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MattLauder — Sydney Opera House Up Close

Published: 2009-08-24 19:19:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 1154; Favourites: 58; Downloads: 55
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Description This is a great example of what you can shoot on an over cast and crappy day. Forget your blue skys and puffy clouds and wide open landscape. Get out into your city and find creative compositions with your telephoto lenses. I am doing heaps of this of late and I'm loving it.

Processing was a breeze :- RAW image processed as smart object with blacks increased very high. In PS B&W layer set to Multiply applied at 50%, contrast and a Gaussian blur layer set to soft light.

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Comments: 12

JessR-Photography [2011-01-15 11:55:31 +0000 UTC]

You've been featured in my journal
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MattLauder In reply to JessR-Photography [2011-01-16 11:33:41 +0000 UTC]

thanks jess

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DrewHopper [2009-09-08 06:11:31 +0000 UTC]

Love the texture in the clouds, really soft :thumbsup"

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strangelight [2009-08-31 22:03:36 +0000 UTC]

Nice shot. I like the way that the post-processing has emphasised the scale-like surface of the building, and the composition adds to that by bringing to mind a close-up shot of some huge armoured creature...

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lori77 [2009-08-26 05:54:19 +0000 UTC]

Wow, love it. It looks really artistic to me. I have some photos of this amazing masterpiece, but non as good as yours!

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MattLauder In reply to lori77 [2009-08-26 06:06:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks... yours might be just as good, as sometimes it does comes down to post production and bringing the best out of a shot. You will be amazed at what a few tweaks can do to an image. Remember this shot was only taken on an overcast day at F10 for 1/50 of a sec at 190mm focused on the Opera House. Pretty easy.

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lori77 In reply to MattLauder [2009-08-26 06:51:06 +0000 UTC]

It sounds easy....but it's not always like this...
You did it right!

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euphoricdesire [2009-08-25 00:30:43 +0000 UTC]

Stunning. Great attention to details

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radu-jm [2009-08-24 19:55:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the advice!
You are so right in saying we should stop waiting for the perfect sky, clouds ... and so on!

image!

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roxysweetie7 [2009-08-24 19:54:26 +0000 UTC]

Great! I like the less typical look.

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Lansur [2009-08-24 19:40:53 +0000 UTC]

i like gloomy weather myself

and thanks for postprocess tip

PS just luv the pic

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FlippinPhil [2009-08-24 19:30:44 +0000 UTC]

A different approach to the structure, I like it. It focuses on the key points of the building, with a good solid composition.

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