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Worth it though 
Andy...
Andy...
greatness!
Thanks everyone for your kind comments.
I meant to say a little about how I "developed" this photo, as although I am mostly pleased with the result, I can see room for improvement.
I put an ND grad on, as I was had limited time, and although overcast, the sky was pretty bright in relation to the boats.
However, on getting home, I tried a "psuedo-hdr" approach, exposing the same RAW at -2, -1, 0, +1, +2 ev, and using Photomatix Pro to combine them in order to bring out the sky and some of the textures better (I've tried to avoid the "overcooked" hdr look). Unfortunately, because I had used the ND grad, the boat hull looks a bit overblown to me. Maybe I can figure out a way to avoid that (any suggestions welcomed!).
An (extra) incentive to go back and do it again without the ND grad, and with a tripod
. It was our first time on Mull/Iona - it's such a beautiful place that we don't need much persuading to go back and see more.
I meant to say a little about how I "developed" this photo, as although I am mostly pleased with the result, I can see room for improvement.
I put an ND grad on, as I was had limited time, and although overcast, the sky was pretty bright in relation to the boats.
However, on getting home, I tried a "psuedo-hdr" approach, exposing the same RAW at -2, -1, 0, +1, +2 ev, and using Photomatix Pro to combine them in order to bring out the sky and some of the textures better (I've tried to avoid the "overcooked" hdr look). Unfortunately, because I had used the ND grad, the boat hull looks a bit overblown to me. Maybe I can figure out a way to avoid that (any suggestions welcomed!).
An (extra) incentive to go back and do it again without the ND grad, and with a tripod
. It was our first time on Mull/Iona - it's such a beautiful place that we don't need much persuading to go back and see more.
Quote:I married the right woman.
you certainly did...surprised she didn't say "and you'd better buy a new camera amnd some lenses to make the most of it"
as for the bit on the hull, a few have mentioned on threads recently about doing the HDR but manually erasing back to an original layer where needed...might work
Stephen
This is beautiful!
