Sorry Peter, only just noticed your question. As someone mentioned, that spot is a good 2 hours walk from the terminal. There are possibly places a little closer which a taxi could drop you off at, or there is some possiblity that I could help out in the form of lifts, but it would mean having to arrange a specific date.

Cheers Sam, I usually use 300-500% on the full size image, radius 0.3 threshold 1. Why, is it good or bad?

Many thanks for your help Jur. I had a go at the new technique last night…would you say that these are an improvement?

http://web01.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=1414259

http://web01.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=1414266

http://web01.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=1414274

I haven’t matched the whites perfectly, because I find it can take a lot of character out of a shot. For example, what’s the point in shooting in the lovely orange light near sunset, if you’re going to change it to look like they were taken at midday? I have therefore tried to keep a bit of the evening ‘feeling’ but made sure that the colours are all relatively balanced.

Thanks for both your help. I could tell that both shots were slightly too red, and found that adjusting the red mid-levels didn’t have much effect. Instead I tried adjusting the red highlights, but it lead to over-exposure where the window reflections are. With the black and white points, did you just drag the slider until it looked good to your eye? I wouldn’t have said my editing skills are bad, just sometimes a little frustratingly inconsistent.

Hi Peter…

Ok well here’s two…they will only remain here for a couple of days as they’re in the screening queue.

First example: http://web01.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=1412811. I can tell that the colours look totally wrong. But no matter how long I spend playing around with the balance, I seem to just get further and further away from what it should be.

Here: http://web01.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=1412831 I’d say that’s a bit more like it?

Another: http://web01.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=1412839 Not entirely sure, but something doesn’t look right to me?

I would have said this is about right: http://web01.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=1412745

It’s just frustrating…I can see that the colours are wrong, but I’m really bad at being able to tell what needs changing. The more I change, the worse it seems to get. And I know that a lot is down to personal taste and how you prefer the colours to look, but there are some general rules that I can’t seem to get.