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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: DwayneOakes on January 07, 2015, 07:40:56 pm

Title: The Light and Darkness
Post by: DwayneOakes on January 07, 2015, 07:40:56 pm
Thanks for taking a look !
Sigma dp2 Merrill/Sigma Photo Pro

Take care,
Dwayne Oakes
Title: Re: The Light and Darkness
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on January 08, 2015, 09:14:10 am
Good work, well seen. I would probably crop some on the right side, where the trees are too superposed and coalesce into a black area.
Title: Re: The Light and Darkness
Post by: DwayneOakes on January 08, 2015, 09:18:19 am
Thank you for the comments on this one Paulo !
Title: Re: The Light and Darkness
Post by: churly on January 08, 2015, 10:33:59 am
Good work, well seen. I would probably crop some on the right side, where the trees are too superposed and coalesce into a black area.
Interesting.  I had just the opposite reaction and would be inclined to crop on the left side.  I find the light there distracting.
Title: Re: The Light and Darkness
Post by: DwayneOakes on January 11, 2015, 10:35:11 am
Thank you Chuck !
Title: Re: The Light and Darkness
Post by: Larry Heath on January 11, 2015, 02:24:57 pm
I like where you are going with this.

Add a big layer mask dose of vibrance, like around +90 and about +20 saturation.

I’d likely go back in with a spot brush and tone the blues spots along the back edge of the stand of trees a bit. The color of the trees outside of the trees you’re standing in for the shot and the bit of yellowish color cast on the snow heightens my sense of here is the way out feeling.

You get this.

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7488/16254848941_b92f3a4c53_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qLomhe) (https://flic.kr/p/qLomhe)

Just a thought.

Later Larry
Title: Re: The Light and Darkness
Post by: churly on January 11, 2015, 03:31:36 pm
Interesting idea Larry but IMO (for what it's worth) your version makes it all about color where Dwayne's is about the light.  I prefer Dwayne's but that's just my preference.  Perhaps it's an issue of style.
Chuck
Title: Re: The Light and Darkness
Post by: DwayneOakes on January 18, 2015, 09:38:54 am
Thank you very much Chuck, cool take on my work Larry I like seeing different
takes on it,  like Chuck said this one was about the light.