Discussion on: Image 66 - "Morning tea and tent"

Discussion, revisions and constructive critisms of Image 66 - "Morning tea and tent"

Original - Andy Leach (RedAndy)
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Revision: 1 - Andy Leach (RedAndy)
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Photographers Note:
This is a finished version of one of my favourite photos. I'm posting the original too and wondered what other people would have done to it.

Dartmoor, England

Image Details:

Camera	Olympus » E10
Original Date	2003-07-06 20:36:13
Focal Length	36 mm
Aperture	f 2.4
ISO	80
Exposure Time	1/100 sec
Flash	No Flash
Tripod	No
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Andy Leach (RedAndy)
Msg: #8

May 29th 2005
03:53:31

Here's my colour version.

What I did using the Gimp

Cropped to a panoramic
Did levels and felt the image gained some depth
Did colours and added yellow and red to the highlights, green and red to the shadows, left the midtones alone.
Saturated to 20
Cropped some more off the right to try and focus more on me and where I'm looking
rubber stamped and smudged the tussock out of the image ( Photoshops healing tool would have made a better job of it )
resized to 800px wide and saved to 85% quality ( I think )

It came out okay, but I think I prefer the original. This version seems to lack soul somehow.

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Andy Leach (RedAndy)

Bob Wallace (BobTrips)
Msg: #9

May 29th 2005
09:33:46

I like what you've done with the cropping and removing the clump of grass on the far left.

I like the sepia color better. There's not a lot of interesting color in the last version. In the sepia version I get dragged into the feel of sunrise on a cool morning in the wilds.

(Wish I could see the original as I type this. Need a re-work of this function.)

Andy Leach (RedAndy)
Msg: #10

May 29th 2005
15:12:46

Agreed, I think my rework missed most of the point of Ali's colour version. The image got very grainy when I tried to push it too far so I stopped in bland land.

Andy Leach (RedAndy)
Msg: #11

May 29th 2005
15:24:47

Sticking with the sepia but using the new crop and removing the tussock. This looks stronger than the original IMO. Thanks - this workshop worked very well for me!

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Andy Leach (RedAndy)

Bob Wallace (BobTrips)
Msg: #12

May 29th 2005
16:44:13

I agree. The cropping and grass removal helps. And now we see more of your face, which I like.

OK, post some more pics. Let's get busy here! ;o)

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