Opinion wanted Abstract beach landscape - Point Lonsdale, Victoria

[Chavezshutter]

Location

Australia

Camera type

Mirrorless camera

Camera sensor

Full-frame

EXIF

Sony A7iii, Sony 85mm F1.8 lens, ISO 100, f/11, 1/100 sec.

Hi 😀,

Just trying something new, rushed the edit at the end as it's getting late here but I thought you might like the results so far, let me know what you think,

Cheers,

Aaron

 

[panos_adgr]

What a wonderful work!
Very very impressive composition and artistic approach. To my eyes it is perfect! The man and the bird work perfectly with the abstract environment.

 

[nicufrozzy]

Amazing photo!

 

[Morexp57]

This is a fantastic photo!
Even without the walker and the seagull it would be fantastic. But their presence adds a lot. Also, the colors are beautiful.
For me, the edition is perfect. Don't touch it!

 

[Chavezshutter]

Thank you everyone 🙏. I have been playing with panning shots in all my photography styles, but I have to confess for the ones that may not know -that the "panning effect" in this photo has been created in Photoshop. I will try to recreate the same style of photo in the future using an actual panning shot and then I will composite in someone walking along like I have done here in this shot, but I was interested in trying this Photoshop technique first. I am pretty pleased with the result.

In my opinion, a photographer shouldn't do this (showing the before photo) most of time when showing their work, but I like to show the forum my starting point, so here is the photo before Photoshop:

 

[Andy Smith]

Wonderful Chavezshutter,
I like the edit very much, the colours are great and the panning effect adds serenity.
Slight haloing around the guy, but that's me nitpicking as usual
Very nicely done indeed.

 

[Chavezshutter]

Wonderful Chavezshutter,
I like the edit very much, the colours are great and the panning effect adds serenity.
Slight haloing around the guy, but that's me nitpicking as usual
Very nicely done indeed.

Thanks Andy Smith glad you like it. I like the nitpicking 😁, with me I want people to tell me if they see an issue - no need to dance about with my work or me. I don't always act on the advice - like if I dont agree with the opinion for example, but I always listen to anyone who makes any comment about my work. Paying attention to advice has helped me over the years tremendously. So appreciate telling it like it is though thats not always the case with everyone. One day I will pay good money to a professional who will tear my work apart with criticism and I will be ecstatic 🤣.

I once met an older photographer who was displaying his work and he almost hugged a man who walked past and swore at his work in disgust, the photographer was upset so many others had walked on without a comment or any reaction but he loved the guy who had something to say even if was not positive, he wanted to know why the viewer hated it so much - I wanna be this guy😁. More nitpicking for me please 😁

But back to the halo - Yes, its pretty noticable in the before shot, I gave the photo an initial Lightroom edit before passing it unto Photoshop. It was quite a dark shot originally but no halo so I can only assume the halo became an issue after the inital Lightroom edit. Is it noticeable on the first edit I posted? Hmm, it just occured to me you may be referring to the cutout job around the man and the seagull, I gotta clean that up 👍

 

[Jack]

Wow, such a beautiful photo, can I ask how you achieved such a great results C Chavezshutter ?

 

[Andy Smith]

Thanks Andy Smith glad you like it. I like the nitpicking 😁, with me I want people to tell me if they see an issue - no need to dance about with my work or me. I don't always act on the advice - like if I dont agree with the opinion for example, but I always listen to anyone who makes any comment about my work. Paying attention to advice has helped me over the years tremedously. So appreciate telling it like it is though thats not always the case with everyone. One day I will pay good money to a professional who will tear my work apart with criticism and I will be ecstatic 🤣.

I once met an older photographer who was displaying his work and he almost hugged a man who walked past and swore at his work in disgust, the photographer was upset so many others had walked on without a comment or any reaction but he loved the guy who had something to say even if was not positive, he wanted to know why the viewer hated it so much - I wanna be this guy😁. More nitpicking for me please 😁

But back to the halo - Yes, its pretty noticable in the before shot, I gave the photo an initial Lightroom edit before passing it unto Photoshop. It was quite a dark shot originally but no halo so I can only assume the halo became an issue after the inital Lightroom edit. Is it noticeable on the first edit I posted? Hmm, it just occured to me you may be referring to the cutout job around the man and the seagull, I gotta clean that up 👍

Hi Chacezshutter, it is indeed the haloing from the cut out job around the bloke and the gull, that I was mentioning.
I will continue to nitpick in future don't worry - I do try to be helpful with my comments, and will always pat someone on the back for a job well done.

