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Burst Banks of the River Boyne Co Meath
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Have not been out much in the last month due to the weather. Its been getting frustrating but finally I got a break in the clouds this after noon so i went to the River Boyne down the road from me beside newgrange. The river has burst its banks so was great wading around in my wellies. Below is one of the shots i got. Would be very interested to here your views on it.
Thanks
Martin
Hey, am I wrong or is that not IR?! :shock:
Very balanced and atmospheric winter twilight shot Martin.
As always a great sky.
The composition with the centre horizon and the duotone (?) work well for me.Did you use a flash for the foreground?
It works well, except for the bottom right where the reeds reach into the frame.
I feel that a bit of open water there would have been better,
but other might feel that it helps to lead into the frame.Fantastic work, with or without reeds. I’d think you used flash, too… very strange effect anyway. To be printed..
Martin,i think this is a brilliant photo,i think this maybe IR,but it does not matter what it is.
Best pic i’ve seen on here for a while bar none.I’m beginning to convert nearly every pic i take to mono,or IR.Think i may end up going down theis route.
Sean.
Definate IR image, eh? I can’t find anything that I’d like to improve on this one Martin. The pinkish tint mid frame works well, the framing of the reeds, the haggard tree bordering the right side and the ripples coming from 2 sources all add up to one hell of an image. Well worth the trip.
Alan.
Thanks for the feedback guys.
This is a Infrared Shot. But i see why you might have thought it was a B&W conversion from Colour. Was interesting seeing how you where all not 100% sure. Reason being is that during the winter months the folage on the trees etc has died off so you dont get the same white glow that you are used to seeing with IR pictures. I also burnt in some of the whites:-)
Yes there is a duotone in there. This was done in curves by creating a slight “q” shaped curve in the red and green channels only. Have tried it on a few images and works well on screen, still need to do a print to see if it carries over onto paper
Did i use a flash:-) Nope don’t even own one. I can see why you thought i did with the reeds in the front being bright. All i did here was used the dodge tool to dodge in the highlights which made the reeds standout a bit more.
As for the open water Hauke to the bottom right when i was framing this i was thinking the same thing but could not get a composition that worked where i had water bottom right also, Pity.
Sean don’t know about the best pic on here for a while, ive seen some really good ones in the last month, thanks for the nice words though
Will be having another go at the post processing on this one. I think I might have over burnt, dodged and sharpened in a few places, so I’ll need to fix these up
Thanks again all
MI’ve seen your ir gallery on your site, Martin, very impressive collection. This one tricked me… thanks for the info on the processing. Seeing your work I’m more and more tempted to buy a d70 and convert it for infrared work.
It does look a bit like flash Martin-
without the explanation,
it’d be difficult to see it as otherwise-Good view, nicely composed and processed-
but I think I’d prefer it with those reeds toned down a little-j
Still waiting on my IR filter…Grumble
Looking forward to having a go at it
Love the shot by the way Martin
Super shot Martin, and one that would probably sell. Maybe you should start up a shop or a stall somewhere…….??
Beautiful detail Martin, perhaps a little bright in the foreground reeds,
but terrific composition and framing. Superb image…Rob.
……Martin……….Did you do much dodging to the reed’s,as it’s my understanding that they would have been quite bright already?.with the IR.
Sean.
JB7: Yes totally looks like flash alright I’ll be darkening down the reeds a small bit so that they don’t stand out as much
Constantine: You will enjoy the IR filter. The long exposures will be a bit of a pain but if you can get used to that you will get some nice shots
brandyman: Start up a shop/stall:-) i don’t know if anyone would buy my pics but it would be nice if they did
Rob: Glad you liked it Rob. Will be darkening down the reeds a bit
sean1098: You are right the reeds do normally come out quite white. During the winter months the reeds are dying off or are getting more brown so they don’t give off as much infrared light sometimes.
Below are two more versions of the shot. The first is the original with no post processing straight from the camera with all defaults used in the raw converter. The second is another go at the post processing with the reeds hopefully not as bright.
Thanks again all
MORIGINAL below
VERSION2 POST PROCESS below
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