Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: KMRennie on October 23, 2015, 12:37:03 pm
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Taken this week at Salen on Mull in the Hebrides Scotland. Very flat lighting but it was not raining. 3 boats dragged onto the foreshore to slowly rot away.
All comments welcome.
Ken
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I really like this, the stormy weather really adds to the scene.
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Beautiful shot, I like the mood and the processing.
The only minor change I would do is to crop out the left line of rocks because it leads my eyes outside the picture.
I would crop in a way that the left boat touch the border.
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I wouldn't alter anything in the image because it is a fine image. Composition spot on and processing just right.
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Very mellow and relaxing, it certainly sets the mood and can reward multiple viewings. I find here is one distraction and that is the bright band of sky that sits on the horizon.
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I really like that sky!
Wouldn't change a thing.
Congratulations on a fine image!
Tony Jay
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Very nice. But did we, like, push the saturation a bit?
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I wouldn't alter anything in the image because it is a fine image. Composition spot on and processing just right.
I agree with Stamper and Tony.
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Beautiful, rich and full of depth. The details of the weathered painted wood are exceptional. While the saturation seems high in these areas, it really accentuates the details. More importantly, the clouds/sky are not saturated and very natural-looking, which further accentuates the rich detail and subtle colours of the boats. Wonderful!
I, too, would not crop out the rocks (slip/waterfront) to the left. They provide a bookend for the sloping boats.
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Thanks for all of the comments. I have increased the contrast and saturation on the boats but decreased the saturation elsewhere hopefully grabbing your attention onto the boats. I could darken the bottom part of the sky but would have to darken the far land (Morvern) and this would decrease the sense of depth. I may tone down the clutter on the deck of the left hand boat but overall I am happy with this image. Here are another 2 images from the same location. The first is processed in a similar way to the original post. The second has had the saturation decreased and grain added to hint at a old image. Hope you like them.
Ken
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If I were processing these three images, I would surely keep a little closer to a "realistic" interpretation. But I find your processing of all three very convincing and not overdone. You have emphasized (a bit) certain parts and de-emphasized others very effectively.
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I love the third of these images. It seems the most intriguing to me, and the blue/gray tones are beautiful.
I like the first image a lot, but I do find the treatment of the sky a bit heavy-handed. I like the sky, and I like the idea of what you're doing with it, but I think it's too much of it. It's trying to steal the scene from the boat, when it should be a supporting character.
DAF
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Just for information. No increased saturation in any part of this image. I will live with all of the iamges for a week or two before deciding how to print the first and perhaps the third. Anyone any thoughts?
Ken
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I like both versions of this, but I have a slight personal preference for the no saturation one, which seems to me to capture the essence of the scene very well. But either one works.
If they were mine, I'd print both and put them up in different rooms for a while to see which one wears better.
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As Eric says, "either one works," but though it's colorful the first version so obviously has its saturation pushed that unless I were trying to illustrate pushed saturation I'd settle on the second version. I really like the content, and the composition is excellent. It's very good wabi sabi.
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I like the second one better, but because of the reduced contrast in the boats, not the reduced saturation. The difference in saturation doesn't appear that large to me. In the first version, the back of the left boat has been lightened, while the highlights of the extreme right side of the right boat have been toned down. That has the effect of shifting the point of visual emphasis to the left, towards the edge of the image; which doesn't work as well for me.
But that's a minor point, and should not carry nearly as much weight as the fact that this is a very fine image.
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I'm voting for the second version. It suits the mood of the place perfectly.
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I'm still with #1: the detail of the weathered wood accentuated with local contrast is spectacular, set against the softer tones of the surrounding landscape. In #2, with that local contrast in the wood lost, the whole scene becomes closer to "average" and less compelling even if more "realistic" (whatever that means).
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Very nice. But did we, like, push the saturation a bit?
I like the first picture best. There is something "overcooked" about it. ... clarity, curves, and curve masks, saturation??