Advice please - sea scape

[younggordon]

Hi there

New to the forum (though have been lurking for the past few days) and very new to photography!

I have a canon 450d with the 18-55 kit lens and have spent the last few weeks playing. I was out at the weekend and took the following shot in Fornells bay Menorca. I could not get it to look the way it was in real life. The pictures all came out dark but if i increased the exposure all i did was over expose the white water. If i tried to decrease the shutter speed then the white water was blurred. Any tips would be much appreciated!

Gordon

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[Forbiddenbiker]

Hi Gordon, welcome to TP.

To help you as best as we can, could you give us some details of that shot.

What mode where you in?
What was the shutter speed, aperture size and ISO?

 

[bigsteve]

FB, exif says shutter priority, 1/500 @ f/7.1 ISO 200

 

[Trev Rich]

It's a great shot, It just lacks punch. Nothing a quick play in PS wouldn't sort out though

 

[younggordon]

Thanks for the quick replys! What could i do with it in Photoshop to give it punch its lacking?

Gordon

 

[mac2474]

Maybe a bit OTT with sharpening, but you get the idea ...

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[Digitall]

I think this image needs to have a bit more contrast added, the horizon straightened and sharpened a little bit. With a bit of trial and error this could be quite a nice shot.

Allan

 

[Strangways]

I had a little play with it too.

 

[AlexW]

That's a nice edit Strangways. Looks like film I think.

 

[Strangways]

yeah, it's amazing how todays software can change an image

 

[younggordon]

Thats fantastic mac and strangways, what a difference. So obviously nex question is can i get away with buying something like photoshop elements or do i have to fork out for the cs4?

thanks again


Gordon

 

[mac2474]

I'd have thought Elements would do fine. I use Paintshop Pro
myself.

 

[Strangways]

I used to have CS4, but I found it to complicated for my needs.
I use the Canon DPP, Elements 7, Paintshop Pro and Dynamic-Photo HDR.
I tweaked that in DPP (sharpened, contrast and hue) then used Dynamic-Photo to finish it off.

 

[bads]

You could always download gimp which is a free photo editor and does most of what elements does?

 

[HopefulM]

does your canon have anything like Nikon 'D-lighting' ?

If the balance doesn't seem to be right, it brings out the detail/highlights in the underexposed areas, whilst leaving the rest virtually untouched.


Oops - edited to say what a great capture !

 

[towershot]

Well,good shot , and I'm sendng my P&P to strangways.Is it post paid ?

Picasa 3 ain't bad for a freeby

 

[Strangways]

Well,good shot , and I'm sendng my P&P to strangways.Is it post paid ?

Thank you Rick, but I think it would be better if I sent you the software

 

[towershot]

just got elements 8 and that is giving me headache....

 

[Strangways]

It always takes a while to get used to a new program. I do find it a bit easier to find my way round Paint Shop Pro, but I have been using it longer. To be honest, unless you are using them regularly, it is so easy to forget.

 

[Forbiddenbiker]

FB, exif says shutter priority, 1/500 @ f/7.1 ISO 200

Thanks Steve. My reader can't extract it for some reason.