Thanks for taking the time to comment Jenny. You’re right the sky was pretty brutal yesterday. So, I just dropped in a blue sky. and made some minor adjustments, contrast, reduced the black in the blue and cyan and layers and applied some lens blur – hope it’s not too obviously fake… :lol: :lol: :lol:
also, cropped it at the top a bit to remove some of the dead space at the top of the frame…
Fair play to you pascal, pay no attention to begrudgers. Offer something for free and people start questioning your motives, no kind act goes unpunished eh? Would be nice if we could get this in Dublin.
My two cents worth. gerenrally agree with the comments above. As for shooting Raw, I realise you may not like, but raw is not a finished output. you’ll still need to process it yourself maybe in bridge, lightroom, or similar. this will give you control adjusting the saturation, white balance etc. you’ll have more control and you’ll also be able to recover (some) blown highlights. Also definitely use the sturdiest tripod you can afford. also a sprit level – helps keeps veriticals vertical. A remote will also be handy, these aren’t too expensive and will ensure sharper pictures. use a very small aperture to keep the DOF good. keep your iso low. set exposure manually. Be patient, you may end up waiting weeks for a nice clear night with no breeze and high tide. and finally if you’re going for the heavily saturated look be sure to turn on the gamut warning in Photoshop, this will help prevent colours ‘bleeding’ when you print.
Thanks for your reply. I’m mainly interested in commercial photography – I realised that’s a broad scope so: I could definitely use more experience in architectural photography as well as studio work.