Todays trip to the Beach

[DB]

Took my daughter along to the beach for a shoot today, jesus it was cold.
Took 80+ shots but only pleased with a few, i need some serious practice with settings.

[elephantsoup]

2nd one is a great shot mate

[DB]

Thats my favourite, i think it stood out well ahead of the rest for me.

[BFG]

Personally, I favour the last one, childhood memories... down there and Marsden Bay / Camel Island...

[B B Leo]

wow m8 they are class

[neo2810]

The second shot is an absolute cracker DB... Great colouring work on it as well (even if you just used the preset sepia ) ... Really tho, i love it... The rest are just nice beach shots. The B&W would be better if you cropped out all the sky above the cloud definition. Don't need it..

[BertRoot]

4 & 5 for me mate. Liking the whole of 4. Looking good sir, taking to it like a duck to water.

[karlos130]

They aint too bad m8

1) To much sky in the shot with no detail due to conditions
2) The best shot ( You not get the little one trousers to fit her LOL)
3) Horizon needs straightened to do this :
select ruler tool.. right click dropper on tool bar..
using mouse click once on left hand side of horizon drag line accross to right hand side
then click on image-rotate-arbitary
then click ok on the prompt box that appears
This will straighten the horizon and only requires you to crop the image.you do loose some of the image but it will look better

The same for the last 2 really straighten and then use the old Hue/Saturation commands have a play around and see what happens

I usually start any image by straightening it up and then adjusting the Hue/Sat

Do you take the pictures in RAW?

BTW this is only my opinion and I aint no pro myself

[DB]

The second shot is an absolute cracker DB... Great colouring work on it as well (even if you just used the preset sepia ) ... Really tho, i love it... The rest are just nice beach shots. The B&W would be better if you cropped out all the sky above the cloud definition. Don't need it..

Your bang on mate, looks much better.

[DB]

Thanks for the tips lads, all tips are good tips Karlos im gonna give the horizon straightening a go now.

The bairns pants are bloody long enough she insists on pulling them up when near water even if shes wearing 3/4 length trousers It still wouldnt have mattered today as we were leaving a wave soaked her hehe

[neo2810]

Big improvement... If you get time, you may want to try burn out a little more contrast from the sky. In PS, make a new layer selecting Soft Light from the drop down and ticking "add 50% grey" box. Then use the Burn Tool on the grey layer to draw out the contrast selectively (set the flow to about 20-30% and soften the brush).

[DB]

hehe i cant find the burn tool

[neo2810]

hehe i cant find the burn tool

Its the pic of a hand... Burn, Dodge and Sponge tool all together

[Breamy]

some nice shots there m8

love the 2nd shot

[liveseytowers]

Some nice shots, like the 2nd shot it looks well!

[Bodman]

Quality 2nd shot, exactly the same as my little one, pulls her pants up when the waves come in...class

//Bod

[DB]

Its the pic of a hand... Burn, Dodge and Sponge tool all together

?? my hand is on its own? Im using Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended version 10.0 if that helps

[BertRoot]

?? my hand is on its own? Im using Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended version 10.0 if that helps

Right click the hand.

[muttleymacclad]

Great shots DB.

[DB]

Right click the hand.

Nothin mate