On the way to the lake...

[Rebel]

Here are a few shots I took on the way to the lake...

#1


#2


#3


#4


#5


And the lake... (need to clone out the buoys)

#6


#7

[bnnrcn]

It is really difficult to choose a 'best' Matt , they are all nice I like the movement of water in the waterfall shots and the reflections in the lake shots. I also like your style in PP although it is not to everyone's taste.

[Rebel]

Thank you Binnur, and you can't please everyone

[Shadowman]

Very nice, very dramatic skies.

[Ziggy]

Like the lake shots the best.

[John 2]

Nice series Matt, I particularly like 4 and 5, but I find that your posts tend to have a lean towards a blue cast. Is that deliberate?

[IzzieK]

John...#1 needs a bit of upward rotation. The composition is there but. I like structure and texture of the clouds both in #1 and #2. #6 and #7 -- the clouds are also beautiful here...the whole shots are perfect. No, please do not remove the bouys...in #7 it creates a leading line to ? the rest of the sceneries to be had there...in #6 it is the same. It forces the eyes to notice the bouy then go about examining the shot...Nicely done...

[Rebel]

The blue cast is not deliberate John, its probably something that has creeped in to my PP.

Izzie the buoys lead to a mini-beach which has some small boats on

Thanks for viewing everyone, much appreciated.

[John 2]

Matt do you use a UV filter (as a lens protector)?

[IzzieK]

Sorry, Matt...I was thinking of John's post when I wrote this in the middle of the morning. Too tired and wanting to go back to bed...

The blue cast is not deliberate John, its probably something that has creeped in to my PP.

Izzie the buoys lead to a mini-beach which has some small boats on

Thanks for viewing everyone, much appreciated.

[Rebel]

I don't John?

[John 2]

You may know this already but when you are near the sea or on hills or especially mountains, there is generally an excess of UV around and that is what a UV filter counteracts. Any blue cast may be no more than that if it is there straight out of the camera. Many people keep a UV filter on a lens permanently because it has no effect on exposure and doubles as a useful lens protector.

[Rebel]

I did not know that John, thanks for the info.

I was looking into getting a polarizing filter but need to read up on it more, would this do the same thing as well as improving saturation?

[Rebel]

I did not know that John, thanks for the info.

I was looking into getting a polarizing filter but need to read up on it more, would this do the same thing as well as improving saturation?

[John 2]

It looks like the site has been upgraded to stereo. A few posts have been duplicated today. No Matt, I don't believe it will. My understanding of a polarising filter, and BTW you need a Circular Polariser (CPL) for digital, is that it reduces reflections (e.g. on water) and hence increases saturation of colour including blue. That's why they are used to darken the blue in a sky and make clouds stand out. UV isn't exactly blue but I suspect it might be saturated also (anyone). If you have a capable editor, you will be able to compensate for any blue cast in PP but the lens protection that a UV filter provides is worth having and they are not expensive. Scratched lenses can give you expensive problems.

[Rebel]

It looks like the site has been upgraded to stereo. A few posts have been duplicated today. No Matt, I don't believe it will. My understanding of a polarising filter, and BTW you need a Circular Polariser (CPL) for digital, is that it reduces reflections (e.g. on water) and hence increases saturation of colour including blue. That's why they are used to darken the blue in a sky and make clouds stand out. UV isn't exactly blue but I suspect it might be saturated also (anyone). If you have a capable editor, you will be able to compensate for any blue cast in PP but the lens protection that a UV filter provides is worth having and they are not expensive. Scratched lenses can give you expensive problems.

Ok thanks for all the help, I'll have a look at some.

[IzzieK]

It looks like the site has been upgraded to stereo. A few posts have been duplicated today. .