Perth Foreshore

[glenafton]

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These are photographs of Perth foreshore. They are best viewed full size as I have had to reduce them fro TIFF to a smaller JPEG to upload
Critique is most welcome as is any adjustments made to them

[mdonahoe1]

Glen,

These are terrific. The first one looks like HDR? Love the star light effect in the second, although some more experienced photographers may find it a bit much. Third is great, too!

[delboy]

Great photos of Perth. It appears that you may have taken these from Kings Park. #3 I like best of the Swan River Ferry, brings back many a happy memory. A completely different city skyline to what was there the last time I was there. (1982)

Was going to live there and buy a flat at the Swan Narrows I think it was called, but decided that I liked NZ better. But still, a great city that I have very fond memories of, with great people and your photos shows that Perth is still a dynamic city it was in the 80's.

Regards

Delboy.

[glenafton]

Marianne,
So glad that you like them. The one with all the star effect was taken without a star filter. The effect came from my lens

[glenafton]

delboy,
It may have been 1982 since you were last in Perth but your memory is quite correct. The photographs were taken in Kings Park overlooking the Narrows Bridge
Pity that you did not buy a flat at the Narrows. They are worth a lot of money to-day

Regards,
Glenafton

[Kaye]

Beautiful series, Glenafton. Love them all, but think my favourite is your pano with the stars.
1 & 3 seem to have an unusual color hue.... this may be the time of day... or white balance??

[sandrac]

I really like your prints here
and the star effect worked wonders
I really need to go try that one
thanks for posting

[glenafton]

17469Good morning Kaye,
You got it in one. I had the white balance set to "Tungsten" for those three shots. I often alter the WB to "Tungsten" or "Fluorescent" when I am taking evening-night photographs and I end up with some interesting colours
I have added another shot of the same area taken a few weeks earlier but this time the WB was set to "Fluorescent".
Camera was the same in in both cases but in the enclosed picture the lens was a Canon EF-S 17-85mm f4-5.6 IS USM. The picture itself is poor quality but the sky makes it very interesting.
Regards
Glenafton

[glenafton]

Good morning SandraC,
I am glad that you like the pictures. However the star effect was purely unintentional. It was the first night shots that I had taken with that particular lens and the star effect surprised me. When I get the chance I must try to replicate the star effect or see if it was just a fluke.

Regards,
Glenafton

[jimboudreaux]

Great series, glenafton. I agree the colors look unnatural in #1 and #3, but you could probably fix that in photoshop or whatever program you use.. The sky in the last one you posted really pops! I think it's a great series though. As another Canon owner, I suggest every day before you begin shooting that you clean your sensor. Just use the cleaning function in the camera menu, it usually does a good job. The dust spots you'll get in your pics can be a real pain. I spotted them pretty quick in the first 3 shots.:)

[glenafton]

Good morning Jim,
Thanks for the tip on sensor cleaning. I was putting the spots down to a mark that I had not seen on the lens.
The unnatural colours in 1#3 were quite deliberate. The pictures were shot RAW,naturally,and immediately converted to TIFF. I used to shoot in JPEG but I am a tinkerer and I always think that I can improve the quality little knowing that I was only wasting them.
Anyhow back to the unnatural colours. I processed them first in ACDSee Pro 5 and then in CS3 to get the effect.
I shot the two in question at:
f20 @ 1.6 Secs
ISO 100
Focal length 24mm
Metering mode Pattern
WB Tungsten
Aperture priority
Lens EF 24-70MM f2.8 L

Regards,
Glenafton

[Kaye]

17469Good morning Kaye,
You got it in one. I had the white balance set to "Tungsten" for those three shots. I often alter the WB to "Tungsten" or "Fluorescent" when I am taking evening-night photographs and I end up with some interesting colours
I have added another shot of the same area taken a few weeks earlier but this time the WB was set to "Fluorescent".
Camera was the same in in both cases but in the enclosed picture the lens was a Canon EF-S 17-85mm f4-5.6 IS USM. The picture itself is poor quality but the sky makes it very interesting.
Regards
Glenafton

WOW, Glenafton, the blue is amazing! I think I will have to try this "Fluorescent" setting sometime.

[glenafton]

17471
I went out last night to see if I could replicate the star effect that I got on one of my earlier postings. As you can see the effect is there although it is nowhere as pronounced. I have been speculating that the lesser star effect is because in the first instance I was shooting down towards the lights whereas in the second I was shooting slightly up. Any ideas?
Regards,
Glenafton