Brighton
Uploaded: January 11, 2007 00:30:49
Taken in Brighton UK 2002.
I have applied a gradient layer blended as an overlay at 34%. Also added an omni lighting effect near the rays of sun to highlight them more.
I hope this works.
Not displaying as sharply as I would like.
Dan Holm January 11, 2007
Wow! Absolutely GORGEOUS image, Paul! Very moody and creates an awesome feel of place! Love it! #585996Tamara Sovilj January 11, 2007
beautiful shot, nice colors! #3806169Pat Gamwell January 11, 2007
TOTALLY AWESOME effects, Paul! Extremely effective and wonderfully presented! #3806177Julie Robinson January 11, 2007
Absolutley stunning work Paul- very well done! #3806190Ray Clarke January 11, 2007
Wonderful capture and effects Paul!!!(R) #3806195Kate Jackson January 11, 2007
Great idea to add the gradient layer Paul! Certainly a lot easier than carrying around and fiddling with the graduated ND filters while shooting which I find particularly hard when I am for ever taking on and off my glasses to see what I am doing. This works real well. And a beautiful shot to. Those rays are shining down on the end of the pier perfectly.Su Sana E. P January 11, 2007
Paul, lighting and colors certainly have worked well here!! I love your composition here. #3806210Paul Michko January 11, 2007
Very cool lighting, Paul. #3806272Chua Wee Boo January 11, 2007
Paul, love the effects, lighting & colors! Excellent! #3806311Manuel Barrera January 11, 2007
Great use of gradient layers, Paul, makes for a dramatic capture! #3806338Carol Sawyer January 11, 2007
Beautiful capture, effects and colors, Paul!! #3806339Paul G Slate January 11, 2007
Great work Paul! it looks good on my end!!! #3806369Mata Patan January 11, 2007
Really great effects! #3806372Donald K. Cherry January 11, 2007
Beautiful image and effects, Paul! Love your ominous treatment! #3806383Barbara Waldoch January 11, 2007
Fantastic shot and effects, Paul! #3806384Glenn E. Urquhart January 11, 2007
Stunning Paul!!! Outstanding color, lighting, contrast, WELL Composed and quite beautiful!!! VERY Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #3806388Jim Huffield January 11, 2007
Marvelous work with this, Paul. Jim #3806496Jeff Robinson January 11, 2007
Very well done Paul! Jeff #3806958Lynne Morris January 11, 2007
Wow Paul this is a stunning image, excellent work. #3807066Linda D. Lester January 11, 2007
Just beautiful...love the colors! #3807342Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna January 11, 2007
Gorgeous, Paul!!!! Fantastic DR work!!!! ^.^ #3807475Chastity Abbott January 11, 2007
Gorgeous!!!! #3807554Nadya Johnson January 11, 2007
A STUNNER, Paul! I love the colors and the layering! There are those who say manipulated light is "artificial." But I find with my camera, which is no "great shakes," that layering will often bring out the image I actually SAW - not the one the camera got. I also feel strongly that with the advent of digital, the softwear is an extension of the lens. In either case, this is SUPERB!! As for the colors and the resolution on the site, I find it varies wildly depending on which monitor I use. I am on my husband's at the moment. Here, the photos DAZZLE! On my laptop, sometimes they are drab and foggy. I mean of course, the SAME photos! Some are almost the same while with others, the difference is phenomenal! Makes me wonder if we all see anything alike! #3808272John Connolly January 11, 2007
Awesome darkroom work here Paul! I love your final wide presentation, great work my friend. #3808528Nemil B. Chabebe January 11, 2007
Beautiful, great composition and colors.Evy Johansen January 11, 2007
Wow.... absolutely beautiful, Paul!! Awesome colors and light! Wonderful composition! #3809308Jenny Bosmans January 12, 2007
Stunningly beautiful, Paul! Awesome work, my friend! :) #3810051Vladan D. Djordjevic January 12, 2007
This is a beautiful photo! Great composition, lighting, effects! Beautiful feeling! #3813114eileen bedford January 13, 2007
BEAUTIFULLY captured and done Paul, love your personal touches to it... #3815965Renee Doyle February 24, 2007
On a roll! Congratulations once again Paul!Sam Britt February 24, 2007
Congratulations again, Paul! #3986724Barbara Waldoch February 24, 2007
Well done, Paul! #3988187Kay E. Mahoney February 24, 2007
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist. Good luck in the next round. #3988370Kate Jackson February 25, 2007
Congratulations Paul - your persistence paid off! #3988925Nadya Johnson February 25, 2007
Congratulations Paul, on this extremely stunning finalist!! Breath-taking! Best of luck in the second round! #3990638Colette M. Metcalf February 25, 2007
Congratulations, Paul:) #3992617Sheryl A. Hudson February 25, 2007
Congratulations, Paul on this beautiful finalist! WTG! #3993251Evy Johansen February 25, 2007
Congratulations again on a beautiful finalist, Paul! #3994330John V. Roscich February 26, 2007
CONGRATS AGAIN PAULeileen bedford March 03, 2007
This is beautiful, you did so well with this, Congratulations..... #4019011Glenn E. Urquhart March 04, 2007
A late Big Congratulations on your award, Paul!!! Well Deserved! Cheers, Glenn. #4020285Carolyn J. Connolly March 05, 2007
FABULOUS image, Paul...and a M-O-S-T deserving Finalist!! I just LOVE this scene - AND *everything* you've done to it has really enhanced it, I'm sure!! The gradient layer that you added really provides a 'moody' feel, and the omni lighting effect looks very natural!! CONGRATULATIONS, my friend!! :o)By the way, thanks for mentioning that lighting effect, Paul! I Googled about it, and found this page:
http://www.cellbio.duke.edu/faculty/klingensmith/Adobe%20Photoshop%207/Help/help.html
It's specifically talking about PS 7, but do you think it still explains to people the method of achieving lighting effects when they are using basically any version of PS? Anyway, I had a very small 'fiddle' with the 'lighting effects' in CS, on one of my images, and my interest is now peaked to try them out some more very soon! Thanks, Paul! ;o) #4025535
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