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Merritt

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1,670 posts

269 months

Monday 12th November 2007
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Ok.. im not even average with my photographic skills, I have a cheapy Canon 'instant' digital camera and I was flying an aircraft at the time... I was still quite impressed with these hehe












Steve

Martin Keene

11,616 posts

256 months

Monday 12th November 2007
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Great shots.

1) is almost perfect, slight shame about the wing. But I'm sure that could be ammended with a bit of cropping/post-process.
2) Superb. I really like that.
3) Nice, but doesn't do anything for me.
4) Much better, sense of scale and a bit of landscape/scene with it.
5) Same as no 3.

J111

3,354 posts

246 months

Monday 12th November 2007
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Merritt said:
I was flying an aircraft at the time...
Umm. Surely this is not a recommended practice ?

  1. 2's great, gives a feeling of the isolation of the island

flat-planedCrank

3,697 posts

234 months

Monday 12th November 2007
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Nice shots smile 2 and 4 in particular.

Personally, i'd process these files a bit more smile
1) I'd crop the wing out.
2) Love the composition of this. Probably boost the saturation of green + blue
4) This is really nice smile I'd boost the saturation a bit.

For all the shots i'd boost the local contrast a bit, then detail sharpening after.
Would make the images really 'pop' smile

Cheers.

Merritt

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1,670 posts

269 months

Monday 12th November 2007
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Thanks for the comments guys.. I haven't done any processing at all to these photos other than reduce the size for the forum.

Oh and don't panic - there was another pilot with me who was looking after the aircraft whilst I was snapping out of a very small hole in the window! Fortunate really as there was only 1000ft separation between us and a departing 747 at one point over Sanfrancisco International Airport!

I actually took about 80ish photos over the course of 4 hrs and they have all come out pretty well.

With regards to post processing - Im afraid I wouln't know where to start!

Edited to say - anyone care to spend a few minutes showing me what they 'could' look like with some post processing?

Cheers

Steve



Edited by Merritt on Monday 12th November 22:35

beano500

20,854 posts

306 months

Monday 12th November 2007
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Fantastic


Was just in SF a few weeks back.

I decided it's pretty difficult to get an original take on the GG Bridge - but it looks good from that angle. In fact they're all good.

(Course, they're no longer accurate. Apparently Alcatraz is swimming in an oil slick at the moment frown Governor "I'll be back" Schwarzie has been a bit tied up down south and didn't get things rolling quick enough when some numpty rammed the Bay Bridge with an oil tanker......)


(Cropped, straightened a little, levels and curves tweaked slightly....)

J111

3,354 posts

246 months

Monday 12th November 2007
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Just a gentle tweak, shadows/highlights, levels, and straightened the horizon:


Merritt

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1,670 posts

269 months

Tuesday 13th November 2007
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Nice one... With a bit of tidying they look cracking!

If anyone is interested in seeing the others, I can stick all the original photos in a zip file and upload them...

Cheers

Steve

Gingerbread Man

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244 months

Tuesday 13th November 2007
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