dramatic Northumbrian skies: K7 + DA21 (2 pics)

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Walking on the beach this afternoon on the NE coast of UK (Northumbria, near Bamburgh castle for any locals). There was intense, hot, sun on the beach and a spectacular thunderstorm just out to sea. Just for a couple of minutes the combination looked very impressive before the light changed. Both pics K7 + DA21Ltd at ISO100.





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Beautiful dramatic shots. Really like #1. The wet sand just adds to the drama.
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Very interesting and dramatic. No doubt someone is going to get wet. Good thing you had a K7 which is water resistant!

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Nice!

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Very nice.

 

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Many thanks. Sadly the DA21 isn't weathersealed so we did have to make a run for it at the last minute!
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Nice shots. I guess it would have been even nicer to have a wider lens for #1, but still, very cool anyway.

 

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Excellent! Thank goodness you were in the right place at the right time with the right know-how. Those are certainly keepers!

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Very good.
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Nice shooting
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Many thanks. I was travelling light so only had the DA21 with me... but I take your point.
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Very nice pictures! I like the second one best with the driftwood in the front!
How did you process the pictures?

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Janko said:

Very nice pictures! I like the second one best with the driftwood in the front!
How did you process the pictures?

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Many thanks Janko. I used Adobe Camera Raw 6 and then Photoshop Elements 9. In ACR I set WB off the grey sky. Then I boosted contrast a bit - the histogram did not stretch to both ends of the range - which made the pictures look a little more dramatic. Then in PSE I applied local contrast enhancement to bring out the texture of the sand and the driftwood (using Unsharp Mask with 15% and radius 30 pixels). Then final sharpening with radius 0.7 pixels and amount 100%.

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