Above the rest

[melnjes]

Just flew back from Melbourne this evening. Pardon the low-res and the watermark.

[Will03]

hv always enjoyed yur pics.. nice......

[ssping83]

nice mood and capture.. din quite like the watermark though.. it's a nice signature.. but erm.. it's vying for attention with the tree.. lol..

[giantcanopy]

The dried up tree in the middle gives it more impact.
For a while i thought it resembled a lightning bolt!

Ryan

[melnjes]

Originally Posted by Will03 hv always enjoyed yur pics.. nice......

Thanks Will, really appreciate the compliment!

[melnjes]

Originally Posted by ssping83 nice mood and capture.. din quite like the watermark though.. it's a nice signature.. but erm.. it's vying for attention with the tree.. lol..

definitely have to agree with you on the watermark, but guess it's a necessary evil.

[melnjes]

Originally Posted by giantcanopy The dried up tree in the middle gives it more impact. For a while i thought it resembled a lightning bolt! Ryan

Same sentiments as well. We were at a vineyard, but the owner apparently thought to keep the tree there. Very distinctive.

[melnjes]

Taken off the Great Ocean Road, rays of light cast onto the shoreline through the thick clouds.

[giantcanopy]

Originally Posted by melnjes Taken off the Great Ocean Road, rays of light cast onto the shoreline through the thick clouds.

Seems much noiser than your first pic. Intentionally postprocessed ?

Ryan

[melnjes]

Originally Posted by giantcanopy Seems much noiser than your first pic. Intentionally postprocessed ?

Yup, this is the grittier of two versions I did of this picture.

[melnjes]

A quick stop at the Twelve Apostles. I've seen some pics taken from the shoreline below, but didn't manage to explore that.

[melnjes]

[night86mare]

tilt shift lens?

not sure about the pp, if it's not, but then i could never really tell.. mistook someone's t/s lens pictures for pp

very nice series, please post more.. love them all save the last one, which is a little weird

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by melnjes A quick stop at the Twelve Apostles. I've seen some pics taken from the shoreline below, but didn't manage to explore that.

the composition and the processing is interesting. what did you do with the processing? there appears to be patchy areas of brightening but the patchiness seems to work very well.

[melnjes]

Originally Posted by night86mare tilt shift lens? not sure about the pp, if it's not, but then i could never really tell.. mistook someone's t/s lens pictures for pp very nice series, please post more.. love them all save the last one, which is a little weird

yea, the composition of the last one isn't ideal - I wanted to work on it more as a photoshop challenge against the original pic. So yes, not tilt-shift lens, although I'm certainly a fan of TS photography.

[melnjes]

Originally Posted by zoossh the composition and the processing is interesting. what did you do with the processing? there appears to be patchy areas of brightening but the patchiness seems to work very well.

Added a tint, duplicated a second layer with gaussian blur with screen blending for the glowy effect.

Sometimes I do brighten and darken areas to taste - the patching came naturally this time though, through the brighter spots in the picture. Cloud cover like this tend to produce interesting results, not so obvious in built-up areas, but more apparent across large flat areas.

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by melnjes yea, the composition of the last one isn't ideal

i think it is the rock in the bottom, at least for me, but i think it is croppable

[melnjes]