3 January 2007, 15:00
1/320 sec at f5.6, exposure +1, ISO 100, focal length 210mm
Shot in RAW, Adobe RGB. Most of the tweaks (exposure, shadows, contrast, curves, saturation) were done in Camera RAW. Additional tweaking (curves, saturation) in Photoshop.
Comments welcome
Damian
6 comments:
Ooh, that's really rather nice. I like the sand blowing off the tip of the ridge in the top-left in particular, and it does have that "over in a second" feel to it.
It's perhaps a little contrasty, though - subjective, I know, but as you shot in RAW, could you open up the shadows just a little?
Hi Gareth,
So what do you mean exactly by "...open up the shadows just a little?". Do you mean decrease the amount of shadow, i.e. pull the shadow levels further to the right? Bring in more detail in the shadows?
Yes, I will try that. Thanks for your comment.
Damian
Hi Damian,
Sorry for the confusion - yes, that's exactly what I meant.
G
OK. I will take a closer look.
Damian
D,
Yes, it is nice, but a little imbalanced compositionally for me; it's all in the L-shape bottom left, with a large empty space - that my eye wanders into - top right. Very nice subtle shades and interesting shadows. Agree with G that it may be a little contrasty.
Ivan
Hi,
It is interesting how our 'eyes' differ because I really like this composition. The sand blowing off the slope is blowing into the 'empty space' and that seems to appeal to me; the two dunes at the bottom provide a nice border to that.
Damian
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