coastal b&w

[Andy]

halfmoon bay, looking south, about 15 minutes before sunset. shot with canon 1Ds Mark II and 16-35L aboard, at 29mm. in post:



converted from raw to jpg in adobe camera raw
converted to bw, using channel mixer, 50,50,0 and check monochrome
applied two luminosity (http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=9090993) toning layers, cross-toned
applied soft-light layer blending to the steel-blue luminosity tone layer
normal curves adjustment layer, eyedropper for black and white points
resized and usm (100, .4, 0)


click on the pic for the exif.

http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/15631341-L.jpg.jpg (http://www.moonriverphotography.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=15631341)

interested in your feedback, of course - this is not a final edit as i'm only working on a laptop right now.

[Harryb]

Hey Andy,

Marvelous composition on this one with the birds, shoreline and the sea running from the right to the upper left. :thumb

Harry

[ian408]

Overall, I like the shot. But something troubles me. Not sure if it's the dark
flowers in the foreground or seagulls. It feels a bit too busy. But I like it.

Wierd.

Ian

[gubbs]

I think the busyness of the shot is a positive, makes it stand out from the crowd(if you know what I mean). The layers are really cool too, there's just so much to see :clap. I bet that'll be a fantastic shot to print B I G
What's the colour like andy??

[Nir]

Andy,


I'm not sure about this one ... most of your photos make me 'WOW' immediately. This one didn't.Sorry!

Very respectfully yours,

[4labs]

great composition. I would love to see the original pre BW processed.

[Andy]

Hey Andy,

Marvelous composition on this one with the birds, shoreline and the sea running from the right to the upper left. :thumb

Harry

thank you, harry. i'm really enjoying my wide angle lenses :D

[Steve Cavigliano]

Andy,

This one is really nice too :clap You must have been shooting this one when I had thought you fell down the cliff :lol I kept looking and looking and couldn't even see your head. I thought for sure you were sleeping with the gulls :rofl Which, btw, is much better than sleepin' with those smelly fish :lol3 I was about to call a Coast Guard helicopter to airlift your 1Ds Mk II....lol

Nice composition and you got some good contrast for as flat as the light was :thumb :thumb

Steve

Yep, 2:30 sounds good (I'm trying to get things wrapped up here, but I might have to do some cell phoning)

[Andy]

Overall, I like the shot. But something troubles me. Not sure if it's the dark
flowers in the foreground or seagulls. It feels a bit too busy. But I like it.

Wierd.

Ian

thanks ian. appreciate your comments and stopping by :D

[wxwax]

I think it's a lovely photo. The sepia tone in the sky top right corner caught my attention, which I guess means it's a wee bit much? :dunno

[ian408]

thanks ian. appreciate your comments and stopping by :D
I'm usually quick to say whether I like something or not. But this one is tough. I like it for the
angles and for combination of sky and beach and for its infinite view point.

Someone said this would look better printed larger. The more I look at it, the more I think that's
true.

Ian

[Allen]

I think I see what's probably bothering a few. The foreground
section with all the white leaves/flowers keeps pulling the focus
away from the top. The top part is facinating with all the birds,
the texture of the beach, etc. but I lose concentration because
the brightness below is distracting and my eyes keep
returning there. Overall I still think it is a lovely photo with
very good composition.
Al