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Thread: It's All in the Timing
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14th April 2014, 03:05 AM #1
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It's All in the Timing
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14th April 2014, 06:28 AM #2
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Re: It's All in the Timing
wow, amazing shots! Such beautiful colors & details...very nice!
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14th April 2014, 06:54 AM #3Moderator
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Re: It's All in the Timing
Look at this one full-size in the Lightbox. You really get a feel of the power of the waves. It's a beauty. My only question is whether the person is too centred in the frame? Would a crop at the left, to a 7:5 or 5:4 ratio, thereby moving him more to the left, work?
Originally Posted by FootLoose
Last edited by Donald; 14th April 2014 at 07:32 AM.
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14th April 2014, 07:50 AM #4
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Re: It's All in the Timing
Great shots, Greg! 'Reminds me of home...
Donald, I was also thinking that the image was a bit too centred but I see that Greg was trying to show the rock platform of where the guy was standing before he did his jump...then he followed it up with two good ones in shots #2 and #3. A good story I think with the first one, wrong placing (or not...) of the guy. It works for me..
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14th April 2014, 08:21 AM #5
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Re: It's All in the Timing
Another good set.
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14th April 2014, 09:26 AM #6
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Re: It's All in the Timing
Nice.
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14th April 2014, 10:37 AM #7
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Re: It's All in the Timing
All three photos are just perfect. Don't change a thing. Your post-processing of the water is ideal; great detail!
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14th April 2014, 12:41 PM #8
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Re: It's All in the Timing
Wow!
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14th April 2014, 01:33 PM #9
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Re: It's All in the Timing
Great set Greg,well captured!
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14th April 2014, 06:07 PM #10
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Re: It's All in the Timing
Great images Greg
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14th April 2014, 09:52 PM #11
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Re: It's All in the Timing
Jeff, Donald, Izzie, John 2, John, Mike, Andrew, David and Binnur, thanks again for viewing and commenting. I am really glad you enjoy these photos. I took well over 500 shots, and haven't rejected any yet
(even though some are crap) but that is probably because 40 years ago I would have been out there amongst it rather than standing on the shore photographing it. I can sit and look photos of the surf / beach all day and not get bored.
Donald, I did consider cropping off the left. I generally avoid centred subjects but I decided that this shot doesn't really work without the curl of the wave on the left. There is too much white-water and it loses and the waves lose definition without the shadows. Also, the guy standing there is not doing anything to hold attention, so I felt that both the guy needed to appear 'surrounded' by those waves to give the viewer an impression of the drama going on out there.
Mike thanks for commenting on the processing. It was overcast and showery, and I turned to EC up to try to capture detail in the white-water. That was contrary to my usual practice of turning EC down to captures the whites in birds' feathers and boats around the harbour. But it all seems to have worked out in the processing.
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15th April 2014, 05:58 PM #12
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Re: It's All in the Timing
May I ask what EC is?
Originally Posted by FootLoose
Jeff, Donald, Izzie, John 2, John, Mike, Andrew, David and Binnur, thanks again for viewing and commenting. I am really glad you enjoy these photos. I took well over 500 shots, and haven't rejected any yet (even though some are crap) but that is probably because 40 years ago I would have been out there amongst it rather than standing on the shore photographing it. I can sit and look photos of the surf / beach all day and not get bored.
Donald, I did consider cropping off the left. I generally avoid centred subjects but I decided that this shot doesn't really work without the curl of the wave on the left. There is too much white-water and it loses and the waves lose definition without the shadows. Also, the guy standing there is not doing anything to hold attention, so I felt that both the guy needed to appear 'surrounded' by those waves to give the viewer an impression of the drama going on out there.
Mike thanks for commenting on the processing. It was overcast and showery, and I turned to EC up to try to capture detail in the white-water. That was contrary to my usual practice of turning EC down to captures the whites in birds' feathers and boats around the harbour. But it all seems to have worked out in the processing.
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15th April 2014, 07:45 PM #13
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Re: It's All in the Timing
Binnur...EC stands for Exposure compensation...you know the +/- you see on top of your camera to change the brightness of your shot? That's the one!
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15th April 2014, 07:52 PM #14
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I guessed so ,but I usually don't come across with such an abbreviation in CIC,that's why I wanted to make sure.Thank you very much Isabel ,you are like Florence Nightingale ,helping,understanding and comforting people around
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15th April 2014, 07:56 PM #15
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Does she also sing? Originally Posted by bnnrcn
Isabel ,you are like Florence Nightingale ,helping,understanding and comforting people around
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15th April 2014, 10:18 PM #16
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Re: It's All in the Timing
Great shots Greg! You've really managed to capture the power behind the water. It looks like a blast to do.
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15th April 2014, 11:44 PM #17
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Thanks, Kyle. It was indeed a blast. With action going on at several different places, and me not wanting to miss any of it, it was quite a hectic time. But while it was great to be there and watch it first hand, it is great to have it on the computer so I can relive it (every day, at the moment, lol )
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16th April 2014, 01:21 AM #18
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Re: It's All in the Timing
No...far from it. She once sang quite a while back and her neighbours across the road thought the sound was coming from a woman being strangled, so a few of them actually called 911 Originally Posted by Mike Buckley
Does she also sing?
he was talking about me...
Better get back to the comments before Greg kill us for hijacking his show...THIS IS GREG's SHOW!!!
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