These two were taken on the same day as my last post. The first shot as close to the sun as I dared so as to get the rock silhouetted, the second with the sun behind me. They are both on the Mornington Peninsula ocean side with the tide flowing.
#2 is nice! I really like that one. I do suggest though when shooting breaking waves like that to underexpose about 2/3rds of a stop. The white in the waves breaking is blown out in both shots, but in #1 it looks the worst when you combine it with that rock being all in shadow. So for me that's what hurts your first shot a lot.
#2 is nice! I really like that one. I do suggest though when shooting breaking waves like that to underexpose about 2/3rds of a stop. The white in the waves breaking is blown out in both shots, but in #1 it looks the worst when you combine it with that rock being all in shadow. So for me that's what hurts your first shot a lot.
Jim
Thanks for the comments, Jim. I think the problem may be the compression for the web, rather than blown highlights. There is a lot of detail even in the brightest of the breaking waves on the originals - still, if it looks wrong on the screen, maybe I should back off more for web presentation? Glad the second one worked anyway!
Looks like a beautiful day to be out with a camera. I think you are right, "Perception is reality.", particularly when viewing images on the web . Thanks for sharing these.
Looks like a beautiful day to be out with a camera. I think you are right, "Perception is reality.", particularly when viewing images on the web . Thanks for sharing these.
hugh
Many thanks hugh. Glad you liked these - thousands didn't!
Mark
Nov 24, 2008 at 04:54 PM
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There have been a few of my shots, where I had to go back and make a specific change just so that it would look the same on the web as in print. Those kind of white highlights could easily get lost when converting to the web.
. Thanks for sharing these.
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