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Well I felt in the mood for a random selection of images as my earlier posts from my trip have all been sets of images.

So here we have a moody black and white from Brighton Beach (rokkstar helped me squeeze the best out of this with his PP tips and tricks).

We have two Eiffle tower shots to get them out of my system, neither fantastic, but if you feel they can be improved have a tinker or throw a suggestion at me.

Lastly we have one I like but has recieved mixed reactions from friends and its shot taken at the Louvre at night.










I might add #1 and #4 are available as prints and cards at Red Bubble.

craig your kick ass now

the 1st two what compsotional flair
i guess france wil do that to you
well done

I like #2 and #3, but #1 and #4 are just brilliant. I really like 4 as much as anything for the originality of the composition. It contrasts the old and new brilliantly, while being perfectly lit right from front to back. One of my Favs from your trip.

DEF umber one for me........wow......i too have seen a huge leap in ur photography skills (not that i am qualified to speak about skills) but yer...well done!!

Craig, your work has improved immensely over this short period. They are amazing, love those composition on 1 and 2

Craig these are wow.

well done.!
i love 1 and laughed @ 2
well done mate!

Great set of shots.. #4 will be my fave for a while i think...

awesome, the 1st shot, what colour was the chair? selective colouring on the chair maybe? some yellow or red would look great i would think

Craig, brilliant compositions in #1 and #2 and i think the reflected lighting against the building and on the water add great imapct to the last image. Terrific
cheers
marco

Criag, that first short is fantastic, the way you have converted it and not lost the chairs to the background is excellent. It also makes us appreciate our beaches here.

Craig, some great shots here again. The images you've been producing lately just keep improving in leaps and bounds.

Great stuff.

that first shot is beautiful! i also have to say that your shots have really started to pop recently.

Number one is my pic, so simple too!

Love the Lourve, all around there are great photo opportunities.

Number 1 is just great so simple but so extremely well done. Best photo i've seen in a while.

WOW... #1 is brilliant - one of the simplest yet effective shots I've seen. It really pops out at you! I love the shot of the Louvre too - only suggestion is to cool the WB in it.

#1 is fantastic! Great work Craig

Fantastic 1 and 3. But all are nice composition-wise.

Alex

Very nice series! #1 for me also. Is there in PP'ing in that shot?

adamj123 wrote:Very nice series! #1 for me also. Is there in PP'ing in that shot?

#1 Is probably one of the most processed shots you'll see from me as I was at Rokkstar's place in the UK and he walked me through using adjustment layers etc

Overall the process was

1. Photomatix merge of 3 exposures
2. Take the ordinary colour version and channel mix it to a nice black and white
3. Curves layer to bring out some extra contrast
4. Contrast layer to tweak it more
5. New duplicate layer to do a little a light dodge and burn

Volia.

Compared to my usual PP which at most is
Boost Contrast 5-10 bips and up staturation 5-10 bips.

Just got your postcard with #1 on the cover Craig - it looks awesome.

Love numbers 1 and 4 mate.

Stop giving away my secrets Joking.
Love what you're producing Craig