Cals B&W Seals

Hey Guys,

I haven't been diving in 5 weeks and am slowly going mad

So I went back over some old shots and found a few I liked. I'm not sure why I missed these the first time round but I think their pretty groovy.

Heres a baby seal I found ages ago. He fell asleep on some rocks

I like the first one the most but my room-mate hated it as she thought the seal was dead!

Cheers,

Cal

havent been diving for 5 weeks, i havent got wet for about 5 months...

that first shot is so so cute, kind of make you wanna give him/her a BIG cuddle. great tones.

cheers for sharing Cal, Stew

Good God Man!!! Five weeks with no diving, I feel your pain Go and put your kit on and walk east and don't stop till

you get wet. I know your up there to do research but pull your self together and get your priorities in order!!

Cheers,

Jim

PS you could always drive down here and join me for a dive

Very cute: I like the first one the most as well.

They don't work for me in black and white. Particularly the first and third are very lost in the backgrounds.

Maybe in colour they would be better? At least the colour of the subject might catch your eye. Alternatively using a wider aperture would have helped to isolate the subject from the background.

I think that the fur textures are interesting in black and white. But your compositions, depth of field, lighting, don't bring this out. As they are, they are not working for me in black and white.

Alex

I like them.

They don't work for me in black and white. Particularly the first and third are very lost in the backgrounds.

 

Maybe in colour they would be better? At least the colour of the subject might catch your eye. Alternatively using a wider aperture would have helped to isolate the subject from the background.

 

I think that the fur textures are interesting in black and white. But your compositions, depth of field, lighting, don't bring this out. As they are, they are not working for me in black and white.

 

Alex

Interesting how folks see things differently; I see what you mean though that the subject does not stand out as separate from the background, but I still like the the textures in greyscale, so works for me.

One thing that will really improve the images, particularly the first image, is tilting the images so that the horizon is horizontal. Folks often miss this, but when they rotate the horizon to horizontal as it should be, you will always see an immediate improvement.

One thing that will really improve the images, particularly the first image, is tilting the images so that the horizon is horizontal.

Sound familiar, Cal? ;-)

You know what I think about #2!

I don't recall seeing #1 before. Like it a lot, except for the obvious horizon issue. Perhaps you can also play with the shadows some more. Would like to see more detail in them.

Great Pics, really!

I quite like the second. Its like it was modelling for you.

Thanks guys!

Jtemple: your a crack up! I can just imagine you saying " I told you so!" I'm not sure if you've seen 2 before. Its different to the other one (but same general feeling)

Alex: I was using a point n shoot digi cam which didn't have any manual settings :-(. Trust me when I say that B&W was the only way to save the images as the colour versions were woeful. The camera was one of those ones that people carry in their pockets for quick snaps at parties. Thanks for the feedback on the images. It's always interesting to see how people respond to different photos.

Jim: "I know your up there to do research but pull your self together 1861.gif and get your priorities in order!!" haha Thanks jim!

Cheers!

Cal

Interesting how folks see things differently; I see what you mean though that the subject does not stand out as separate from the background, but I still like the the textures in greyscale, so works for me.

One thing that will really improve the images, particularly the first image, is tilting the images so that the horizon is horizontal. Folks often miss this, but when they rotate the horizon to horizontal as it should be, you will always see an immediate improvement.

Very true. it was obvious that the horizon line was slighlty skew wiff, well to me anyway. I do not consider myself in a position to be too critical of other peoples shots when mine look the way they do.....

I would imagine that if Alex was to come and look at some new buildings with me, we would probably say " yea, they look good ". Where as myself being a manager of construction sites, whould probably turn around and be able to reply " well Alex thats not quite true, the brickwork isnt very good, the windows havent been sealed properly, bla bla bla "

Thats why i am sitting in a site office on a building site in London, and Alex is jetting off around the world, capturing great images.

forgetting the skew wiff horizon, which can be easily rectified in PS i do still like the first image. but hey i am a site manager so dont listen to me !!!!!!!