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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

This image is copyrighted by the owner

Thanks for looking

Colin

Jun 15, 2007 at 01:38 PM

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p.1 #2 · Castlewellan Castle

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

Jun 15, 2007 at 05:26 PM

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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 10:38 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 11:28 AM

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p.1 #5 · Castlewellan Castle

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

Jun 16, 2007 at 03:09 PM

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p.1 #6 · Castlewellan Castle

Mind if I edit and repost?

Jun 16, 2007 at 08:03 PM

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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 11:34 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 02:41 PM

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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 02:49 PM

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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.

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Colin

Jun 18, 2007 at 03:47 PM

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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 03:51 PM

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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 10:56 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 10:57 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 10:58 PM

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p.1 #15 · Castlewellan Castle

Gotta love that Photoshop...

Jun 19, 2007 at 05:08 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 08:07 PM

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p.1 #17 · Castlewellan Castle

heres an edit on the first one that i did

Jun 20, 2007 at 06:32 AM

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p.1 #18 · Castlewellan Castle

heres my edit on the 2nd photo

Jun 20, 2007 at 06:41 AM


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