Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: seamus finn on March 02, 2015, 06:12:19 pm
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Ben Bulben, Co. Sligo, Ireland, this morning.
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I like the square composition and pastel tones. Not sure about that saturated yellow and red. I might try to tone it down a bit, bring it in line with the overall look and feel.
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Like this?
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It's a fine shot, Seamus. I hear what Slobodan's saying but I like the original. It's starker and I think that's the point of the picture.
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I see what Slobodan is saying. Personally, I would only touch that little LOF and take saturation down to about where the yellow matches the grasses ROF.
By the way, I like the shot. Didn't know that bluffs like that could be found in Ireland, but then I've never visited, to my disappointment.
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LOF...ROF...WTF?
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Seamus, you now changed the overall saturation as well. I liked the original one across the image, except for the yellow house. I think you went too far in desaturating the house as well. Subtle changes usually work better. Btw, there is a lot of posterization in the OP image.
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Seamus, you now changed the overall saturation as well. I liked the original one across the image, except for the yellow house. I think you went too far in desaturating the house as well. Subtle changes usually work better. Btw, there is a lot of posterization in the OP image.
OK. Slobodan, I must have accidentally desaturated the entire image when I thought I was working only on the yellow/red shed. My mistake. Anyway, this is the original picture as shot, no processing, apart from a slight crop and removal of a bird in the sky.
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Seamus, that OOC is a great image in itself and you can almost leave it as-is, or perhaps just crop it to square. You could add a little bit of life by increasing (slightly) contrast, clarity, vibrance (but keeping in check reds and oranges), sharpness, and maybe a little gentle post-crop vignetting. I'd like to keep the sense of bleakness, but not total desperation, if that makes sense.
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Thanks, Slobodan - advice much appreciated.
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Seamus, you now changed the overall saturation as well. I liked the original one across the image, except for the yellow house. I think you went too far in desaturating the house as well. Subtle changes usually work better. Btw, there is a lot of posterization in the OP image.
WTF he said. LOL ;)