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Thanks to those that gave comments & critique on my previous upoload. Seems the colour popping didn't go down too well. As I mentioned in my original post the evening was late when I arrived at Talisker and the shots turned out quite dark. The sands of Talisker are black n white so there is not much colour but it does lend itself to some lovely patterns n stuff...The seaweed was a slick green colour. I was able to extract some detail through HDR and then turn into mono leaving the brightly coloured buoy I though might give it some impact...it did but not in a favourable way...there you go 
Cassiecat asked to see the colour version so I am posting it for viewing but I will post for critique rather than allow people to c&c.
Lesley, I have toned down the buoy but for me now looking at the original out of the camera it looks unnatural.
| Camera: | Canon |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | Talisker Bay |
| Username: | 
Alan_Coles |
| Uploaded: | 27 Feb 2010 - 8:37 AM |
| Tags: | Digitally manipulated, General, Landscape / travel |
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a huge improvement IMHO the detail in the foreground is amazing seeing it in colour - the buoy is almost insignificant but still a good part of the picture - like it lots
nice shot - but I too would prefer to leave the bouy out - it looks kinda artificial and incongruous in a way that for me personally doesn't add anything to the image. that is only a personal choice though. I really enjoy this version.
cheers Ann
Thanks all.
Gaz...the waterfall you went to was Kilt Rock on the north east penninsular near the Quiraing - this is on the west side of the Isle and wish I had gone back there the next day to have a better look as it was nearing darkness...you would have loved this place but think you did rather well with the images you came back with...just for the life of me can't understand why they haven't got more attention??????
I think this is an excellent shot and I'm really pleased that you posted it. The seeringly bright sunset and the bizarre intrusion of the buoy suit each other perfectly and give an almost alien feel to the landscape. It's almost as if this thing has dropped from space and injected colour into a grey world.
Without the buoy, it's a pretty routine shot — especially with the burnt-out sunset — but the buoy makes it special and different. Let's face it: of all the sunsets and seascapes you see on ePhotozine today, which one are you going to remember tomorrow?
OK, I'll stop gushing. I've posted a mod, which everyone will hate because I tried to undo your toning down of the buoy. I wouldn't post that on its own but I did also dodge the waterfall a bit to make it stand out more. I tried giving it a bit of an orange tint to link with the sunset and the buoy, which I thought was a neat idea but which looked rubbish so I undid it. 
Many thanks all for the comments and mods, especially those that came back after I took down the mono / coloured popped version. looking at the comments above there is mixed feelings about inclusion of the buoy and also the saturation level of the buoy itself. In a pm to someone I mentioned the colour was very bright anyway and for my own personal thought I did like the punch it gave the image....All mods have their attributes and thanks for taking the time to play about with one of my images. I have gone through my stuff and can't find one that had this angle without the buoy but I think i have explored enough of Talisker Bay until hopefully I return to the place again!
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