CHAT - October 2012 Monthly Competition - Long Exposure

[Jediboy]

Originally Posted by hssutton

If ever you get the chance Fountains Abbey it's a must see place, you need some goog walking shoes and preferable a 'caddy' to carry your gear, there are approx 800 acres of the most beutiful grounds to explore. Maybe Chris would volunteer

Probably the eerie effect is created by the several burst of flash which I used manually to lighten the foreground. No HDR.

Harry

It really works. Like it a lot. Good work.

[DigiDiva]

I wanna know how you achieve this 'finish' harry. I adore it and am so jealous. Whats the 'finish' called so I can learn how to

[hssutton]

Sorry Chris, but there is no 'finish' as such.

Basic conversion from Raw in Lightroom using The "Camera Calibration" Setting of "Landscape" plus a little extra on the clarity slider, also a touch extra in Contrast.
Again just basic editing in Photoshop with a little extra contrast, then sharpened using the "High Pass/Soft Light" method. A little colour adjustment using the "Sponge" tool.

Also minor adjustment using the Shadow/Highlight filter with again an increase in Contrast.

Harry

[DigiDiva]

I need a proper tutorial, any around that you know of? I use PS3. I need baby steps!!

[hssutton]

Chris most of the effect is created by over use of the 'Clarity' slider. not sure if you have this in your version of photoshop/ACR.

Harry

[DigiDiva]

Originally Posted by hssutton

Chris most of the effect is created by over use of the 'Clarity' slider. not sure if you have this in your version of photoshop/ACR.

Harry

No don't think I have... grrrrrr

[JonnyM]

Great photos and illustrate the theme well Harry, and I agree with you about the polariser. I took this one with a polariser and ND6. I don't like to stack filters for a number of reasons but it was a slow shutter speed in bright daylight experiment. The pola has increased saturation a little but I mainly used it to reduce light transmission like the ND filter by approximately 2 stops.

[DigiDiva]

I need filters..most of my longer shutter speeds are taken during the golden hour because of it.

[DigiDiva]

Not sure yet if this will be my entry but this is MPI Adventure which is a 14,739 GT turbine installation vessel (or as I call it, a Wind Turbine Putter Inner), that was built in 2010 by Cosco Nantong Shipyard, China. It is currently in the Port of Sunderland and is H U G E! I took this during the golden hour as the harbour lights were coming on.

Exposure time, 20 seconds, to achieve a slight blur in the sea and to starburst the lights.

[Jediboy]

Good effort chris. Love the colours.