Tutorial 9 is a website which offers tutorials for graphic design, as well as website development and photography. The most important is that they offer all their lessons for free. The series of pictures featured bellow is part of their selection of waterscape photography, which was meant to highlight the infinite possibilities and the amazing sources of inspiration that nature provides for us. These waterscapes are all taken in points where land encounters the sea and they are all intended to teach want-to-be photographers or graphic designers how to obtain the same effects.
The waterscapes belong to several amazing Deviantart photographers, who are not afraid to use modern techniques in order to enhance the beauty of their art works. If photo processing presents any interest for you, then you may visit Tutorial 9, in order to see how all these beautiful images were obtained from the RAW files.
Beauty of the Ocean
1. Taken in Jaffa, Israel using a 30 second exposure thereby freezing a slice of beautiful life.
3. Shot in Kogelbay, South Africa it makes exceptional use of shutter speed to give an ethereal feel.
4. A stunning image that uses 4 different RAW conversions blended with various methods.
5. Shot in Sintra-Portugal using Photoshop to desaturate the tones to creating a dramatical feeling.
6. A beautifully shot sunset which has a superb contrast between the sky and pearlescent water.
7. Captured in Pellinge (an islet outside Porvoo in Finland), it’s both moody and vibrant.
8. An amazing capture of sunrise on the North East coast of Brazil, with very little post processing.
9. Shot in Finland at sunset, processed RAW in Photoshop then cropped, burned and dodged.
10. Captured in RAW in Portugal and then given small tweaks in contrast and vibrancy in Aperture.
11. An amazing capture of the movement of the waves and color variations in the sky in South Wales.
12. A beautiful image which perfectly captures the tones of Crystal Cove near Laguna Beach, California.
13. An 8 image stitch of sunset on a rainy afternoon at Redgate Beach in South Western Australia.
14. Sunrise over Pulpit Rock, Australia with the sky and water processed separately from one RAW file.
15. A beautiful capture of a cold winter dusk on Chios Island, Greece, it has a haunted somber feel.
16. A six image stitch of Coogee Bay with great movement in the water and drama in the sky.
17. Sunrise at Turimetta, Sydney, the contrast between the foreground and sky is just stunning.
18. Taken on Portugal’s south west coast with subtle adjustments to the vibrancy, colour and levels.
19. A beautiful evening at Troon, on the the Scottish coastline, with the Isle of Arran in the background.
20. An amazing shot as the sunsets behind the headland, casting beautiful light along the beach.
21. Captured in Jaffa, Israel with a short shutter speed, the exposure on the water is beautiful.
22. A two image stitch of Thistle Cove in Esperance with superb colors and detailed textures.
23. Captured in Noosa, Australia, the movement of water towards you is just stunning.
24. Capturing the beautiful light with an inspiring composition of The Sauzaie beach at Bretignolles.
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