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Santa Cruz, Portugal. From the afternoon until dusk. 4 shots

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:34 pm
by PedroDuarte
Yes... we have a Santa Cruz in Portugal ;)

Some shots here. More you can check my Flickr ยด
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24358740@N07/



Panoramic of the beach:
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A long exposition with a skyline filter and some saturation :
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A B&W long exposition:
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And finally, my first manual HDR try:
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As i already told, I'm still learning and getting used to the Sony gear. Some shots have some technical flaws of course but ... those flaws will turn into learning lessons with the experience and time :)

Re: Santa Cruz, Portugal. From the afternoon until dusk. 4 shots

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:06 pm
by Dr. Harout
Pedro, 1st, 3rd and 4th are great shots. :D
The second one is too saturated, not to my taste. (sorry).
In the last shot, everything's great except for that lipstick (or whatever) on the foreground. :roll:

Re: Santa Cruz, Portugal. From the afternoon until dusk. 4 shots

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:29 pm
by PedroDuarte
Well ... every time i go for a "photo walk" i try to put something i learned into practice ... and sometimes i forget some ( many ) details. the empty bottle was on of them. And the best part is that in the end i picked it up and put it on the garbage. I could have done that before i took the photo.

Also, there's some problems with some skies. Although the sky was very confusing due to the cold, there's a repeating pattern in one of the photos that i forgot to work it out. I will try to blend some of the exposures i have here to take the best of that sky :)

Lots of errors. Could have been good photos but are all messed up due to the lack of detail attention :)

But, since it's been only 2 months taking photos ... i know i have to experiment and get these details better :)

Re: Santa Cruz, Portugal. From the afternoon until dusk. 4 shots

Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:53 pm
by bakubo
Wonderful photos!

Re: Santa Cruz, Portugal. From the afternoon until dusk. 4 shots

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:55 am
by KevinBarrett
Very nice, vibrant pictures! I love them!

Re: Santa Cruz, Portugal. From the afternoon until dusk. 4 shots

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:22 pm
by Ewannawe
Nice pics.

What empty bottle? What lipstick?

Re: Santa Cruz, Portugal. From the afternoon until dusk. 4 shots

Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:57 pm
by PedroDuarte
No more empty bottle/lipstick :) I was able to remove it from the photo :D eheheh
Ewannawe wrote:Nice pics.

What empty bottle? What lipstick?

Re: Santa Cruz, Portugal. From the afternoon until dusk. 4 shots

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:52 pm
by Birma
Great shots Pedro :D They are all very striking images. You disguised the "lipstick" really well 8) .

Re: Santa Cruz, Portugal. From the afternoon until dusk. 4 shots

Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:11 pm
by Lonnie Utah
Dr. Harout wrote:Pedro, 1st, 3rd and 4th are great shots. :D
The second one is too saturated, not to my taste. (sorry).
In the last shot, everything's great except for that lipstick (or whatever) on the foreground. :roll:
Funny cause #2 is my fave...

Re: Santa Cruz, Portugal. From the afternoon until dusk. 4 shots

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:59 am
by Ewannawe
I also prefer #2. But as my Grandfather sometimes said the world would be a queer place if we all liked the same things.

Re: Santa Cruz, Portugal. From the afternoon until dusk. 4 shots

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:00 pm
by Greg Beetham
Quite dramatic renderings, no. 2 is easily the best in my book.
Greg

Re: Santa Cruz, Portugal. From the afternoon until dusk. 4 shots

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:53 pm
by Dusty
Number 4 is my fave.

Dusty