Jacobjacobi
A Slip to St Catherines
This image is a little contrived in that there's a lot of tweaks and adjustments in processing. Here's my justification: I have stood at the foot of this slipway on dozens of occasions trying to find the shot that worked. I have always loved the way the slope leads into the pathway and the crowning trees. The way St Catherine's breakwater carries the eye around into the wide frame has always appealed to me too. However the light never quite works, and the colours of the rocks are somewhat heavy and bland and really don't come to life even when hit by the warm morning sun.
So I have played with the frame, reduced contrast everywhere except where I want the eye to linger and have then used dodging/burning to trick the eye a little more. Ideally I would take this shot in the blue hour with a full moon sitting behind those trees..... I'll keep an eye out for that configuration ;-)
I took a series of shots and then worked out this treatment in processing. I would have shot it differently from a technical perspective had I decided on this treatment in advance... I may do it properly one day!
A Slip to St Catherines
This image is a little contrived in that there's a lot of tweaks and adjustments in processing. Here's my justification: I have stood at the foot of this slipway on dozens of occasions trying to find the shot that worked. I have always loved the way the slope leads into the pathway and the crowning trees. The way St Catherine's breakwater carries the eye around into the wide frame has always appealed to me too. However the light never quite works, and the colours of the rocks are somewhat heavy and bland and really don't come to life even when hit by the warm morning sun.
So I have played with the frame, reduced contrast everywhere except where I want the eye to linger and have then used dodging/burning to trick the eye a little more. Ideally I would take this shot in the blue hour with a full moon sitting behind those trees..... I'll keep an eye out for that configuration ;-)
I took a series of shots and then worked out this treatment in processing. I would have shot it differently from a technical perspective had I decided on this treatment in advance... I may do it properly one day!