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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: John R on May 31, 2010, 07:11:05 am

Title: like night and day
Post by: John R on May 31, 2010, 07:11:05 am

Two taken last night. Both in-camera techniques. I have the mosquito bites to prove it, ha ha. One dark and moody, the other light and playful.

JMR

Title: like night and day
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 31, 2010, 08:53:59 am

Both are nice, but the BW one really works for me. Your technique has distilled the scene to the essential forms, and the glowing tree trunks really sing.

Eric

Title: like night and day
Post by: tokengirl on June 01, 2010, 08:04:31 am

I love the B&W one.  The tones are beautiful, as are the shapes.  Can't say the color one really does anything for me though.

Title: like night and day
Post by: John R on June 01, 2010, 09:23:05 am

Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes

Both are nice, but the BW one really works for me. Your technique has distilled the scene to the essential forms, and the glowing tree trunks really sing.

Eric

Thanks Eric, appreciate the comments. I was kind of concerned that the glow was too white and overwhelming, and my PP skills are not good enough yet to try and reduce the glow. Will keep working at it.

JMR

Title: like night and day
Post by: John R on June 01, 2010, 09:25:11 am

Quote from: tokengirl

I love the B&W one.  The tones are beautiful, as are the shapes.  Can't say the color one really does anything for me though.

That's because the second image is really a painting  No matter, thanks for the feedback.

JMR