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Random Selection - France + UK Part 3

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Random Selection - France + UK Part 3

Postby Alpha_7 on Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:29 pm

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.


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I might add #1 and #4 are available as prints and cards at Red Bubble.
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Postby wendellt on Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:30 pm

craig your kick ass now

the 1st two what compsotional flair
i guess france wil do that to you
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Postby dawesy on Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:35 pm

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.
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Postby Cre8tivepixels on Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:39 pm

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!!
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Postby Yi-P on Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:54 pm

Craig, your work has improved immensely over this short period. They are amazing, love those composition on 1 and 2 :D
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Postby Laurie on Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:00 pm

Craig these are wow.

well done.!
i love 1 and laughed @ 2
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Postby Pehpsi on Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:47 pm

Great set of shots.. #4 will be my fave for a while i think...
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Postby michael_ on Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:09 pm

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
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Postby marcotrov on Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:12 pm

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 :)
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Postby Big V on Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:53 pm

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.
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Postby daniel_r on Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:17 pm

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

Great stuff.
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Postby poompy on Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:08 am

that first shot is beautiful! i also have to say that your shots have really started to pop recently.
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Postby Trieu on Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:15 am

Number one is my pic, so simple too!

Love the Lourve, all around there are great photo opportunities.
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Postby Ghetto Panda on Thu Jul 26, 2007 7:53 pm

Number 1 is just great so simple but so extremely well done. Best photo i've seen in a while.
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Postby fishafotos on Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:47 pm

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.
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Postby PiroStitch on Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:27 pm

#1 is fantastic! Great work Craig
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Postby Alex on Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:27 am

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

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Postby adamj123 on Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:51 am

Very nice series! #1 for me also. Is there in PP'ing in that shot?
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:55 am

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.
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Postby rokkstar on Thu Aug 02, 2007 6:22 am

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

Love numbers 1 and 4 mate.

Stop giving away my secrets :lol: Joking.
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