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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: dalethorn on January 02, 2009, 09:56:19 pm

Title: December gloom
Post by: dalethorn on January 02, 2009, 09:56:19 pm

It looks like a partly cloudy sky here, but this is facing East, and everything from overhead back toward the West (and the sun) is overcast, and moving Eastward.  I got this just in time for the break in the blue sky to effect a bluish cast on the water, and to some extent on the surrounding terrain.

Title: December gloom
Post by: alainbriot on January 06, 2009, 02:23:07 pm

Hi Dale,

It needs not be so gloomy.  A little saturation increase and contrast reduction brings out colors in the landscape,  details in the clouds and gives the image a painterly feel :-)

(http://beautiful-landscape.com/OPP/Ohio59-AB.jpg)

Title: December gloom
Post by: dalethorn on January 06, 2009, 02:54:42 pm

Quote from: alainbriot

Hi Dale,

It needs not be so gloomy.  A little saturation increase and contrast reduction brings out colors in the landscape,  details in the clouds and gives the image a painterly feel :-)

(http://beautiful-landscape.com/OPP/Ohio59-AB.jpg)

Now I remember what it was - that gloom was hiding some of the resolution problems I had with this. Well, this edit looks good from a distance, but I wouldn't get too close.

Title: December gloom
Post by: alainbriot on January 06, 2009, 10:26:45 pm

Quote from: dalethorn

Now I remember what it was - that gloom was hiding some of the resolution problems I had with this. Well, this edit looks good from a distance, but I wouldn't get too close.

I did notice extreme pixelization in the sky when I worked on the image.

Alain

Title: December gloom
Post by: dalethorn on January 06, 2009, 11:07:42 pm

Quote from: alainbriot

I did notice extreme pixelization in the sky when I worked on the image.

Alain

Some of that was easy to correct for me, after your edit.  But I still haven't managed to master the levels/curves techniques to bring out the colors the way you did.  I know I can get close with a lot of effort, but I'm working on a way to make it simpler.