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Fanie

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Fisherman
« on: July 12, 2016, 19:56:29 »
This was his favorite place on the Dow, Zanzibar.

Converted using Silver FX Pro 2.

D800/27-70 f2.8 @ 42mm, f7.1 ,  1/400s

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Re: Fisherman
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2016, 20:17:10 »
Very relaxed. Perfectly designed.
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Re: Fisherman
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2016, 20:23:13 »
Great shot Fanie!

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Re: Fisherman
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2016, 21:49:02 »
Excellent shot. And great conversion. Glad you got to use your camera on this trip.
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Re: Fisherman
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2016, 01:32:45 »
A peaceful image, Fanie.  It should reflect your state of mind.
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Re: Fisherman
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2016, 21:42:25 »
I like the gesture of the shot and the B&W...but there seems to be a bit of a halo around the people.  Not sure if that is from the direction of the sun or from some shadow recovery in post.
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Re: Fisherman
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2016, 14:12:31 »
Fanie,
Excellent photo.
Well seen, and beautifully composed.
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Re: Fisherman
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2016, 14:23:57 »
I like the gesture of the shot and the B&W...but there seems to be a bit of a halo around the people.  Not sure if that is from the direction of the sun or from some shadow recovery in post.

Thank you for pointing it out Andrew, I went back and had a look at what I have done, and it seems that using U-points in Nik to dramatise the sky made this halo, which is a bit distracting.

Attached is an earlier version I did with less editing in the sky, and where the halo is much less.

I would appreciate a comment on the this one as well, although a bit more bland, the halo is much reduced.
Fanie du Plessis
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Re: Fisherman
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2016, 15:14:15 »
Fanie, I prefer the first, halos and all.  Nik control points are tough to get just right.
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Re: Fisherman
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2016, 15:45:21 »
Awesome shot

editing ... so many alternatives :)

u-points are indeed hard to control , I combine the plus and the negatives, varying the size to get the effect where I want it , and still sometimes gets side effects I do not like

lately I will do an extreme edit and more bland one and combine them as layers in PS , and then deal with masking :)

I do like the image
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Re: Fisherman
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2016, 16:18:49 »
Great shot Fanie. I really like how you framed.
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