Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on November 26, 2016, 01:04:23 pm
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Thoughts?
Jeremy
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My first thought is to inquire just where along the U.S.-Mexico border are these walls? ;)
It's an intriguing image.
Perhaps it could stand a bit more contrast.
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My first thought is to inquire just where along the U.S.-Mexico border are these walls? ;)
It's an intriguing image.
Perhaps it could stand a bit more contrast.
I doubt they'd stop anyone determined to cross them.
On reflection, I think you're right: it could do without the toning, too, which seems to have a softening effect. How about this?
Jeremy
PS: I do like your book.
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Obviously just my opinion, feel free to ignore it - but judging by the look of it, you've hit the clarity slider too hard.
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I doubt they'd stop anyone determined to cross them.
On reflection, I think you're right: it could do without the toning, too, which seems to have a softening effect. How about this?
Jeremy
PS: I do like your book.
I like this version.
And I'm glad you like the book.
Eric
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Obviously just my opinion, feel free to ignore it - but judging by the look of it, you've hit the clarity slider too hard.
I seldom ignore opinions: they're the reason I post my photos here. However, explanations are always good: what leads you to that conclusion?
Jeremy
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I seldom ignore opinions: they're the reason I post my photos here. However, explanations are always good: what leads you to that conclusion?
Jeremy
It has a harshness to it. Similar harshness that results from the clarity slider being used more than it should be and micro-contrast is heightened unnaturally.
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Agreed. It looks like a generally 'soft' subject that has been oversharpened. However, I am sensitive to oversharpening and never did get caught up in the current fad of over sharpening. Having said that, I only get a hint of it in this image.
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It has a harshness to it. Similar harshness that results from the clarity slider being used more than it should be and micro-contrast is heightened unnaturally.
Fair enough. There is some added clarity: but harshness was my aim. It's not a "friendly" landscape.
Jeremy
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Again, for me the sharpening was a minor issue.
When I take time to look at this image I really like it. There is a lot to see and my eye wanders, as it should in this type of scene; its what you would want to do if you were there. My problem with this image, which is also a minor issue, is one I struggle with in a lot of my own images in that across the whole image the tonal range seems a bit flat. I think a lighter or darker sky might have helped. The reason I don't see it as a major problem in this image is that your first impression is that it is a little flat and as a whole it looks a little abstract but then as you look at it the details emerge and your eyes follow the walls and lines in the landscape and it draws you in.