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KMRennie

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Britanny watercolours
« on: May 30, 2017, 06:59:21 pm »

Another couple of ICM seascapes. I will get over my love affair with them sometime, but not yet. All comments welcome. Ken
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Re: Britanny watercolours
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2017, 08:29:38 pm »

These are beautiful, truly wonderful photographs. Well-executed!

I particularly like the pastel tones and higher key tones.
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Re: Britanny watercolours
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2017, 10:11:12 pm »

These are beautiful, truly wonderful photographs. Well-executed!

I particularly like the pastel tones and higher key tones.
I agree completely.
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Re: Britanny watercolours
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2017, 04:40:06 am »

Nice work. Are those dust spots in #1?

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« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2017, 04:57:49 am »

Great! I like those soft, light, pastel colors. Along with ICM, they are like caresses.
Bravo, well done!
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Re: Britanny watercolours
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2017, 05:20:53 am »

That nr 2 image is just utterly brilliant.
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Re: Britanny watercolours
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2017, 05:22:34 am »

That nr 2 image is just utterly brilliant.

Yes!

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« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2017, 07:51:02 am »

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Re: Britanny watercolours
« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2017, 08:07:02 am »

Thanks for the encouraging and flattering comments. Yes Paulo dust spots, NOTE don't change lenses on a beach with a 50mph wind blowing and then take images at f32. Ken
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« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2017, 10:23:13 am »

Nice that second one
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Re: Britanny watercolours
« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2017, 11:27:44 am »

Love them both.   Second image is some of the best work I've seen here.  If I can give one minor suggestion?  I've found with my own work of this type that selective further blur (just a very little)  in some areas where there is sharp "streaking" can give you that last 1% in taking the "digital" out of icm work like this, especially in the final printed piece.
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Re: Britanny watercolours
« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2017, 12:00:51 pm »

Absolutely lovely! For me, #2 is just the right blend of abstract and recognizable subject (the sailboat). ICM = Impressionistic Capture Medium? ;)

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Re: Britanny watercolours
« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2017, 12:07:03 pm »

James thanks for the suggestion. I have been experimenting with selective large radius sharpening and blurring and have found that going too far with the blurring leaves me with what looks like out of focus shots. Lots of expensive experimenting with prints to follow. I have a tendency to oversharpen my digital images not my prints especially with matt paper leaving the sharpening to lightroom when printing. Although I like the second image a lot I prefer this one especially printed very light on lightly textured matt paper with a little work on the sky to remove the darker smudges in the clouds. http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=117513.msg972859#msg972859
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Re: Britanny watercolours
« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2017, 12:22:45 pm »

David ICM = intentional camera movement. In this case rotating with the camera with a fairly long shutter speed thus the f32. In this case 1/4s with a 200mm lens @ISO32. It is normal to use a ND filter but I was shooting largely into the sun so I had to have the lens hood on ruling out my Lee filters. I must make a curious sight, rotating very quickly with a large and expensive camera pointed at the beach and sea. It takes a bit of practice to find the correct shutter speed to get enough detail and texture into the shot while keeping enough detail to allow some form of recognition and the keeper ratio is very low. If I get 1 in 20 I am delighted, sometimes all of the shots are complete rubbish and many people think that they are all complete rubbish. I often shoot the same image at different shutter speed to blend areas of lesser and greater detail in although I have not done it here.  Out tonight along the Scottish Solway Coast, which is close, to try and get some more shots normal or ICM. I hope that this helps. Ken
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Re: Britanny watercolours
« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2017, 09:40:30 pm »

James thanks for the suggestion. I have been experimenting with selective large radius sharpening and blurring and have found that going too far with the blurring leaves me with what looks like out of focus shots. Lots of expensive experimenting with prints to follow. I have a tendency to oversharpen my digital images not my prints especially with matt paper leaving the sharpening to lightroom when printing. Although I like the second image a lot I prefer this one especially printed very light on lightly textured matt paper with a little work on the sky to remove the darker smudges in the clouds. http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=117513.msg972859#msg972859
Ken

Totally agreed on the print production - There can be magical results with work like this on quality textured matte paper.  :).  I'd love to exchange a couple of "icm-styled" prints with you sometime just to share finished work in a similar genre. Let me know if you'd like to trade when you're satisfied with your final result :)
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