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Brighton

© Paul E. Earl

Brighton

Uploaded: January 11, 2007 00:30:49

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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.

Comments

Dan Holm January 11, 2007

Wow! Absolutely GORGEOUS image, Paul! Very moody and creates an awesome feel of place! Love it! #585996

Tamara Sovilj January 11, 2007

beautiful shot, nice colors! #3806169

Pat Gamwell January 11, 2007

TOTALLY AWESOME effects, Paul! Extremely effective and wonderfully presented! #3806177

Julie Robinson January 11, 2007

Absolutley stunning work Paul- very well done! #3806190

Ray Clarke January 11, 2007

Wonderful capture and effects Paul!!!(R) #3806195

Kate 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.
I have a lot of trouble uploading to BP not only with sharpness but also contrast. And it is not consistent either. I wish there was an answer to the problem. #3806199

Su Sana E. P level-classic January 11, 2007

Paul, lighting and colors certainly have worked well here!! I love your composition here. #3806210

Paul Michko January 11, 2007

Very cool lighting, Paul. #3806272

Chua Wee Boo January 11, 2007

Paul, love the effects, lighting & colors! Excellent! #3806311

Manuel Barrera January 11, 2007

Great use of gradient layers, Paul, makes for a dramatic capture! #3806338

Carol Sawyer January 11, 2007

Beautiful capture, effects and colors, Paul!! #3806339

Paul G Slate January 11, 2007

Great work Paul! it looks good on my end!!! #3806369

Mata Patan January 11, 2007

Really great effects! #3806372

Donald K. Cherry January 11, 2007

Beautiful image and effects, Paul! Love your ominous treatment! #3806383

Barbara Waldoch January 11, 2007

Fantastic shot and effects, Paul! #3806384

Glenn E. Urquhart January 11, 2007

Stunning Paul!!! Outstanding color, lighting, contrast, WELL Composed and quite beautiful!!! VERY Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #3806388

Jim Huffield January 11, 2007

Marvelous work with this, Paul. Jim #3806496

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe January 11, 2007

Very well done Paul! Jeff #3806958

Lynne Morris January 11, 2007

Wow Paul this is a stunning image, excellent work. #3807066

Linda D. Lester level-classic January 11, 2007

Just beautiful...love the colors! #3807342

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna January 11, 2007

Gorgeous, Paul!!!! Fantastic DR work!!!! ^.^ #3807475

Chastity Abbott January 11, 2007

Gorgeous!!!! #3807554

Nadya 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! #3808272

John Connolly January 11, 2007

Awesome darkroom work here Paul! I love your final wide presentation, great work my friend. #3808528

Nemil B. Chabebe January 11, 2007

Beautiful, great composition and colors.
Very well darkroom work done. #3809303

Evy Johansen level-classic January 11, 2007

Wow.... absolutely beautiful, Paul!! Awesome colors and light! Wonderful composition! #3809308

Jenny Bosmans January 12, 2007

Stunningly beautiful, Paul! Awesome work, my friend! :) #3810051

Vladan D. Djordjevic January 12, 2007

This is a beautiful photo! Great composition, lighting, effects! Beautiful feeling! #3813114

eileen bedford January 13, 2007

BEAUTIFULLY captured and done Paul, love your personal touches to it... #3815965

Renee Doyle February 24, 2007

On a roll! Congratulations once again Paul!
#3986422

Sam Britt February 24, 2007

Congratulations again, Paul! #3986724

Barbara Waldoch February 24, 2007

Well done, Paul! #3988187

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic February 24, 2007

Congratulations on your beautiful finalist. Good luck in the next round. #3988370

Kate Jackson February 25, 2007

Congratulations Paul - your persistence paid off! #3988925

Nadya Johnson February 25, 2007

Congratulations Paul, on this extremely stunning finalist!! Breath-taking! Best of luck in the second round! #3990638

Colette M. Metcalf February 25, 2007

Congratulations, Paul:) #3992617

Sheryl A. Hudson level-classic February 25, 2007

Congratulations, Paul on this beautiful finalist! WTG! #3993251

Evy Johansen level-classic February 25, 2007

Congratulations again on a beautiful finalist, Paul! #3994330

John V. Roscich level-deluxe February 26, 2007

CONGRATS AGAIN PAUL
WTG!!!
JOHN #3997632

eileen bedford March 03, 2007

This is beautiful, you did so well with this, Congratulations..... #4019011

Glenn E. Urquhart March 04, 2007

A late Big Congratulations on your award, Paul!!! Well Deserved! Cheers, Glenn. #4020285

Carolyn 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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