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Lynne Alexander
{K:419} 6/28/2006
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Thank you John first for viewing and second for the time to comment. Cloning out the extra surfers is a good way to solve the problem as I was a distance from the scene and cropping probably wouldn't work too well. I was attracted by the spotlighted light that broke thru the clouds and had no time to move closer. I loved your sunset shot and many of your creative views but was unable to make a comment .
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AJ Miller
{K:49168} 6/27/2006
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A nice action shot, with a good pose from the surfer and a lovely capture of the wave behind him. Not an easy subject!
The image is perhaps a little soft - I guess you were some distance away? I also find the other three surfers paddling out a little distracting. Maybe a closer crop and/or a little cloning could help with this. The horizon may have a slight slope but this would be easy to adjust.
John
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Chris Hunter
{K:25634} 6/27/2006
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Hi Lynne, OK - so it was a 200mm lens not a 18-70mm? Using non-pro telephoto lenses is always hit or miss. I often have the same problem.
Some things I do to ensure good image quality at 200-300mm are to: stop down to f/6-f/8 while still shooting at the fastest possible shutter speed, brace the lens or use a mono/tripod, bump up to iso200-400 to make sure to be shooting at atleast 1/320th. Maybe getting closer to the water (I'll often wear shorts and go up to about my knees) would have allowed you some greater reach - but then you lose the higher angle which is nice.
I would have used a manual focus point, to ensure your main object is in focus. F/8 should have offered fine DOF for this scene, most likely the lens wasn't auto focused on the desired subject. If you shoot RAW you can see where the lens was focused in post. While you can't change it, it does help to troubleshoot.
For resizing, the best possible way to reduce images for web is to reduce them by 25% (Image> Image Size> Percent and then enter 25% with resample checked) If using Pshop CS-CS2, then you can enter 850pixels on the long side, with re-smaple checked, and then pick 'Bicubic sharper' as the resize method.
Hope this helps,
Chris
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Lynne Alexander
{K:419} 6/27/2006
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Chris ,,, In order to upload a larger image I dropped the resolution to 100 psi would that have anything to do with the falling apart you are talking about? Because of the distance from the surfers I didn't think it would stand up to a closer crop. I am not grasping the technology very well. When my son retirms from a rwo week trip he may be able to help me with a proper upload. Thanks for your help and comments.
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Lynne Alexander
{K:419} 6/27/2006
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I made a mistake in composition thinking the light on the surfer hightlighted the subject and made it stand out. This scene was taking place a ways down the beach and I was shooting at sand level Can you esplain what do I need to do to obtain the smoother tonal range. Thank you for your evaluation.
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Lynne Alexander
{K:419} 6/27/2006
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I really like the composition you have reconfigured. The lens was the longest I have 200nn on a digital 300. The apreture was F 8 with a shutter speed of 1/320 maybe it should have been faster and aperture of F 16 ? I have a MacOS X so no Windows Thank you for your help Chris
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Hugo de Wolf
{K:185110} 6/26/2006
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Hi Lynne, very good compositon, but a bit weak on the image quality. (it looks a bit soft) That might be because of the postprocessing.
Also, the contrast is rather hard, a bit more balance in the mid tones would've created a smoother tonal range, IMO.
Looking at the composition of the surfer, you timed this perfectly, very spectacular. The surfers looking for their wave are a bit redundant to the image, but there's not much you could've done about that (Although, I think Chris' suggested crop hits the mark beautifully)
There is a minute clockwise tilt in the horizon too, but that's rather easy to correct.
The lighting in this photo is spot on, and creates a very good feel. All in all a nice shot.
Cheers,
hugo
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Chris Hunter
{K:25634} 6/26/2006
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Nice scene, but I think that the image quality is fairly degraded.
Maybe the focal point was not on the surfer on the top? It seems that the water in the foreground is abit more in-focus than the people. Was a very wide aperture used?
Also, what was the focal length and shutter speed? (this info, if shot as a .jpg, can be found in Windows XP by right-clicking on the file and then going to properties>Advanced)
As far as composition, I would have probably used a longer lens and zoomed in on the one individual who is riding the wave. See the attached for an idea on this.
Cheers,
Chris
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