 | Discussion on: Image 1259 - "Stormy Sunset" |
| Discussion on: Image 1259 - "Stormy Sunset" |
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| Discussion, revisions and constructive criticisms of Image 1259 - "Stormy Sunset" | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bob Wallace (BobTrips) Msg: #1 April 9th 2007 07:26:23 | You did a very good job with composure and exposure. The sky shows a lot of detail and nothing is blown out. I'd suggest that the sky is your subject and that cropping off some of the bottom would make it more dominant. I also cloned out the two bright lights which I found distracting. |
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| Justin Watson (Justin) Msg: #2 April 9th 2007 08:42:33 | I like the original, but agree with bob those two lights are distracting. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Zoe Renshaw (Zoe) Msg: #3 April 11th 2007 04:14:37 | I didn't even notice lights, I can see them now. thanks. Not sure about such a severe crop. might be just a little off the bottom |
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| Bob Wallace (BobTrips) Msg: #4 April 11th 2007 05:16:34 | I like your crop better. Here's a little site tip. If you hit Reply - even if you have nothing to say - you will get a page that will allow you to scroll the various versions side by side. That way you can directly compare Version 1 to V2, or V1 to V3, or .... Hummm..... Looking at V2 vs. V3 maybe something in the middle.... Your call. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Zoe Renshaw (Zoe) Msg: #5 April 13th 2007 06:39:11 | Maybe, Not sure. |
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| Adrian Warren (AdrianW) Msg: #6 April 20th 2007 01:20:19 | Nice shot Zoe! A few thoughts though - as has already been mentioned, maybe a fraction too much black at the bottom of the frame - I like your R4 best so far. Something I notice - the tower seems to be leaning fractionally left, so perhaps rotate 0.75°CW? If you want to boost the cloud detail, try a little USM - wide radius (say 30%, 40px, 0) should boost the apparent contrast. I think if I'd been taking the shot, I'd have zoomed in on the tower more - as it stands it's a lovely sunset, and there are some buildings in it - zoomed in, the tower would become more of a focal point. Ideally getting closer and lower would give it more impact I think. Thoughts? | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Adrian Warren (AdrianW) Msg: #7 April 20th 2007 01:21:17 | Hah, forgot to upload the revision I was asking your thoughts on - sharp ;) |
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| Bob Wallace (BobTrips) Msg: #8 April 20th 2007 03:39:31 | That's nice. But you lost some very beautiful tones in the upper left clouds. The subtlety of the sky is what I like in this shot. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Adrian Warren (AdrianW) Msg: #9 April 20th 2007 15:53:45 | Yes, but I'm not convinced you can make a photograph stand on the sky alone... That's why I'd have gone closer and shot lower - so you'd get the tower more prominent, but all the sky in as well. For me sunsets need something in the foreground layer to really work as photographs - but then that's me ;) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bob Wallace (BobTrips) Msg: #10 April 20th 2007 17:11:20 | Hit 'Reply' and look at R4 vs. R5. R5 is more a grabber, but R4 is a shot that I'd stand in front of for a while just to enjoy the wonderful shades and tones in the clouds. I'm not arguing that one doesn't need something on the ground to anchor the sky. And I agree that setting the shot up so that the tower was the dominant feature of the ground might have made a great shot. But she was shooting from her room's window.... | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Revision: 5 Adrian Warren (AdrianW) |
Revision: 4 Zoe Renshaw (Zoe) |
Revision: 3 Zoe Renshaw (Zoe) |
Revision: 2 Bob Wallace (BobTrips) |
