Various landscape photos

[wildcat]

You are coming to the East wildcat? Bedok or Tampines? Excellent, can easily call you out for a quickie photoshoot whatever, whenever! :thumbsup:

Bedok yeap sure, let's meet up once I've settled down. Probably after mid-Oct.

 

[wildcat]

#136



Trying new stuffs. C&C welcomed!
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[wildcat]

#137



Dude, where's my log?
First in a series of 3 shots.
Was walking along the beach looking for
the same logs (#133) we found two weeks ago
but it was clean :cry:
Sun was coming up fast so just stopped
and snapped :embrass:
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[wildcat]

#138a


#138b


Skipped pic 2 and went to two choices of pics 3 :think:
The two are almost identical and they both
have a bit of something I wanted to include.
I still can't decide :dunno:
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[r00ki3]

#137



Dude, where's my log?
First in a series of 3 shots.
Was walking along the beach looking for
the same logs (#133) we found two weeks ago
but it was clean :cry:
Sun was coming up fast so just stopped
and snapped :embrass:
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This gets my vote and thumbs up..
the details of the sand and the silky smooth water..so calm I like!
not everyday is a log day dude hehehe

 

[wildcat]

This gets my vote and thumbs up..
the details of the sand and the silky smooth water..so calm I like!
not everyday is a log day dude hehehe

Thanks bro. At least I had a bit of rock day later on. Not too good for a first try and rushing but next time... next time

 

[wildcat]

#139



Walked further down to the rest of friends
but got stuck here as the beach area ends
Decided to camp here instead.

Hastily set up tripod - need to get one
of those shorty centre column else
I am stuck with imbalanced tripod everytime.
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[kriegsketten]

Between 138a and 138b, I'd choose a - the waves are more dramatic and wave lines pointing inwards. Feels up an empty area in 138b with more wave shadows.

Good job there! Wish I can be up that early at the beaches.

Edit: then again, my bad... forgot that it was a sunset and not sunrise...blunder! Lolz

 

[wildcat]

Between 138a and 138b, I'd choose a - the waves are more dramatic and wave lines pointing inwards. Feels up an empty area in 138b with more wave shadows.

Good job there! Wish I can be up that early at the beaches.

Edit: then again, my bad... forgot that it was a sunset and not sunrise...blunder! Lolz

My first choice was 138a also. But I thought 138b had a more dramatic wash-over-me feel. Both the 2nd incoming waves are near same so that wasn't so much of the deciding point (although there were other pics where 2nd incoming waves were more dramatic but without the wash-over-me feel). In the end, I just wasn't sure... Thanks for the feedback!

It was a sunrise

 

[r00ki3]

#139



Walked further down to the rest of friends
but got stuck here as the beach area ends
Decided to camp here instead.

Hastily set up tripod - need to get one
of those shorty centre column else
I am stuck with imbalanced tripod everytime.
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Bro at the top right of the picture..that is an interesting rock which you could consider

 

[wildcat]

Bro at the top right of the picture..that is an interesting rock which you could consider

As FG subject or min? I didn't take any more min, but I tried to move myself to recompose after this. It was difficult though coz tripod is difficult to handle (bent the centre column to follow one of the tripod legs). Need to get shorty centre column before I do this again :embrass:

 

[r00ki3]

As FG subject or min? I didn't take any more min, but I tried to move myself to recompose after this. It was difficult though coz tripod is difficult to handle (bent the centre column to follow one of the tripod legs). Need to get shorty centre column before I do this again :embrass:

Both?
aiyo if you say lidat I also must change one..All this while I've been using and putting up with it..didfficult ah but die2 must find ways to go low..

 

[wildcat]

Both?
aiyo if you say lidat I also must change one..All this while I've been using and putting up with it..didfficult ah but die2 must find ways to go low..

Huh? I thought you using Sirui with the low centre column one already?

 

[r00ki3]

Huh? I thought you using Sirui with the low centre column one already?

no lah, ballhead only sirui..just like you mah..worst still it's aluminium not carbon fibre..but I'm happy. It can go diving, submerge underwater, planted deep inside the sandy beach.. heart not so pain....i like! hehe

 

[wildcat]

no lah, ballhead only sirui..just like you mah..worst still it's aluminium not carbon fibre..but I'm happy. It can go diving, submerge underwater, planted deep inside the sandy beach.. heart not so pain....i like! hehe

Heh, okay. So we're still twinnies. Need to learn how to balance the tripod... next time you teach me, ok?

 

[wildcat]

#140



After yet another failed attempt
to balance lighting with HDR software Photomatix,
am back to use exposure blending.
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[mimik07]

#140



After yet another failed attempt
to balance lighting with HDR software Photomatix,
am back to use exposure blending.
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Bro, its not entirely bad IMO. Shot was framed pretty nicely. And its pretty cool that you managed to get the plane too. :bsmilie:

By the way i think i spotted flare on one of the FG rocks. :think:

 

[2evans]

#137



Dude, where's my log?
First in a series of 3 shots.
Was walking along the beach looking for
the same logs (#133) we found two weeks ago
but it was clean :cry:
Sun was coming up fast so just stopped
and snapped :embrass:
​

#138a


#138b


Skipped pic 2 and went to two choices of pics 3 :think:
The two are almost identical and they both
have a bit of something I wanted to include.
I still can't decide :dunno:
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These are a really great series of shots! Guessing you set your WB cooler?

 

[mimik07]

Bedok yeap sure, let's meet up once I've settled down. Probably after mid-Oct.

Excellent! Meeting you will be much easier in the future

 

[wildcat]

Bro, its not entirely bad IMO. Shot was framed pretty nicely. And its pretty cool that you managed to get the plane too.

By the way i think i spotted flare on one of the FG rocks.

Two shots were used: one of them was without filter, and the other with filter (quite obvious, plane was part of pic without filter :bsmilie. Other than plane, I added back in part of the rolling waves also - not too sure if too tacky :dunno: while putting back some light to the rocks.

Yep, thanks for pointing out about the flare.

These are a really great series of shots! Guessing you set your WB cooler?

Quite the opposite. The picture I had was unnaturally blue, so I had to pull back on the blue and added warmth in, to make it look less unbelievable!

For #138, I processed RAW files into two, one without hue and one with hue +1 (made it slightly greener) which I felt puts the sea-colour back in, and merged the two. Otherwise it would be slightly more on the magenta colour side.