Tag Archives: light

Things are getting better

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I’m having some fun with using my 70-200mm telephoto to take some landscape shots.  It’s really interesting to see the compression effect you get using these longer lenses.   The weather was pretty gloomy when I took this one but there was just enough light breaking through…  Then the light broke through :-)

Back in post-processing, it need a little colour correction and a basic curves adjustment.  Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3 helped with a little bit of “Glamour Glow”, painted-in.

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Searchlight on the sea

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You have to wait.  You have to take the time to catch that moment.  In life where so much is “on demand” you find that in waiting for a sunset; you are not in control.  You wait for it.  You come to it.

This is one of those sunsets; the weather looked a bit bleak and little chance of any decent shots.  And then the sun broke through the clouds, shining a huge searchlight on the sea.  Then over the next few minutes it came in and out of the clouds; the scene was constantly changing.

I processed this HDR set with the aim of maintaining the feel, the dark and moody but with hope breaking through.

An image like this needs limited processing to my mind; just enough to try and replicate what the eye saw and the heart felt.

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