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Archive 2007 · Castlewellan Castle

  
 
Colin Hines
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p.1 #1 · Castlewellan Castle


Hi all,

Just a few photos of Castlewellan Castle in Northern Ireland.

What do you think?

Equipment is Canon 350D & EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a279/linco22/IMG_9266edit.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a279/linco22/Castlewellancastle.jpg

Thanks for looking

Colin



Jun 15, 2007 at 08:38 AM
PeepingTom
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p.1 #2 · Castlewellan Castle


Sorry- diluted colors, flat light, looks like a snap shot


Jun 15, 2007 at 12:26 PM
Colin Hines
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p.1 #3 · Castlewellan Castle


Thanks for the comment Tom.

Any ideas as to how to make this subject and location more interesting?

Regards
Colin



Jun 16, 2007 at 05:38 AM
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p.1 #4 · Castlewellan Castle


I like them both and especially #2. You might try to crank up contrast and saturation a bit.

Regards Jamse



Jun 16, 2007 at 06:28 AM
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p.1 #5 · Castlewellan Castle


I agree with Jamse. #2 is a well composed photo.


Jun 16, 2007 at 10:09 AM
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p.1 #6 · Castlewellan Castle


Mind if I edit and repost?


Jun 16, 2007 at 03:03 PM
Colin Hines
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p.1 #7 · Castlewellan Castle


Thanks for the comments folks.

davekone, yes by all means please do, i'd like to see your results!

Regards
Colin



Jun 18, 2007 at 06:34 AM
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p.1 #8 · Castlewellan Castle


Hi Colin, I think the castle is a great subject but like the otheres said theres really flat light that washes out the color. Here's what i did real quick in CS2, I went to Exposure and slid the Gamma over to about -1.5 then upped the contrast to +3.




Jun 18, 2007 at 09:41 AM
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p.1 #9 · Castlewellan Castle


Here's the top photo, same thing but I used the erase tool to take off the gamma effect on the trees since it made them way too dark. I may have went overboard with these, I'm at work and my laptop montior isn't the greatest. Hope you don't mind these if you do let me know and I'll delete them.
cheers
carl




Jun 18, 2007 at 09:49 AM
Colin Hines
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p.1 #10 · Castlewellan Castle


Hi Carl,

No those are nice edits. It is a shame about the light, I didn't have control of what time of day I was there. From memory this is right in the middle of the afternoon.

Regards
Colin



Jun 18, 2007 at 10:47 AM
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p.1 #11 · Castlewellan Castle


Thanks Colin, that happens to me all the time. Stupid mid-day sun!


Jun 18, 2007 at 10:51 AM
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p.1 #12 · Castlewellan Castle


Here are my edits and one crop. I did some selective blurring quickly as well as other stuff. I tried to keep things bright and sunny as it was when you took the photo. I clonned out some distractions, cars, etc..


Edited by davekone on Jun 18, 2007 at 06:11 PM GMT



Jun 18, 2007 at 05:56 PM
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p.1 #13 · Castlewellan Castle


#2 I really like this crop.


Edited by davekone on Jun 18, 2007 at 06:11 PM GMT



Jun 18, 2007 at 05:57 PM
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p.1 #14 · Castlewellan Castle


#3 Last again quick blur job, but I think you get the point of drawing you into the castle.



Jun 18, 2007 at 05:58 PM
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p.1 #15 · Castlewellan Castle


Gotta love that Photoshop...


Jun 19, 2007 at 12:08 AM
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p.1 #16 · Castlewellan Castle


That really brought out the colors in the tree and variations in the stone.

Post-processing is really something that helps bring about the vision you have of the picture in your head.



Jun 19, 2007 at 03:07 PM
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p.1 #17 · Castlewellan Castle


heres an edit on the first one that i did

castle edit



Jun 20, 2007 at 01:32 AM
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p.1 #18 · Castlewellan Castle


heres my edit on the 2nd photo

castle2edit



Jun 20, 2007 at 01:41 AM





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