Western Beachshore Photo

Photographer’s Note

Kalamata Western Beachshore
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A little memory from my oldest DSLR Camera a Canon 300D. I was always afraid of this photo, the PP has never satisfied me. C1 Pro never produced warm colors and faithful sand and skies. DPP was so accurate that I could not find something to draw attention, to make me say "Hey, hold on a sec!", I just moved on to the next, something everybody else would do.
Sometimes PP is hit or miss because it is based on the viewer's opinion. This is the case where I made some "extreme" PP testing. I electrified the skies and punched the contrast a bit just to make the eye stop on this. Since this is hit or miss I can accept any PP suggestion, but this is my version and I guess I wanted to make it look like a vivid dream carved in my memory (thus the strong contrast and the almost red sand colors).
What need I say about the day? It was a beautiful August afternoon with no wind and a crystal clear atmosphere. I lied down to my chest with my camera barely touching the sand and my one leg where the waves reached the sand. I guess I can remember 1 or 2 people laughing behind me and soon my wife was the third one!!!

Post processing included:
1. Clone stamp tool to make a swimmer's head disappear
2. Luko's USM
4. Contrast punched enhancements
5. Added border/copyright/title
6. Resizing for TE
7. Another pass of Luko's USM

Please note that it was not my intention to make this look realistic. I could leave it as it was after all!!!

The original is here.

Nikos

P.S. I want to tell you all how grateful I am for your comments. TE Policy does not permit "excessive thank you replies", so I have to thank you all once and in the description. I wish I could thank you everyone in person.

mehr, bostankorkulugu, doubay, papagolf21, elendim, kpav, steliosk, Tue, MLINES has marked this note useful

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mehr (1358) 2008-10-05 6:38

Hi Nick,
wonderful view with great colors, light and clearity.
TFS.
Bahram

bema (8615) 2008-10-05 9:03

Hi Nick,

seems to be a beauty after post-processing, fine colors, nice depth and a beautiful outlook..

kind regards ...Bernd

doubay (5023) 2008-10-05 12:17

Gia su Niko,
kalos irthes sto TE.
Poli kali fotografia topiou apo tin omorfi Messinia.
Echo omos ke merikes paratirisis:
- Vrisko ton paralia ligo keni. Tha eprepe na ipirche kapio stichio - isos kapios anthropos - na trevixi tin prosochi.
- Vrisko ta fardia kadra me lezandes perita. Apla apospun tin prosochi apo tin fotografia.
By the way: Ap´oti vlepo grafis kritikes me arketo enthusiasmo. Ego andithetos echo gini arketa tembelis ton telefteo kero. Gi´afto min parexithis ean den iparchi poli andapokrisi ap´tin plevra mu se periptosi pu scholiasis fotografia mu.:-)
Chereto
Andreas

papagolf21 (56096) 2008-10-05 14:36

Bonsoir, Nick,
J'ai l'impression de découvrir un arrêt sur image sur grand écran. La beauté du paysage est manifeste. Je suis stupéfait par la qualité des couleurs et des détails.
Le mouvement de la vague venant mourir sur la grève est de toute beauté.
Amitiés.
Philippe

azaf1 (15541) 2008-10-06 1:27

Niko kalimera
Omorfa zigiasmeno kadro me poli kali oxitita kai zontana xromata. Ligaki st aristera einai out of focus alla ipotheto oti einai tixaio.
filika
Argiris

bostankorkulugu (33482) 2008-10-06 4:01

this one looks almost 3D niko mou, makes me go wow... loved the foam waves in action, loved the clouds and their shodows on the hills, and loved the coppertone of the pebbles, making them look like the autumn leaves,lol... a real good job man, congrats...

korkut

(hey, just realised your favorite photos list:D... a bit too much but thanks a lot buddy;)...)

elendim (1677) 2008-10-06 8:36

Γεια οσυ Νικο!
Πολυ καλη φωτογραφια,ωραια χρωματα και ομορφη συνθεση με τα βοτσαλα!Πολυ καλη δουλεια ;)

Ελενα!

kpav (5023) 2008-10-07 4:53

Γεια σου Νίκο, εντυπωσιακό το αποτέλεσμα της επεξεργασίας σου μεταμόρφωσε κυριολεκτικά την λήψη σου με εξαιρετικά χρώματα και απίθανη καθαρότητα. Η χαμηλή γωνία λήψης εδώ απέδωσε τα μέγιστα. Σε χαιρετώ,
Κώστας.

steliosk (4784) 2008-10-07 14:39

omorfo POV, an kai to kserw to meros de nomizw oti auth h gwnia mporei na xa8ei,
o kairos foberos, krystalinh kai synama zesth atmosfaira, synnefa, poly omorfo fonto san zwgrafia.
Eksisou kalh douleia sto PP.
To shmeio lhpshs einai entelws extreme opws perigrafeis, shallow DOF mprosta, me focus point pisw se ena oxi toso widest plano oso 8a h8ela gia na mh kopei to synnefo aristera epanw, arketa omorfo omws gia na "strimwksei" thn ousia opws th 8elw.
oi an kai ligo saturated einai ontws etsi to xrwma tous, syn th zesth atmosfaira. apla polloi mporei na parakseneutoun.
Poly kalo sharpness

Xairetw
Stelios

Isa-M (4026) 2008-10-08 10:36

Hi Nick...
beautiful Greek landscape...Good photo...
BRAVO for your POV...
Greetings...
I.

Tue (25608) 2008-10-10 1:54

Hi Nick,
A really great view along the coastline towards the mountains in the background. The colours are beautiful, nicely brought out by the sunlight and well saturated too. A nice warm/cold-contrast in the foreground between the beach and the water. Really good photo work! Thanks for sharing!
Regards,
Lars

nasokoun (0) 2008-10-10 12:58

Νίκο γειά σου
δυνατή λήψη,οξύτητα στο όριο,
χρώματα ζωντανά,με υπέροχο βάθος,ωραία δουλειά
σε χαιρετώ
Νάσος

Hellas (5109) 2008-10-15 4:59

Υπάρχει πιο ωραίο πράγμα, από το να κάνεις τους άλλους να γελούν;
Αν η φωτογραφία είχε και ήχο θα λέγαμε ότι είναι "ζωντανή". Είναι όμως έτσι κι αλλιώς και χωρίς αυτόν. Μετά την επεξεργασία το τοπίο έγινε ελκυστικότατο, λες και φύσηξε βοριάς και καθάρισε η ατμόσφαιρα! Λαμπερά χρώματα παντού και άριστο βάθος πεδίου! Τα σύννεφα στον ουρανό και το παιχνίδι τους με τις σκιές τους πάνω στη γη ομορφαίνουν την εικόνα. Η βοτσαλωτή παραλία, με την παρέα της τα κύματα, λειτουργεί ως οδηγός της θέας στο βάθος.

Χάρηκα που είδα αυτή την ομορφιά!

MLINES (10852) 2009-02-22 12:18

Hi Nick, I like Greece very much. There are so many beautiful places and this is another one of those. The textures and colours are very appealing. Beach, waves, mountains, this image has them all. TFS. Murray.

Photo Information

Copyright: Nick Pavlakis (NickPavlakis) (492)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-08-07
Categories: Daily Life, Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 300D (Digital Rebel), Sigma 18-50mm F3.5-5.6 DC AF, Hoya 58mm UV
Exposure: f/11, 1/200 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2008-10-05 6:05