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Coffs Coast - Mid North Coast - NSW, Australia.If you are following my work on dA you've probably seen my latest journal entry about my mac issue with my latest images.
I have taken a few new snaps and processed them on my mac to get your feedback. Basically I'm concerned with saturation, contrast and sharpness of my recent images. I'd really appreciate some honest feedback, cheers!
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Well done !, This is truly amazing capture, I can feel the power of the vawes hitting and rolling, great shot 
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The whites are a little bright on this and the next two images, but other than that the colors look good and sharpness is there as well.
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Thanks mate!
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I love the water, but in almost all your images, the rocks look somehow overdone. Too dark, too much contrast regardless if I look at the image in Safari or Chrome. I use a 17" Windows laptop.
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Looks fine on my monitor... Not sure hey..
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Do my images look fine on your monitor? If not, then it is maybe my monitor that is not properly calibrated.
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They look fine, haven't really seen your work before though so can't say much to compare..
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Thanks, glad to hear that.
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Rock also tend to look overly done when doing long exposures like this. There is just so much detail in them especially when you have milky water like this to contrast against. Great image by the way. What was the exposure length on this?
P.S. Sorry to jump into this convo.
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Wasn't exactly a long exposure.
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well not exactly a long exposure but i'm guessing you stopped down and stacked some filters possibly?
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Slower shutter, yes
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Good explanation.
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Thank you
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Love the shot, excellent pattern repetition between clouds and waves.
Looks pretty good processing wise over here. Maybe a little too contrasty for truth but certainly not overdone. Colours and saturation about right.
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I'm glad to hear that from you mate, I've been doing my head in with this shit lately. I think I'm getting back into my usual patterns
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Technical problems are a complete arse Drew but surmountable and not worth getting down about...You have got the kit and the talent and the motivation for photography.
Some of your "mistakes" recently have looked somehow HDR-like are you using any software like that or blending software or anything other than LR/CS or midtone contrast boosts?
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Basically adding more 'fill light' to my images in LR which might be the cause.. I will try fix this over the next couple of shoots. Keep informing as I progress mate, I appreciate your honesty!
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Fill light is brilliant in tiny amounts but yes that would explain some of the problem.
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the sky looks a little washed out but that foreground is awesome.... the headland i see is washed out but thats got sea mist on it getiing there though.. alomst there
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The sky was toned down for the mood in this one, reduced the opacity of colour in monochrome to add impact. Cheers!
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This looks fine Drew, very natural and sharp! I didn't seem to have any problems on the crossover to using my mac, not sure why your last few images have been so saturated, looks like you've got the hang of it now tho
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The water compliments the cloud formations very nicely. Was that something you were looking for? How many shots did you rattle off before you had one you liked? Great job Drew!
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absolutely beautiful! 
sorry about all the frustrations you're going through with your new
computer... a few years ago i had a monitor that was really dark for some reason
and i didn't realize how much it was affected all my artwork and photos
until i saw my stuff on another monitor and i was soo shocked and upset! yikes!
but believe me, your amazing photos still look amazing, just a tiny bit off of your
usual brilliance, but everyone knows it's a technical glitch that you're workin' on...
and you're getting back to spot on perfection... this photo's perfect!!! 
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Wow This is a great shot!!. IΒ΄m adding this to my faves
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I think it's perfect! It's not too vibrant and has a nice movement and rhythm.
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I think it looks great! Especially the movement of the waves. The sharpness of the rock is perfect. I don't think the picture looks washed out or anything; I don't think you have anything to worry about!
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This looks fantastic
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I'm a PC user and it looks very nice on my monitor! Good highlights and dynamic. Also the details in the rocks on the right looks great. cheers!
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I think it looks great - the processing looks like what I'm used to seeing from you
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This looks good to me also on my PC.Love the texture in the water.
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It looks fine. ^_^ I love the softness of the waves against the rough rocks.
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They seem fine, really. It's all guidelines haha
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Looks good on my monitor Drew, nothing over done.
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