Surfin' IRL

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• waskahegan (0)
• [2004-11-04 15:36]
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Given the distance from the coast, you must have used a telephoto? Your picture shows well the predominantly gray atmosphere and high humidity. The only color being the surfboard, did you intend the crossing?

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• gustav (60)
• [2004-11-04 15:38]
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Don't be affraid. Or not very affraid at least. I for my sake love it.

Kind of see the hopelesness in the situation. I think it's possible to interpret this picture in many ways.

What tech have you done on this one exactly?

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• cgrindahl (6103)
• [2004-11-04 16:35]
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This is interesting Danny. I'd encourage you to note the technical work when you've done something out of the ordinary with an image as a courtesy to those interested in such things.

Next time around you may wish to try using the saturation slider in Adjustments and desaturate the colors individually. That way you can avoid what can be a tedious selection process and keep whatever colors you wish to preserve. My guess is that in this image only the surfboard would remain if you used that technique. You would, of course, increase saturation in the yellow, while decreasing to zero all other colors.

Another possibility you may wish to consider with this image, would be to reduce the noise in the sky around the island. This is a matter of personal taste, of course. I appreciate you must like the contrast of the well defined foreground and the misty background. I don't know whether the noise in the sky is necessary or helpful for creating that feeling. It is your call, of course.

Welcome to TE Danny. This is wonderful place to share photos and get to meet fine folks from around the world. In my experience, the more you put into the site, the more you will get back. Look at lots of photos and workshops, write critiques and post images. We learn much from one another... ;-)

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• manny (21348)
• [2004-11-05 2:07]
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Nice... good POV and compo of the surfer moving into the frame. Good PP. How did you capture such a dramatic wave obscuring part of the surfer's?

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• SophieL (6020)
• [2004-11-05 5:54]

I really like that shot (and even more with your workshop, which is indeed softer and reduce the noise in the sky). It seems that the surfer is trying to cross the ocean to a promised land that can barely be seen in the fog. Skellig Michael's silhouette certainly gives the atmosphere to this picture (atmosphere reinforced by your color treatment).
And I love your title! :^)

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• jmdaoudal (18591)
• [2004-11-05 14:44]

Like it a lot, and this is a good study from you, technicaly looks interesting in working on each channel.
The island becomes mistery Island like in litterature and the surfer is trying to join. I have just to suggest that if you leave a color for the board why dont you find a realistic color different of black for the surfer, of course he may have a black dress, why not have it in a more human color or muli colored to increase the difference whith b&w;
Compliment for all this
Jean Michel

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• Leonie (8042)
• [2005-05-07 11:55]

This photo is really excellent! The water is so black...I would be scared to swim in it...but the mood here is great! Just the real Ireland on a dark waeather day...mysterious and threatening...
Well done! Leonie

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• rui_seabra (205)
• [2006-10-10 8:05]

I think the original photo is more interesting... you can see more clearly the pattern in the surfboard...

Nice photo, you almost can feel the cold!

Thank you for sharing!
Rui Seabra
Portugal

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• Dyerco (4981)
• [2007-08-06 5:52]

Hi Danny

I like this a lot. I've done this type of work myself. Another method is to make a duplicate layer and desaturate all of it then magnify the image around the surfer and use the eraser tool on the surfboard and voila!
It certainly evokes emotion.

Phil

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• skerdreux (1389)
• [2007-09-16 23:09]

I love this picture. it's very interesting how you manage the picture to give this dramatic atmosphere with Skelligs island in the background.
Well done !
Regards, TFS
Sylvain

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• kwazireal (168)
• [2008-01-13 3:52]
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Original photo:

Interesting all around. The noise in the background was significantly distracting.

WS:

Was not as good as the original; the main subject was not as sharp and crisp, and the color effect management was not a precise.

Suggestion: your original method or the last one suggested, above, was fine for colorizing this image. Using Neatimage, you should have masked-off the foreground and removed the noise from the background, only. See additional WS for example.

Regards,
Chris