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I decided to send a flickr photo set to Adam Lerner (as seen on FroKnowsPhoto.com) for the Friday Flickr Photo Critique.
I was glad to hear some constructive criticism from all the viewers and Adam about losing the photo frames around my images.
The most recent images I have posted on the blog have the new watermark on them and no more frames! YAY!
To answer some of Adams questions about the images I have put together the following:
Where the images were photographed and some of the before and after photos after my Photoshop brush got to them.
Adams Friday Flickr Photoset Critique on Youtube can been seen here:
Adam Lerner – Friday Flickr Photo Critique
My brief response to Adams youtube clip:
The first image was taken at Russell Falls in Tasmania. The final image was made from a 6 image stitch.
The second image of lavender has had some tones added to the photo
The third image was taken at the Pinnacles in Western Australia. I stood in the desert holding an umbrella protecting my camera from the strong wind. The total exposure time was 4 hours. I waited for the sunrise to get the golden light on some of the Pinnacle formations.
The fourth image has been shot against a cloudy sky. To have a clean white background. Adam you were spot on!
The fifth image of the saltlake footprints was taken near Karratha, Western Australia
The sixth image of the police officers has been heavily edited (see below)
The seventh image was taken from a hot air balloon at sunrise in the Hunter Valley, Western Australia
The eighth image has had a slight crop…roughly 2 percent of the image. I captured the Osprey with a Canon 400mm f5.6 after getting extremely close to it.
The nineth image has been warmed up to capture the sunrise. Taken at Gordon River, Western Australia
The last image was taken at Port Hedland. I got up really early for this sunrise (looking over a bay)
Below is the before and after of a few of the images….original image is on the left and edited is on the right.
Please note: The first original image of Russell Falls isn’t the original image. I don’t have a saved copy of the original edited one….this one is very similar…you should get the idea.
Thanks again to Adam for choosing my images to critique. Keep up the brilliant tutorials on lighting and general photography and I look forward to the next spreecast you do with Jared Polin (www.froknowsphoto.com).
If you are new to the blog I would love to hear your feedback…so feel free to leave me a comment.
These images were taken on my last trip to Port Hedland and Karratha.
After a busy day I have still managed to find some time to share a photo with you all.
I remember a good mate of mine Andrew Halsall once said…always look behind you when you are out taking photos….you know what? He was right!
Off to walk the dogs now followed by the treadmill. For those of you who don’t know the plan for me is to loose 36kg – just image how much more camera gear I could carry! I started on the 10th March…so far 5kgs down 31kg to go!
Until next time
Happy Shooting.
I’m pretty happy this one worked out. Two image stitch and focus stacked.
Enjoy.
I shot this image on my last trip to the Pilbara just over a week ago. Hearson’s Cove is situated on the Burup Peninsula just a short drive from Karratha or Dampier.
Funny story actually….about seven weeks ago, as I was driving to Geraldton from Perth and about 200kms out of Perth, I saw this guy walking by the side of the road with two camels. I considered pulling over and taking a photo of the human caravan but alas as we all know photographers can be quite lazy so I ended up driving by and not thinking much of it at all….until last Thursday as I was driving from Port Hedland to Karratha I saw him again – seven weeks later! I decided it was time to put my portrait skills to good use.
I pulled over and introduced myself and asked if it would be alright to take a portrait. Stephen was more than happy to pose and even get on the camel for me. Stephen Geppert explained that he is walking around Western Australia and the least I could do for the somewhat energetic traveler was take his photo for him.
From the research that I have conducted it seems that Brisbane born Geppert is planning to walk from Perth to Mitchell Falls at the top end of our massive state with two camels from Kalamunda Camels. In the scorching heat of the Pilbara it seems that Stephen was in good spirts with his two companions, Wasim and Herman. He explained that one of the camels would normally be carrying the majority of his water (a total of about 238 litres) but he ran into trouble when the camel developed a saddle sore. As the dilemma unfolded he planned to have the camel’s saddle couriered from Karratha to Port Hedland to give the 20 year old beast a rest.
I am just amazed at what we can achieve if we can put our minds to it. Stephen seems to be the kind of guy who makes one believe that anything is possible. I only met him for about ten minutes but he certainly left an impression. His journey will take him through this great State of Western Australia where he is yet to experience the Tanami, Gibson, Great Victoria deserts followed by the Nullabor before continuing on back to Perth. I wish him all the best. I have sent this photo to him so he can treasure the memory forever.
These are a few images from my trip to Karijini National Park via Port Hedland and Karratha. Most of them were taken on the Tom Price Railway Road.
Enjoy.
Just goes to show its worth paying for a service no matter what the cost. I found this car driving from Karratha to Karijini National Park. Somehow I don’t think it would be road worthy at all.
Enjoy
I was inspired to go to Karijini last week after seeing David Sobiks photos. Time was against me as I only had a day at Karijini before I had to drive back to Karratha to fly back to Perth. Port Hedland, Karratha, Tom Price and Karijini in four days wasn’t the best idea, by the time Sunday night had come the red bull was flowing freely!
This one was taken on the Tom Price Railway Road somewhere inbetween Tom Price and Karratha.
