Dam, I hadn't notice this until now,

Reprocessed to remove the glowing building

[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/thebay.jpg[/IMG]

I dont know the name of the wharf i-Berg but heres a slightly wider shot that shows the city on the R/H side

[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/IMGP4606.jpg[/IMG]

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PaulM

I have been trying to get some good pictures of this frequently shot landmark from different viewpoints, as most of views have been seen many, many times before. Then a couple of weeks ago we went out to a place called Balls Head and I came accross this view.

[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/IMGP4602.jpg[/IMG]

I liked the apparent tranquility of the bay compared to the usual shots of a busy harbor

Shot with the K200D and the 18-55WR lens with a cokin P121 ND grad

C&C's welcome

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PaulM

Nice image karma,

I like the diagonal plane of focus as it goes along thae sort of ridge and the detail visible in each of those in focus leaves around the plaque. As said would look good as a BIG print I think.

without wishing to take anything away from KM's efforts, it does look very similar to the sort of effect that you get when using a lens baby. That said I dont think you would end up with such a polished final image as the example shown here.

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PaulM

Signs of Autumn

[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/Autumn.jpg[/IMG]

Taken 14/05/11
1/180 @ f4.5 ISO 100
Pentax K200D with Samsung 100mm Macro
Original jpeg to check exif here
Processed in CS3 duplicated the layer, desaturated top layer and then added a layer mask and painted out the Leaf.

Regards
PaulM

Thanks for the Comments Prieni and well done to DigitalCG for the win

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PaulM

From Wikipedia "Marketing is "the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large."

Personally I would attach a financial value on your photograph(s), but donate them to the Cathedral In return I would ask to be credited everytime the pictures are used and for the ability to use a tripod at agreed times. I say at agreed times because if your frequently seen in there with a tripod when the average Joe photographer is about it has the potential to raise the "he can so why cant I" mentality and could lead to awkward situations

The benifits to you are public exposure (PR), the ability to shoot more images with tripod and word of mouth advertising. The benifits to them are 'no cost' images (never say free) and if you want to sweeten the deal a bit you can offer them any images you see fit from any subsequent visits.

Thats how I would play it anyway

Regards
PaulM

My Version,

[IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb113/pnjmcc/Periniimage.jpg[/IMG]

For some reason I couldn't get the TIFF or the DNG to download even after signing up !?!

So working on the JPEG, I added a new adjustment layer and upped the contrast and brightness, then a new saturation layer and upped the saturation a bit.
Flattend, Then a duplicate layer created, ran the High pass filter and sharpend it (with sharpen edges) Changed the blend mode to overlay and dropped the opacity and flattend again Then straightend some of the building lines.

Finally duplicated the layer twice, added layer masks to the both duplicate layers and with increasing ammounts of Gaussian blur to remove the jpeg artifacts that had appeared after all the sharpening, but trying not to make it look like it was takien with a tilt and shift lens

Then flatten and saved as a jpeg.

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PaulM

Thanks for clearing that up John, when I read the benifits of being a member I got the impression that the single image per day upload was accross the entire forum.

I will be the first to confess that I haven't looked any further than the forum, maybe I should have a bit more of an explore.

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PaulM

When I initially joined this forum I was completely unaware that there was a Pentax magazine or club etc, that you could join. In fact is was quite a while before I reaslied that the forum was part of a larger Pentax PR presence.
I have never read the Pentax magazine and, whilst Johns article on the M series has me a little intregued, I probably never will, I dont use the gallery, haven't submitted anything to the PPG, No need for the discounts from retailers. I joned this forum because it is fun and informative and very, very helpful.

But now if I want to upload two images processed in a different way or shot slightly differently to ask advice as to which is the best I am forced to pay

Or if I enter more than one competition and then upload a photo again I am forced to pay.

If I want to sell my camera, Grip and a couple of lenses its gonna take me 5 days to complete the listing.

If we dont want to create an elite clique why are we identifing the "Plus" members with special logos? So is it a case of all forum members are equal but plus memebers are more equal than others !

In my opinion this forum should be free to use, but I do understand that the benifits that used to accompany the magazine (which I believe from the comments in this thread used to be charged paid for) have an associated cost.

A potentially good idea hastily decided and poorly implimented

rant over

Regards
PaulM

Thanks to all who have entered, I was suprised at the low numbers but I guess its my own fault for not having the right RAW file up at the begining.

So on to the results and in keeping with the style of the comp I will keep my comments brief.

Geordie01
A nice crop with good adjustments but I felt the skin tone was a little too saturated.

Aliengrove
I liked the tigh crop and cloning out of the car, which really kept the focus on the shoes

Mike-P
Not a great picture to start with but good processing and reducing the highlights but again a it looked a little over saturated to me

Brightstone
Liked the fact that you moved in the third person and added the vignette only negative being the vignette coverd the shoes a bit and drew the eye to the white wall.

CoDa
Good idea and concept definately drew focus to the shoes but didn't work for me, maybe a thin line of focus on the road would've helped it.

So the results in reverse order

3rd - Geordie01
2nd - Brightstone
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1st - Aliengrove

Aliengrove, over to you for the next one.

Regards
PaulM
Edited for spelling errors