[Pauche] Conrad Maldives Rangali Island (June 2009)
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night86mare
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some nice photos. i was a bit disappointed at the start but it was better later on.
you might want to take note of overaggressive shadow recovery - for example #51, don't know what you did, but looks like too much lifting on shadows. as a result, there is a complete absence of "dark shadow". i don't know if you get what i mean here.
wish you could have extended exposure for the water village shots, they are very cool.
i do like #23, #22 had potential but way too tight at top, way too much space at bottom, shift the frame up and you have a winner.
#19 is well composed, but i am seeing too much saturation in the wrong places, and maybe lowering the strength of tone mapping will yield a much more natural looking result. you can also really darken the entire image. the main problem with the saturation is the buoy near the boat, it is way too outstanding.
i played with that image because i really love it a lot, save for the treatment...
do let me know if you want me to take it down.
cheers and thanks for sharing.
you might want to take note of overaggressive shadow recovery - for example #51, don't know what you did, but looks like too much lifting on shadows. as a result, there is a complete absence of "dark shadow". i don't know if you get what i mean here.
wish you could have extended exposure for the water village shots, they are very cool.
i do like #23, #22 had potential but way too tight at top, way too much space at bottom, shift the frame up and you have a winner.
#19 is well composed, but i am seeing too much saturation in the wrong places, and maybe lowering the strength of tone mapping will yield a much more natural looking result. you can also really darken the entire image. the main problem with the saturation is the buoy near the boat, it is way too outstanding.
i played with that image because i really love it a lot, save for the treatment...
do let me know if you want me to take it down.
cheers and thanks for sharing.
I wished I could visit it just again!!! :bsmilie:
thanks for the in-depth comments and feedback - appreciate it.
Pic #51 - IMO, I'm just trying to get less harsh shadows on the 3 water villas on the RHS where the sunset is coming from the RHS, otherwise the 3 water villas would be relatively dark with little details on the texture. Just my humble opinion.
The Hoya ND400 doesn't seem to work too well for me as it has a purplish colour tint when used. So most of the shots I took w/o ND filter to obtain the natural greenish blue ocean waters. Yeap, it will be nice with a long exposure.
Noted.... thanks
#19 is well composed, but i am seeing too much saturation in the wrong places, and maybe lowering the strength of tone mapping will yield a much more natural looking result. you can also really darken the entire image. the main problem with the saturation is the buoy near the boat, it is way too outstanding.
i played with that image because i really love it a lot, save for the treatment...
do let me know if you want me to take it down.
cheers and thanks for sharing.
yeap, agree that red buoy is too saturated... and is also my favourite shot. This was taken with the ND400, with 3 exposures, toned-mapped in photomatix. Had overlooked on the oversaturated small little red buoy! Nice try you've got there, thanks.
night86mare
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if you have original, just layer it on top of this one you have, and change opacity until it looks natural.
just a suggestion... a moderate ground in between, instead of original is better.
shadow detail can be seen with our eyes, so just a hint, instead of the entire pot dumped into our hands.... i think that is better. but to each his own.
you have to shoot in raw, and then adjust wb after that to taste.
ah, this will explain the problem with the boat, it moved?
if you have original, just layer it on top of this one you have, and change opacity until it looks natural.
just a suggestion... a moderate ground in between, instead of original is better.
shadow detail can be seen with our eyes, so just a hint, instead of the entire pot dumped into our hands.... i think that is better. but to each his own.
Noted, thanks.
you have to shoot in raw, and then adjust wb after that to taste.
All shots in RAW already. Problem with the tint is that it is not standard tone across the entire photo. It is heavier at the edges/corners and lighter in the middle. So sometimes I am hesitant to use the ND400 unless absolutely needed.
The boat was relatively stagnant, didnt move much.
night86mare
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:think::think:
that is interesting, i have used the nd400 before, i only get banding, i.e. different exposure bands at some parts of the frame, but inconsistent color tone is not something i have heard of.
are you talking about vignetting? :dunno:
ok you are right, the correct term should be vignetting. Darker purplish tone at the edges compared to the centre
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