Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: William Walker on May 08, 2013, 03:58:06 pm
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I would like to hear what you think of this one.
Thanks for taking the time.
William
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I think it's very fine landscape, William. Love the way you handled the mid-tones in PP. Exposure must have been dead on to capture everything that was there.
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Wonderful image William.
A fine advertisement for a very pretty part of the world.
The details of this composition, clouds, shadows, patterns of fields and tree lines clearly identify this image as the product of an accomplished image-maker.
Congratulations.
Tony Jay
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I think it's very fine landscape, William. Love the way you handled the mid-tones in PP. Exposure must have been dead on to capture everything that was there.
What Russ said. Bravo!
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Yup. What Russ said, me too!
Mike.
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The details of this composition, clouds, shadows, patterns of fields and tree lines clearly identify this image as the product of an accomplished image-maker.
Yes, it's really strong.
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Thank you for your feedback and kind comments, it is especially rewarding coming from people whose opinions I respect.
Thanks again
William
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Lovely William, I can feel the crispness in the air!
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Simply fine.
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Hi William,
Great subject, lovely weather, classical composition. Post-processing indicates a certain intention and style (dimmed and muted, I would say).
But you knew you couldn't get away from at least someone finding something to nitpick: ;)
I would like to see slightly more detail in the foremost group of threes. I would like to see slightly more crispness (highlights) in the clouds.
Maybe both can be achieved by, say, 1/3 or 1/2 f-stop more exposure? Maybe that would mess up mid-tones, which appear ok? Maybe just playing with shadows/highlights?
On the other hand, I seem to contradict myself, don't i? I first recognized a certain (deliberate?) style, then nitpick about it? In other words, if everything is exactly how you wanted it, then feel free to disregard my comments.
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Hi William,
(dimmed and muted, I would say).
I take your point Slobodan. I went back to the file in Lightroom and it seems brighter there which might have been "lost in translation".
Thanks again for all the comments.
William
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I would make the dark greys a little bit darker (so that the meadow gains a bit in contrast) while leaving the light tones almost unaffected. This would give it a bit more impact. Right now, the contrast between the calm, quiet foreground and the glorious, almost radiating background is note quite there yet, a bit indifferent. This contrast makes the image interesting and perhaps the image could be improved by accentuating these both sides.
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Fantastic!