April 26, 2018

4

Landscape Photography, Member Galleries

PMC Member Gallery: Seascape

This weeks gallery is of one of my own personal favourite subjects – Seascapes!

Here’s a selection of Seascapes shared by Photo Mastery Club members this week.

Enjoy!

Above: Snapper Rocks – By Terry Robinson

 

 

Above: Old Pier in Swanage, Dorset  – By Christopher Cherrington

 

 

Above: Seascape from Qatar – By Mo Sharaf

 

 

Above By RG Hunt

 

Above: Blyth Beach,Northumberland – By Susan Dawson

 

 

Above: Coastal Trail – By Belinda Davis

 

 

Above: Bondi to Coogee – By Robert Molan

 

 

Above: The Rock with Holes – By: Lon Davis

 

 

Above: Trawalua Strand – By Brendan McAleer

 

Above: Ghost Harbour, Tramore, Waterford, Ireland- By Danny Scully

 

 

Above: Sunrise at Clifton Springs, Victoria – By Lynne Broughton

 

 

Above: Moonlit, Pfeiffer Beach – By Steve Peters

 

 

Above: Coffs Harbour – By Pierre Fonsny

 

 

Above: Whitby Beach,  North Yorkshire, England – By Mike Suttill

 

Above: Norway 2018 – By Jackie S

 

Above: A chilly day in Iceland – by Carolyn Richards

 

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April 19, 2018

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Landscape Photography, Member Galleries

PMC Member Gallery: Single Dominant Colour: BLUE

This weeks “share your shots” theme was a little different to usual. Rather than sharing shots of a particular subject or in a particular style, I challenged members to share images with a single dominant colour: blue.

So here they are!

 

Above: Bluebottles – By Terry Robinson

 

Above: Weston-Super-Mare Sunrise – By Christopher Cherrington

 

Above: Maghera Strand – By: Brendan McAleer

 

Above: Mykonos – By: Belinda Davis

 

Above: Berlin Zoo – By: Carolyn Richards

 

Above: End of the Road – By: Mohammed Sharaf

 

Above: Majestic Mykonos – By: Lon Davis

 

Above: Sydney Opera House – By: Robert Molan

 

Above: Bandon Beach – By: Steve Peters

 

Above: Under the Spot – By: Pierre Fonsny

 

Above: St. Mary’s Lighthouse – By: Susan Dawson

 

Above: Kirkjufell Mountain, Iceland – By Jackie S

 

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April 12, 2018

2

Landscape Photography, Member Galleries

PMC Member Gallery: Reflections

Last week we tested the waters creating a themed “Share Your Shots” in the Photo Mastery Club members forum, then creating a gallery of those images here on the blog. It proved quite popular with members and blog readers alike, so here’s another selection for you.

This weeks theme was REFLECTIONS. And once again, we have a wonderful array of inspirational images from around the world.

Enjoy!

 

Above: The place that needs no introduction – By Christopher Cherrington

 

Above: A cool and misty morning on lake Bled, Slovenia – By Carolyn Richards

 

Above: The Miroir d’eau, Bordeaux – By Susan Dawson

 

Above: Sunrise in Riistina, Finland – By Scott McClintock

 

Above: Macro Water Drop – By Belinda Davis

 

Above: Abstract reflections – By Pierre Fonsny

 

Above: Late evening Wakeboarding, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland – By Brendan McAleer

 

Above: Blue Lake, New Zealand – By Terry Robinson

 

Above: Star Trails – by Petr Sipek

 

Above: Norway Aurora – by Jackie Stoken

 

Above: Fitz Roy Reflection, Patagonia – By Mo Sharaf

 

Above: San Diego Skyline – by Michael Dyer

 

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April 5, 2018

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Landscape Photography, Member Galleries

PMC Member Gallery: Road Photography

A few days ago I challenged Photo Mastery Club members to share their photos featuring ROADS in our private forum with the view to sharing them here on the blog.

One of the things I love about our community is the diverse array of images I see from across the globe, and this collection is no exception!

So without delay, here are our members ROAD shots shared this week:

Above: Mt Cook Road, NZ – by Terry Robinson

 

Above: Stelvio Pass, Italy – by Christopher Cherrington

 

Above: Fanad Lighthouse in Co Donegal – by Brendan McAleer

 

Above: Country Road – By Linda Jordan

 

Above: Mountainside Road – by Scott McClintock

 

Above: Kimberley Tidal Creek, Northern Territory (AU) – By Pierre Fonsny

 

Above: Mojave desert road – by Wes Mitchell

 

Above: “The Road on the Moon”, Námafjall Hverir, Iceland – By Shelly Savant

 

Above: Village road, Kyrgyzstan – By Carolyn Richards

 

Above: Patagonia at night – by Mo Sharaf

 

Above: Canyon Road, Capitol Reef, Utah – by Jackie S

 

Above: Covered Bridge – By Lonnie Davis

 

Above: Road through the Redwoods – by Belinda Davis

 

Above: Mountain Road – by Pierre Fonsny

 

Above: Via Stabiana, Pompeii 76 AD – by Mike Suttill

 

Above: Urban road, Lisbon – By Susan Dawson

 

Thanks to all the members who shared their images here!

If you have a comment or question about any of these wonderful shots, be sure to leave it below in the comments section.

Enjoy,

Steve

P.S Next weeks images will be “Reflections” 🙂

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January 27, 2018

2

Photoshop, Landscape Photography

How to balance a bright sky with a dark foreground in Photoshop

Hey there!

I hope your weekend is off to a good start.

I planned to wake up for a sunrise shoot this morning but after a brutal week in the gym and a couple of sunrise shoots during the week, it wasn’t happening!

So I settled for scrambled eggs and a coffee at my local cafe just now instead 🙂

I’ll try for a sunrise again tomorrow, but in the meantime here’s a photo I took on Thursday morning.

The sky was quite clear, but there was a lot of sea mist around which softened the sunlight nicely.

It softened it enough that I was able to shoot directly into the sun to create this composition and only needed two bracketed exposures, 1.6 stops apart.

I wanted to keep that bright hazy look and feel to the image, so chose not to darken the sky (which would have given the sky a more saturated look).

The main challenge this created though, was balancing the bright sun and sky with a much darker foreground.

So after tweaking the colours and overall light to get them just right, I set about creating a counter-weight to the sun in the foreground.

To do this, I increased the detail, brightness and contrast in some of the foreground rocks to enhance the effect of the sun shining on them.

This worked quite well because the low angle of the sun naturally created lots of highlights and shadows in the foreground to bring out the detail in the rocks.

And via some creative dodging and burning I was able to enhance that effect, whilst maintaining a realistic look and feel to the image.

As for the rest of the processing, it was simply a case of running the image through my tried and tested workflow.

If you’d like to learn more about that, click below:

Talk soon

Steve

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