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Written June 13, 2006 in Beach, Church Bay, Cork, Flowers, Ireland, Nature, Photos, Rocks, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Water
Flowers cling to the rocks in Church Bay, Co. Cork.
Post processing: curves, channel mixer, blurred layer and layer mask, lomo and unsharp mask.
Written June 11, 2006 in Beach, Church Bay, Cork, Ireland, Landscape, Nature, Photos, Rocks, Sea, Sigma 10-20, Water
Old rope tied to a rusty old screw embedded in weather beaten mortar at Church Bay near Crosshaven.
I used to dive off this rock about 10 years ago, mind you the tide was in whenever I did!
I like the dreamy diffused glow of this image. It was shot down in Inchadony Beach a few weeks back.
Howto: First of all, I had to straighten the horizon because it was at a precarious angle. I used two layers, I saturated the colours slightly in the bottom layer to bring out the green of the sea weed.
I blurred the top layer and converted it to black and white using the channel mixer. I applied a layer mask of a gradient to make the bottom half of the lower layer visible and changed layer mode to screen with an opacity of 100.
I then corrected lens distortion using ptlens running in Wine. The horizon was noticeably bent but this program did a great job correcting that!
A river runs near my home in Blarney and a small stream feeds it as it meanders through a nice wooded area on my doorstep.
I froze the water in this image as it fell into the river while we were out for a walk there a few weeks back. It could be better but it’s my first go at this in a long while. Freezing water in motion in a kitchen sink is a lot easier than when you’re outside and there are so many unknown elements.
One last note, my linux.ie email is down right now. If you’re trying to get in touch, use donncha @ inphotos.org instead!
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