New Zealand 2004

[cazzaritch]

Hi,

These shots were taken in New Zealand in 2004 with a Fuji S7000. Some cc on the composotion would be great - thanks.


http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa252/cazzaritch/DSLR%201/DSCF1238.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa252/cazzaritch/DSLR%201/DSCF1341.jpg

[cazzaritch]

And another shot...

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa252/cazzaritch/DSLR%201/NewZealandDisc137732.jpg

[cazzaritch]

and another...

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa252/cazzaritch/DSLR%201/NewZealandDisc339.jpg

[Shaddsi]

Like the third.. The tree frames the photo well.. have you done any PP?

[Desire]

Last one my fav especially the clouds levelling in the background

cheers

[cazzaritch]

Thanks guys.

Shaddsi, no PP at all on any of them.

[Shaddsi]

I hope you dont mind i riched up the sky on one of your photos.. just for education purposes i guess..

868

[cazzaritch]

Hey Shaddsi, you know I never mind as long as you tell me how you did it!

[Shaddsi]

i used a gradient overlay to darken the sky, added a bit more colour and sharpened it.. thats it..

[cazzaritch]

Cool. Where do i find the gradient overlay?

[Shaddsi]

you create a new layer in photoshop, create a gradient on the screen from black to transparent.. then set the layer to an overlay layer. this acts as a ND Grad filter and cuts the brightness from the top of the photo.. check out some PS tutorials.. they are everywhere on the net!

[cazzaritch]

I really must spendsome time learning photoshop. I seem to be too busy trying to figure out the camera at the moment!

[Shaddsi]

photoshop will fix things that you dont do when you take the photo, if you take the photo perfect you wont need it.. either way they will both improve your photos :)

[cazzaritch]

I am finding that my gradient filter is really dulling the whole picture? What opacity should I use?

And how did you upthe colour?

[Shaddsi]

change the gradient to the area that you need to have darkened (black = darker) and drop the opacity until it looks good.. then for colour, play with the levels and saturation..

[cazzaritch]

Here is my version, what do you think?

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa252/cazzaritch/DSLR%201/DSCF1341-1.jpg

[Shaddsi]

too green.. the green on the left amost looks hypercolour..

[Shaddsi]

here is a tutorial on levels, saturation and hue etc.. http://www.bairarteditions.com/pages/tutorials/photoshop/cblevels.html

[cazzaritch]

Ok, will try again.

[cazzaritch]

Ok, how about this one, I am happier with it than the last effort...

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa252/cazzaritch/DSLR%201/DSCF1341-2.jpg