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Posted 23/08/2014 - 12:00
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Lovely set of vibrant images....
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What you need are lenses, more lenses, bigger lenses, better lenses, faster lenses, vintage lenses and when you have these, your pictures will be perfect!
Posted 23/08/2014 - 18:22
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Hi Carl, I love the Lighthouse images but for one significant thing. Composition is great, sharpness is great, colours are nicely saturated.
The thing that bothers me is that they both look yellow instead of white and this is not how they are in real life.
I think I mentioned something a while back about a yellow tinge on some of your images and it is very noticeable on these. Unfortunately because of this it spoils them for me.
The other pics you've posted here are superb too, but again they have the yellow tinge. I don't think this is intentional (is it?), maybe there is a settings issue somewhere on the camera or in post processing?
Sorry to give this feedback but I think it's best to be honest because I think it is holding back some of your shots from being absolute stunners.
Best wishes
David
The thing that bothers me is that they both look yellow instead of white and this is not how they are in real life.
I think I mentioned something a while back about a yellow tinge on some of your images and it is very noticeable on these. Unfortunately because of this it spoils them for me.
The other pics you've posted here are superb too, but again they have the yellow tinge. I don't think this is intentional (is it?), maybe there is a settings issue somewhere on the camera or in post processing?
Sorry to give this feedback but I think it's best to be honest because I think it is holding back some of your shots from being absolute stunners.
Best wishes
David
Posted 23/08/2014 - 19:25
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All striking and effective images Carl, full of interest, depth and detail. The yellow saturation looks ok on the water generally, quite attractive there, but its coming over too strong on the rocks and grasses, and on the lighthouse too. I don't think its just white balance, I'd pull down the yellow channel a bit overall and see how that goes.
Would love to see them with any adjustments, it's an amazing bit of coastline and excellent images!
Would love to see them with any adjustments, it's an amazing bit of coastline and excellent images!
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Posted 23/08/2014 - 19:51
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Hi
I have re-set them all to WB settings used in camera - does this correct it? If so - no idea what is going one - why would auto WB in LR4 give a yellow cast ?
davidstorm wrote:
Hi Carl, I love the Lighthouse images but for one significant thing. Composition is great, sharpness is great, colours are nicely saturated.
The thing that bothers me is that they both look yellow instead of white and this is not how they are in real life.
I think I mentioned something a while back about a yellow tinge on some of your images and it is very noticeable on these. Unfortunately because of this it spoils them for me.
The other pics you've posted here are superb too, but again they have the yellow tinge. I don't think this is intentional (is it?), maybe there is a settings issue somewhere on the camera or in post processing?
Sorry to give this feedback but I think it's best to be honest because I think it is holding back some of your shots from being absolute stunners.
Best wishes
David
Hi Carl, I love the Lighthouse images but for one significant thing. Composition is great, sharpness is great, colours are nicely saturated.
The thing that bothers me is that they both look yellow instead of white and this is not how they are in real life.
I think I mentioned something a while back about a yellow tinge on some of your images and it is very noticeable on these. Unfortunately because of this it spoils them for me.
The other pics you've posted here are superb too, but again they have the yellow tinge. I don't think this is intentional (is it?), maybe there is a settings issue somewhere on the camera or in post processing?
Sorry to give this feedback but I think it's best to be honest because I think it is holding back some of your shots from being absolute stunners.
Best wishes
David
McGregNi wrote:
All striking and effective images Carl, full of interest, depth and detail. The yellow saturation looks ok on the water generally, quite attractive there, but its coming over too strong on the rocks and grasses, and on the lighthouse too. I don't think its just white balance, I'd pull down the yellow channel a bit overall and see how that goes.
Would love to see them with any adjustments, it's an amazing bit of coastline and excellent images!
Thanks both - I seem to have had this issue since I bought a new monitor about 3 months ago. When I load them from the camera - they look too blue - sometimes hitting auto WB in LR4 seems to correct it viewed on my monitor - this is what had been done here.All striking and effective images Carl, full of interest, depth and detail. The yellow saturation looks ok on the water generally, quite attractive there, but its coming over too strong on the rocks and grasses, and on the lighthouse too. I don't think its just white balance, I'd pull down the yellow channel a bit overall and see how that goes.
Would love to see them with any adjustments, it's an amazing bit of coastline and excellent images!
I have re-set them all to WB settings used in camera - does this correct it? If so - no idea what is going one - why would auto WB in LR4 give a yellow cast ?
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Posted 23/08/2014 - 20:03
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There al great but no 4 is my favourite. And they do look better with the WB reset
Andy
Posted 24/08/2014 - 20:49
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Hi Carl
Yes, they do look better on the second set with the adjusted WB. I do still think there's a hint of yellow on the Chalk Lighthouse and having seen this structure 'in the flesh' so to speak, I know it is pure white.
I would try pulling the yellow channel down and see what that does; it would also make the grass look more of a realistic green as this too still looks as though it has a bit too much yellow in it.
So, a very definite improvement on the second set, but still not quite there for me on the colour balance.
Regards
David
Yes, they do look better on the second set with the adjusted WB. I do still think there's a hint of yellow on the Chalk Lighthouse and having seen this structure 'in the flesh' so to speak, I know it is pure white.
I would try pulling the yellow channel down and see what that does; it would also make the grass look more of a realistic green as this too still looks as though it has a bit too much yellow in it.
So, a very definite improvement on the second set, but still not quite there for me on the colour balance.
Regards
David
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