North Curl Curl

[RossW]

Sony A200
f 6.3
1/250
ISO 320

[Isac]

Awesome shot Ross. I love all the water action and the darker sky seems to highlight it more - you've captured it well.

[loose cannon]

G'day Ross

Nice scene captured here but the colours look a little flat to me, not much, but there's room to move here I reckon to give the image some more punch.

Have you done any processing on this?

[Toddyh]

Timing looks good. Captured the wave well. Apart from the wave the rest of the image, in particular foreground, looks under exposed. Little bit of processing should fix that.

[seaslug]

Hi Ross.. great subject matter and your composition is spot on.

I think I remember you saying you had Lightroom. The image suffers a little from blown highlights (the wave) and flat surrounds as others have mentioned (foreground and sky). In Lightroom there are adjustments for highlights and shadows, clarity, vibrance and sharpening. I suggest you put the image in and have a play with these sliders, you'll be amazed at how much extra detail you can extract. from that wave.

[Isac]

Here's another way to give it a lift just using Photoshop.
1. Duplicate the Background Layer 2. On Layer 1, set the Blend Mode to "Multiply". Adjust the Opacity to suit.

[RossW]

Thanks to you all for your comments. Much appreciated.

My No 1 aim when I started this was to actually soften it. Below is what I started with and basically all I did was crop and straighten, Soften, Darken the sky a little then brush in clarity to the rock and the white water using LR

[seaslug]

If its the way you want it then fine. We all see things differently and only you were there and had the inspiration from the moment. I feel the power of that wave and that’s why I added drama.

[RossW]

If its the way you want it then fine. We all see things differently and only you were there and had the inspiration from the moment. I feel the power of that wave and that’s why I added drama.

Hi Greg. I understand totally where you are coming from.. Generally speaking I like looking at soft photos so tried to do it with this photo. As for the power of the wave = drama well that's artistic and like I said earlier in another thread "I don't have an artistic bone in my body" that's the good part about the forum - different people having different views. So always something to learn.

[LJG]

It is a very dramatic subject, but like others I also feel it is missing something, it looks a wee bit toned down on my screen.