 

[Chavezshutter]

Hi Chacezshutter, it is indeed the haloing from the cut out job around the bloke and the gull, that I was mentioning.
I will continue to nitpick in future don't worry - I do try to be helpful with my comments, and will always pat someone on the back for a job well done.

You can call me Aaron or Chavezshutter, which ever you prefer. Love your approach 👍. I can for sure refine the edges, appreciate the advice

 

[Chavezshutter]

Wow, such a beautiful photo, can I ask how you achieved such a great results C Chavezshutter ?

Thanks Jack 😀 . I gave the photo a basic edit in Lightroom, then bought the image into Photoshop, once there I had to first trace around the man and the seagul before i copied them unto a separate layer.

So now I was left with one layer with just the man and the seagull and another with everything just like the before photo I posted. The next thing to do was to remove the man and seagull from that before shot i mentioned. I used the patch tool to do this which is a bit "quick and dirty" but I knew the blur effect I was going to use would hide it so it was fine.

Now that I had a layer with just the sea in one layer and only the man and seagul in another I could now apply the panning effect. The effect is called path blur and it can be found under Filter>Blur Gallery. You then draw lines (left to right in my case, follow the wave break direction) along the photo in places like the horizon line, shore line and around the sand. I curved the lines along the sand to create a swirl effect. You get a slider called speed to control the amount of blur. Once the effect was done I used that first man and seagul layer I did in my first step to bring them back into the final image. Hope that explains it well. If anyone wants to try it let me know if you would like some more help and perhaps I can make some type of tutorial. with more detailed steps.

Cheers,
Aaron

 

[Jack]

Thanks Jack 😀 . I gave the photo a basic edit in Lightroom, then bought the image into Photoshop, once there I had to first trace around the man and the seagul before i copied them unto a separate layer.

So now I was left with one layer with just the man and the seagull and another with everything just like the before photo I posted. The next thing to do was to remove the man and seagull from that before shot i mentioned. I used the patch tool to do this which is a bit "quick and dirty" but I knew the blur effect I was going to use would hide it so it was fine.

Now that I had a layer with just the sea in one layer and only the man and seagul in another I could now apply the panning effect. The effect is called path blur and it can be found under Filter>Blur Gallery. You then draw lines (left to right in my case, follow the wave break direction) along the photo in places like the horizon line, shore line and around the sand. I curved the lines along the sand to create a swirl effect. You get a slider called speed to control the amount of blur. Once the effect was done I used that first man and seagul layer I did in my first step to bring them back into the final image. Hope that explains it well. If anyone wants to try it let me know if you would like some more help and perhaps I can make some type of tutorial. with more detailed steps.

Cheers,
Aaron

I would be definitely be happy with a tutorial C Chavezshutter .

So the final results you achieved within photoshop ? Even the picture with smooth waves and clouds ?

 

[Chavezshutter]

I would be definitely be happy with a tutorial C Chavezshutter .

So the final results you achieved within photoshop ? Even the picture with smooth waves and clouds ?

I will put something together and get a tutorial.

Yes, all of the final image was done in Photoshop including the waves and clouds. Technically you could do the a similar image with a panning shot and dragging the shutter as you pan but the man and seagull would not be sharp so you would need to forget them or composite them back into the panning shot with Photoshop. I personally did want them in my final image as I think they add to the image.

 

[panos_adgr]

Nicely done C Chavezshutter !

I've tried myself in similar situations but I never used the selection tool to remove my subject from the background layer and I had problems when applying the effect. What a simple solution and nice. I didn't think of it at all.
Thank you for the tips!

 

[Jack]

Yes, all of the final image was done in Photoshop including the waves and clouds. Technically you could do the a similar image with a panning shot and dragging the shutter as you pan but the man and seagull would not be sharp so you would need to forget them or composite them back into the panning shot with Photoshop. I personally did want them in my final image as I think they add to the image.

I though you took both images and then just replace the subjects from one photo to an other one in PS.

 

[Chavezshutter]

I though you took both images and then just replace the subjects from one photo to an other one in PS.

In this case I used a single photo but separated the man and the seagull unto a different layer, wiped out the man and the seagull from the photo and then did the panning effect before bringing back in the man and seagull. In the future I would like to try the same effect using one normal shot for the subject ( people, birds, dogs, etc ) and a real sea panning shot and then combine those into one.

 

[Jack]

In this case I used a single photo but separated the man and the seagull unto a different layer, wiped out the man and the seagull from the photo and then did the panning effect before bringing back in the man and seagull. In the future I would like to try the same effect using one normal shot for the subject ( people, birds, dogs, etc ) and a real sea panning shot and then combine those into one.

That's what I was thinking you used for the photo, combined 2 images and just doing small adjustments in Photoshop