I really can’t work out what to do with this photo. This is Deepwater Point jetty which is just down the road from me. I really love this spot as I learnt to sail here, and spent a lot of my youth here. I love the fact that the jetty is dark, I love the way the water looks, but I can’t decide what to do with the sky and its really bugging me. I think if I can get the sky right then I’ve got a great photo on my hands. Any suggestions?
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Nice image Jamie, I recon a bit of contrast in the sky would bring out more of the detail of the clouds and make the slyline stand out more.
Something like this http://www.madcat.com.au/upload/blog/DeepwaterPoint_MADCAT.jpg maybe
Ohhh how embaressing they are almost exactly the same. I do like the sky in your much better though. Ok I’ll mucking around with the contrast first. Thanks Dave!
Jamie Paterson
That is yours Jamie I just made a few changes to it 😆
Lol. What a classic mixup. Thanks for the suggestions Dave, I’ll check it out in detail. Did you capture anything good this week?
nice image , have you seen j Knight Smith gallery there is a image of the como peir http://jknightsmith.com/gallery/ I think image 5 , with high contrast on the jetty and light water and sky which I think would look great on this image .
I understand what you are saying about the jetty and the water, those do have atmosphere but I think the sky and city actually detract from those parts of the image. I think if you like the jetty / water shoot it again with just those 2 elements or if size is not a concern crop them about and I think you’ll find you may have a nice abstract kind of image with just the water and jetty.
Just what I see with my 2 cent judgment.
Check out this guy Mike Stacy to get an idea of what I mean. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikestacey/
Less is more kind of aspect.
Sorry 3rd post for some reason the link you have put to my blog is wrong …. I’ll add your blog today to mine … thx
Hi Neal,
If I spelt the link correctly it might work. I fixed it. 🙂
Neal,
I love the simplicity of Mike’s shots. Awesome. Thanks for the heads up.
Hi Kirk that image 5 is pretty cool. I’ve done one from a 45 degree angle which I think I prefer. I’ll try and find it and post it on here.
Jamie Paterson
I just got you link up on my blog
Cheers mate
Hi Dylan,
Thanks for that I appreciate it. Did you get any good shots this weekend?
Jamie Paterson
http://www.jamiepaterson.net
Haven’t gone out yet. I’m waiting for th rain to come through this week so I can get some nice clouds lurking around.
Yeah I can’t wait. The past couple of days have been a little boring. Bring on the clouds.