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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: armand on October 09, 2012, 09:23:54 pm

Title: few more
Post by: armand on October 09, 2012, 09:23:54 pm
trying to make the most out of a cloudy midday
Title: Re: few more
Post by: armand on October 10, 2012, 11:18:52 am
this one was supposed to be part of the first 4 but it got lost in transition
Title: Re: few more
Post by: RSL on October 10, 2012, 11:41:02 am
Lost in transition is the best of the lot, Armand. (Be sure you say thanks to Claude.)
Title: Re: few more
Post by: shutterpup on October 10, 2012, 12:18:32 pm
Love the colors in the first one(maybe that makes me a closet OSU football fan); I agree with Russ about the "lost in transition." Wish I'd taken that one!
Title: Re: few more
Post by: fike on October 10, 2012, 12:26:01 pm
Hi Armand,
The last one, "Lost in Translation" has the most potential.  This day looked like it was overcast and flat, and that lighting made it hard to get any drama in the light.  To improve this shot, I would consider doing a curves or levels adjustment to set a black point and white point...or at least get closer to a black point and white point. When an image lacks tones that approach pure black and white, we tend to call them muddy.  Without the levels/curves tone correction, this one is somewhat muddy.  I suspect this adjustment will make a big difference.
Title: Re: few more
Post by: armand on October 10, 2012, 02:19:27 pm
Hi Armand,
The last one, "Lost in Translation" has the most potential.  This day looked like it was overcast and flat, and that lighting made it hard to get any drama in the light.  To improve this shot, I would consider doing a curves or levels adjustment to set a black point and white point...or at least get closer to a black point and white point. When an image lacks tones that approach pure black and white, we tend to call them muddy.  Without the levels/curves tone correction, this one is somewhat muddy.  I suspect this adjustment will make a big difference.

I was trying to achieve a more subdued color so I was afraid about pushing the contrast too much. Here is another version with some extra contrast (more would be probably too much, it was after all midday and cloudy).
Title: Re: few more
Post by: fike on October 10, 2012, 02:22:39 pm
I was trying to achieve a more subdued color so I was afraid about pushing the contrast too much. Here is another version with some extra contrast.

There are people who make their trademark from muddy gray images. They may be deliberately representing a particular artistic aesthetic, but I find the images depressing. I like your change, and I don't think it is over the top at all. 
Title: Re: few more
Post by: armand on October 11, 2012, 09:20:54 pm
and 2 more from the same session