Well, I'm back in my humble abode running the RAW files through Lightroom. Will post some later on, think I've got about 30 to go through. So shouldn't take along at all. (Plus beer in hand for a hard days shooting)

Was lots of fun, got out and used my camera which was great. Really need to do that more often. Dave suggested a few places which I can't recall but, I can ask again.

Camera
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Batteries charged
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Lenses
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Bag
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Accessories
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Me
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All ready for tomorrow.

Two here, just making sure we're definitely accounted for

Well:

"'cause the face ain't lis'nin"

Go outside and lash yourself 15 times, then come back and rub some salt in the wounds. Then go back outside and lie in the sun for two hours.

I might have cropped it even tighter on the left to where the 'crack' line is on the stone. It is more 'focused' on the subject area now that it has been cropped.

The highlights on the right in the second picture look a little burned, while the black rock is very dark. Those shots can be very difficult when the rock is wet and the sun is shining. My favourite part of this image is not the floating bits on the right but those in the lower left hand corner which are submerged, they have a nice soft and relaxing look and the black rock isn't really distracting at all, suits is well.

Would loved a macro lens for that kind of shot! Can get in really close and cut out all the background.

Centre the detail more, loose the white at the edges, looks very odd, especially as it is not present in all corners.

I don't think seeing the outlying areas of the pebble are important and it allows you to cut out the yellow bit in the background.

Then you are just left with the contrast and texture of the seaweed ( ? ) and the stone.

Lightroom is fantastic and I hardly ever open Photoshop any more. Unfortunately it doesn't do HDR or tone mapping (but then neither does my version of Photoshop), which is something I'd live to do.

Or some other problem that requires voodoo treatments or viagra?