My First Beach photo

[Vash0164]

I would just like to get some feedback on this image. It has been processed a little. First a RAW then converted to jpeg. I have problems loading my nikon raws into photoshop. I then messed with the gamma a bit and the exposure.

Nikon D5000
Focal: 32
Fnumber: 10
Exposure: 1/125

[vjhoward]

I like the idea of the shot. Piers and water always can provide great lines to guide peoples eyes.

I am not sure the guy adds anything to the photo for me. He seems to be longing for something, or is he just wandering under the pier?.?.

The whole shot seems to be a bit dark. It could be lighten up by adjusting levels or the histogram. A shot like this has great potential for high-contract B&W.

I shoot Nikon also and have been using Nikon Capture NX2 for post processing. Great program, easy to use. I have considered switching to Adobe products, but all the comments I read from Nikon shooters is that colors don't get represented as well in Adobe. The control points in NX2 are awesome. I am just learning some of the more advanced features and could not be happier. It is designed to work with Nikon cameras.

I am just an amatuer (absolutely not a pro with 20 years experience) and hope my perspective is helpful.

[ML Photography]

Originally Posted by vjhoward

I like the idea of the shot. Piers and water always can provide great lines to guide peoples eyes.

I am not sure the guy adds anything to the photo for me. He seems to be longing for something, or is he just wandering under the pier?.?.

The whole shot seems to be a bit dark. It could be lighten up by adjusting levels or the histogram. A shot like this has great potential for high-contract B&W.

I shoot Nikon also and have been using Nikon Capture NX2 for post processing. Great program, easy to use. I have considered switching to Adobe products, but all the comments I read from Nikon shooters is that colors don't get represented as well in Adobe. The control points in NX2 are awesome. I am just learning some of the more advanced features and could not be happier. It is designed to work with Nikon cameras.

I am just an amatuer (absolutely not a pro with 20 years experience) and hope my perspective is helpful.

Nice capture, the contrast is very high though...

@vjhoward: What you say about Nikon Capture is true, it unfolds Nikon RAW files at best, rendering perfect colours. If you need to switch to Adobe products, a solution could be to develop the RAW files in Capture, save it in TIFF format, for example, and then open this file on Photoshop or whatever else...
This is the way I used to do it. Now I managed to obtain a preset in Camera Raw that yields very similar colours to the ones obtained on Capture NX.

I hope this helps in some way...