on the sail, by contrast, yours looks cleaner and more suited to purpose of advertising.

That said, Frank's version is better sharpened and his simpler sky doesn't distract from the boat so much.

I am learning watching this thread develop, as many others are too.

[arith]

Not bad.

Frank has nicer sail texture, with possibly an accurate, but unflattering, colouring on the sail, by contrast, yours looks cleaner and more suited to purpose of advertising.

That said, Frank's version is better sharpened and his simpler sky doesn't distract from the boat so much.

I am learning watching this thread develop, as many others are too.

Advertising I just thought then; make mine brighter with dodging top right cloud and underwater filter 39% on a color layer but I can't do it cos of posturisation. Need 16 bit to do that lot.

[Antonio Correia]

Yep; that is it Nicola. Very good rendition and I like Franks as well. Antonio, I just used the magic wand on a duplicate in photoshop and eraser. Then pasted the clouds in.Bringing the duplicate to the front and wallah new sky.

I thought Steve, that it would not be only that technique but something more exquisite where you could set the details
Thank you Steve

[FrankMi]

Ok
I try to walk on the footspteps of you all
below my first result... I still have to adjust some details, like some borders.. but I thnk I'm on the right way...
what do you think about it?

You are really learning fast, Nicola! Much better!

I tried to blend the triangle on the rear sail with the background as it appeared to me to be a mesh that can be seen through. I had to choose between seeing more of the detail in the foresail or having it brighter. As Dave noted, it coulda, shoulda been brighter. I am still just begining to learn some new techniques in PS. In this case I used a selection for the foresail and adjustment layers so that I could go back at any point and change the settings. I then did the same thing for the water, and then the sky. Next time I think I'll try using Smart Objects and Smart Filters.

[Bobobird]

At first view was going to say that the boats are too low in the pics. Steve's edit took that away very nicely.

[Nicola]

Nice idea Antonio. If Nicola is not already using some sort of housing, then it is certainly a strong recommendation.

I used an underwater housing on a little P&S some years ago and they certainly extend the limits of what you can do. Trouble with good housings, is they usually cost at least as much as the camera.

Go Pro and the like have lowered the cost, but the cameras dont usually have the quality of DSLR lenses and sometimes dont always produce RAW files, just jpegs.

A friend of mine who has a D200 housing for underwater photography really does create some fantastic shots, although he is a pretty competent diver too!

Thanks to Antonio and Ian!
I saw GoPro in a sport store some time ago.
it is very interesting but I've a doubt on the promotional videos made with it: was the gopro camera mounted on a steadycam? or the stabilization has been maden with the internal Image stabilizer?
My friend already own an "action cam" and is thinking to upgrade to go pro...
let's wait for his decision..

[Nicola]

Thanks Dave!
you are right, I will work on the point you fingered, but not in the next few days, i'm sorry...
I've still too much PP work to do...

You're learning... can you imagine how much I'm learning?

[Nicola]

thank you so much Frank!
you just put a couple of ideas about this picture...

about the triangle in the rear sail, it should be a bit transparent, but it wasn't. I can't see trough it in every pictures I captured...

[Nicola]

At first view was going to say that the boats are too low in the pics. Steve's edit took that away very nicely.

more room at bottom..
i noted it but no one was said that... well, you did it.
more room will be present in next version!
keep in touch!