Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Roman Racela on March 10, 2014, 03:42:10 am
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Image from trip to White Pocket last September. I need some suggestions to make this image look better. Taken at sunset...I made the foreground almost a full stop brighter and I'm not quite sure if I made the right processing decision.
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Very strong leading lines, and good sunset colours, I like it.
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Wow! Spectacular. Step away from the image. You're done. Well done.
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Very nice! I might try darkening the distant gray mountains just a little.
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Has a very Thomas Hart Benton look to it, especially in the sky.
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Great portrait landscape. I agree - strong lines in this composition.
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Pretty amazing. Nice composition. There is something special in the light that I can't put my finger on.
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Pretty amazing. Nice composition. There is something special in the light that I can't put my finger on.
Yes. Beautiful!
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I don't see many ways - if at all - to make it better.
You might have wanted a little more space to the left and right and a less dynamic format,
but you can't crop away anything without unbalancing the image.
Of course you could play with it in Photoshop like stretching it a little bit wider, just for fun ... - but this leads into an endless rabbithole ...
I'd leave it like it is and be happy with it.
Cheers
~Chris
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Thank you for the comments, kind words and suggestions. I think I know what I'm going to do to the image. It won't be very noticeable but I think it will make a difference to the overall feel of the image.
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I was considering that. I'll play with the image a bit more and see what happens. Thanks.
Very nice! I might try darkening the distant gray mountains just a little.
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I was actually considering warping the image a bit but I might get carried away and end up creating an entirely different image. I'll make some very minor adjustments to this image and be done with it :)
Thanks for the suggestion :)
I don't see many ways - if at all - to make it better.
You might have wanted a little more space to the left and right and a less dynamic format,
but you can't crop away anything without unbalancing the image.
Of course you could play with it in Photoshop like stretching it a little bit wider, just for fun ... - but this leads into an endless rabbithole ...
I'd leave it like it is and be happy with it.
Cheers
~Chris
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Just one word: Bravo!
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You're too kind, Francois. :)
Just one word: Bravo!
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It'sa pity :'(, but the wonderful :o sky must be brightened (and the distant mountains a bit darkened).
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I think anyone here would be more than happy to be the proud owner of this shot, it's just so amazing..
Dave
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Foreground, yes. Clouds, too dramatic, I'd soften them up.
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Image from trip to White Pocket last September. I need some suggestions to make this image look better. Taken at sunset...I made the foreground almost a full stop brighter and I'm not quite sure if I made the right processing decision.
I can't speak to your decisions other than by commenting that your image is dramatic, interesting, and borderline spectacular.. wouldn't change a think except perhaps to use landscape mode.. at least the scene makes me want to see landscape mode.
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The only thing I would improve about it is the haloing around the mountains. There's a visible glow from them into the sky. Other than that, I love it!
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Drama! Gorgeous capture. Nothing to doubt on this one!
Mark
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Great shot
To my taste I would open the shadows on the river bed and the leading lines deeper towards mountains (just up from the river to the left) that part of the image needs to tell more of the story
Again nice shot
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Hi Matt. Thanks for a critique. I actually did that on purpose and I may have done it too much. The first time I blended the image it was too perfect that it looked flat so I dodged the sky around the mountain tops. I'll tone it down but won't completely get rid of it. Thanks man.
The only thing I would improve about it is the haloing around the mountains. There's a visible glow from them into the sky. Other than that, I love it!
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Thank you, Mark. It's still a work in progress :)
Drama! Gorgeous capture. Nothing to doubt on this one!
Mark
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Thanks for the suggestion! Great idea. I'll do that :)
Great shot
To my taste I would open the shadows on the river bed and the leading lines deeper towards mountains (just up from the river to the left) that part of the image needs to tell more of the story
Again nice shot
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Excellent.
Slight haloing around the mountains plus the sky has a little too much cyan in it for my tastes. 99/100
Ken
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Late to the party, sorry!
With so many accolades, I'll skip right to nitpicks:
1. Composition: leading lines from the foreground lead... out of the image (curving to the left)
2. Sky too cyan and too bright (at least relative to the rest of the image)
3. Halo along the ridge line too visible
4. Clouds too dark/dramatic, relative to the sky/foreground
5. Foreground tonality, in the lower half, about right... however, as the ridge line meets the sky, it should become progressively darker than the foreground, not lighter, otherwise it looks like a cutout
There you go :)
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Dumb question, but where is White Pocket? Is it in Utah ???
Chuck.
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Dumb question, but where is White Pocket? Is it in Utah ???
Chuck.
Here you go, Chuck: http://www.zionnational-park.com/paria-white-pocket.htm