This is the tip of the stern 5.9" gun of the SMS Coln which was scuttled in Scapa Flow in 1919. Great growth for a dark cold water wreck and quite a contrast from the guns original purpose. I shot this with a Oly C3040, in a Tetra housing. 100 degree wide angle lens, and only one DX90 strobe, which was high and to the left about 24" from the camera. 1/50th sec. at F8. dont remember the strobes power setting.
I didnt do much with Photoshop since I have entered this file in the BTS Open digital contest. I dodged some backscatter from water around the gun, and brought the brightness and contrast up a bit, and sharpened very little. (Im worried about what the judges might think)
So is this a contender or should I go back to writing?
Looks very nice. Good color and lighting. Maybe you could have framed or cropped it a little tighter. I do like leaving some negative space in the photo though. :ph34r:
Maybe you should sell this to 'InterFlora' !
I agree with Dave - It needs cropping, but also as with most Oly shots the contrast needs adjusting too.
Did you use a defuser? I am gessing with the hot spot you may not have.
Having said that it's still a lovely image...
Bob
Well someone was bound to do it sooner or later!
Ironically the circular crop gives it a lot more definition!!!
Mark H
Bob after I get back from Roatan I will send you my shots to edit up. You certainly have it down.
Hey I like it.
I have made files of this image with tighter cropping but this is the file I submitted for the contest. (My first) Since the rules are pretty vague as to what one can do with an image I kept the composition pretty traditional and didnt do anything extreme with editing the file.
Regarding Interflora what is it and why would they be intersted in this image?
Mike
Mike,
Thats Bob's sense of humour. He comes from a part of the UK (Midlands) which is notorious for its dry SOH. Interflora are a national 'ring up, order & deliver' florists in the UK, hence the cropped photo jibe!!
You'll get used to him after a while!!!!
I come from a different part of the Midlands where there is a slight difference in accent, hence my occasional label for Bob as a Yam Yam.
Clear as mud?
Mark H
J'avais pas accent
Mais non mon ami! Vous avez un tres grand accent!
Bonjour Rodney!!
Im glas I was able to supply such a great source of good fun. I have many friends from the UK and they are all pissers.
Mike
"I have many friends from the UK and they are all pissers".
What are you trying to say?????
Pissers? Are people who will generally have a very good time regardless of what, where, or with whom they are doing it. When in a group eventually everyone will be having a great time but sometimes at the expense of one.
My last trip to Scapa Flow there were us 2 yanks and 4 brits on the boat. In 7 days managed to make life long friends. Most of us suffered greater risk of injury from the laughing than from the depth.
Mike
Thanks for that. Only a pond separates such different versions of the english language!
Its a dyper/nappy, garbage/rubbish thing!!!!
Thats right you Brits dont speak American any better than we manage English.
If memory serves getting pissed in the UK might mean getting too drunk.
Je suis une demi-pisser - I'm in Seychelles 1/2 the year.
(That makes me half pisser - half tosser)
Bob, don't put yourself down..........let us do that for you!!
