View of Scotland from Crawfordsburn

[stuart2588]

Hey

Me and Laura were out for the day today at Crawfordsburn Park and we decided to walk from there into bangor.

This is really my first proper go with my new camere the Canon 1000d.

This was taken around 310pm today. It is looking ENE towards Scotland and above us were some menacing clouds that produced small hail for about 30 seconds lol.

I have edited the saturation of this pic in my Canon editor that came with the camera. Is this allowed lol?



I have loads more but will get them uploaded tonight.

Thanks

Stuart

[martinastro]

That looks fantastic Stuart! Looking forward to seeing more. Lovely colour on the Ocean, and what a perfect horizon too. Well composed image. 

[stuart2588]

Thanks Martin.

When you guys put up pics do you edit them or are they just as you take them? On that pic I increased the saturation. I suppose it depends on the effect you are after really?

Stuart

[Paul]

Nice shot Stuart, looks like you are off to a good start with your new camera.

As for processing, it's essential one way or another because what comes off your CCD (or CMOS in your case and mine) is dull and lifeless without any processing. A lot of this takes place in the camera. My preference is to set the camera to perform minimal processing and then add any required afterwards for the simple reason that if you overdo it in the camera it's rather harder to pull it back afterwards!

In the end it's horses for courses - with landscapes a boost to the colour makes for a more dramatic shot - do the same with a portrait and your subject will look as if they need their blood pressure sorted out!

None of this is new of course - even in the days of film there were the Kodak Gold range (print) and Fujichrome Velvia (slide) that gave larger than life colours and more specialised films for portrait photographers that gave a more muted response.

And of course I reckon that going into 95% of households you will find a TV set exhibiting colours that are a bit more vivid than is strictly accurate!

[brianb]

What Paul says (with knobs on). I always shoot raw, which enables full control of contrast, saturation, colour balance and a limited amount of exposure compensation with no loss of image quality whatsoever in the raw converter - saves a lot of trouble at shooting time; get the image in the can (or rather on the card) and worry about the presentation later.

[jgs001]

Lovely shot Stuart. As for the processing, I agree with what the others said. Photography is an art form in it's own right, so it's really your vision you are presenting. As to processing. I have to process every single image, like Brian, I'm shooting in RAW, which means the camera does very little, if any processing on the image, so I have more control. Shooting in JPG, the camera will process the image for you, boosting the saturation and sharpness somewhat, depending on the settings.

[stuart2588]

Thanks for the comments guys.

I have some more that I will get uploaded. I shot them all in raw mode so can edit bits and bobs.

I am really enjoying this. I will have to get up early one morning for a nice sunrise.

Stuart

[brianb]

I will have to get up early one morning for a nice sunrise.

Well, the Sun won't get up much later than it does at the moment - unless you move further North or West!
08:49:36 tomorrow (Jan 3rd) at my location.... may be on my 2nd breakfast by then

[Tyler]

Cool shot Stuart! looks like an amazing view

[rjgjr]

Great, dramatic shot Stuart!. As the others said, I always let the camera do what it wants with the image, and then tweak it to my liking in post processing. A friend of mine is buying a new camera, and I'm nudging him toward the 1000, I don't think he'll be disappointed. Again, great shot.

[stuart2588]

Thanks guys.

Here are a couple more I took that day.

I tried this one on the tv mode in the camera. This was taken along the same coastal walk from Crawfordsburn into Bangor.



This was one taken on same route. There were alot of walkers out that day. At this little beach the waves were nice and calm.



Thanks

Stuart

[JohnC]

 .Here's a good site I came across re. 'the bracketing' I mentioned the other day.

http://www.all-things-photography.com/bracketing.html


Here's a little tip,Stuart. You see that last  photo of the bay - it looks like you would have been able to  get down to the water's edge by the black rocks and then crouched down,  you'd have had a better perspective -  always try a photo either lying down , especially for lake wildlife,ie. get on their level if possible  or crouched down if conditions  allow  but it will make you a little unstable so try and get a good steady hold on the camera.  Always look to see if there is a different perspective that you can take a photo from. (that doesn't mean hanging upside down Lol)