Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Chairman Bill on December 18, 2010, 08:05:02 am
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A selection taken this morning. The specks visible in the shot of the cottage are snow (the white bits) & either Fieldfares or Redwings (the darker spots). I'd envisaged this one as a B&W, but the specks really do look like dust in the monochrome version.
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And having uploaded the wrong shot, here's the proper one ...
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I love the soft coloring on #3, "dawn's light."
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Which one was the wrong one? Merry Christmas from Scotland when it comes. :)
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The wrong one was this one (which I deleted)
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I enjoy the first one. The broad bull's eye of the cloud works very well with the radial perspective lines and slanting sun. So many things seem to have found their place. Bruce P.S. The middle of the wrong one seems right to me.
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#1 and # 4.
Are you using a ND filter or polariser on the lens ?
Frank
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No, no filters. D700, Nikon 18-35mm, processed in Aperture 3 & Viveza 2
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The light in #1 and #4 is fabulous, I can even feel the atmosphere.
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I like #1 and #4 although IMO some of the snow at the bottom of #4 seems too much and might be better cropped out. What are the black and white spots in the sky in #2? At first I thought it was a film scan but you said this is a D700. The first looks like film - I really like the light in that one. Nice shots. Alan
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Alan, as I mentioned in the OP ;), the dark specks are birds - Fieldfares or Redwings
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Sorry Bill. I jumped right over the text into looking at your pictures. I really like the light in the first one as I mentioned. Do you recall what settings you used in post processing? It really looks like film. Although its very sharp, it has an attractive smoothness and rich glow. Do you recall how you reduced and sharpened it? ALan
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I really like N0-1. So inviting; from the wide view to the fence, tanker and clouds. Lovely image. And I also like the quality of light in your deleted shot. There is a certain order from that apparent random-looking area of woods that with the light, is appealing.
JMR
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John, I have no idea what settings I made in post processing. Exposure compensation was set to +1.0 anyway, & then I used an 'auto-enhance' setting in Aperture 3 (under 'presets'), which gives a sort of Velvia effect - slight vibrancy increase, some edge sharpening, and something to levels (which I really haven't got a clue about). This gives me a basis to work with - I'm never satisfied with it, particularly the vibrancy which I always reset to neutral. Then I go to Viveza 2 & in this case increased contrast (about 20%) & definition (not sure how much, but probably about 50%+). Then local changes, clawing back as much detail in the clouds as I could, and some lightening under the bowser, which was in very dark shadow. That was it. Job done. Took about 10 minutes.
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Another from that same morning's walk
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Lovely image. Makes me wish we had 4 seasons here, a bird dog, and a few pheasant. Are there several worthy images in that shot ?
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A very nice set. I'll bet you felt pretty good at the end of that walk.
Eric
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Thanks for the comment. Eric, I was pleased to get a few keepers. It's not always so!
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Thanks for the comment. Eric, I was pleased to get a few keepers. It's not always so!
That's for sure. I consider myself lucky if I get one keeper in a hundred shots.
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Another from that same morning's walk
That is a nice shot. I am in Ontario, Canada and you have much more snow than we have, at least in this eastern part of the province.
Although I like your image I do feel it would be even better if you cropped out that bit of fence post on the left (and perhaps also the fence on the middle right ??)
Enjoy your winter, at least your spring comes earlier than ours.
Regards
Dick K.
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Dick, ref the crop - I had thought that myself, then decided that was as I took it, so I'd leave it in. But on reflection, I think you're probably right
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Although I like your image I do feel it would be even better if you cropped out that bit of fence post on the left (and perhaps also the fence on the middle right ??)
Regards
Dick K.
Hey Dick, be careful with the word 'crop' around here! :D Perhaps "fill, content aware"??? ... but as to your suggestion -no, I think the out of focus post on the left retains authenticity for the shot and keeps it on a personal level, rather than a stock photo of a 'nice' scene. I would leave it in definitely.
Julie
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I'd thought of the fence posts as in some way framing the shot, but the converging verticals left me equally wanting to omit them. I've ended up with the left hand side being a little bit of fuzzy wood & snow. I'm not sure it helps much at all
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Although I like your image I do feel it would be even better if you cropped out that bit of fence post on the left (and perhaps also the fence on the middle right ??)
Regards
Dick K.
I agree. I find it extremely distracting.