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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on September 03, 2016, 02:03:33 pm

Title: wooden door
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on September 03, 2016, 02:03:33 pm
Selectively coloured: too gimmicky? Other thoughts?

Jeremy
Title: Re: wooden door
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 03, 2016, 08:22:54 pm
It just makes it inside my gimmicky-tolerance zone (I have done a couple of similar things).
I would like to see you get rid of the halo around the colored iron gizmo. It probably results from imperfect masking (which is the only kind I do.)

It has charm.
Title: Re: wooden door
Post by: sdwilsonsct on September 04, 2016, 04:18:51 am
Other thoughts?

I like it. I might reduce the gimmicky factor by simply decreasing and slightly increasing the saturation in the appropriate places.
Title: Re: wooden door
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on September 04, 2016, 07:52:34 am
It just makes it inside my gimmicky-tolerance zone (I have done a couple of similar things).
I would like to see you get rid of the halo around the colored iron gizmo. It probably results from imperfect masking (which is the only kind I do.)

It has charm.

Thanks, Eric. The halo actually results from the weathering, so for once it's not my fault. Here's the original.

Jeremy
Title: Re: wooden door
Post by: Bob_B on September 04, 2016, 08:47:40 am
The second image is more to my liking, but both are interesting.
Title: Re: wooden door
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 04, 2016, 09:48:16 am
Thanks, Eric. The halo actually results from the weathering, so for once it's not my fault. Here's the original.

Jeremy
Obviously you should have retouched the door before photographing it. All it would take is a small water-colour brush and seventeen bottles of paint in shades "Old Weathered Door #1" through "Old Weathered Door #17." Three hours should do a good enough job.

After all, the only thing worse than a Cat here on the Luminously Angelic Landscape Forum is a Halo!   8)

You are forgiven.

Eric
Title: Re: wooden door
Post by: RSL on September 04, 2016, 10:05:23 am
You really need sidelight to do a door justice, Jeremy.
Title: Re: wooden door
Post by: Peter McLennan on September 04, 2016, 11:45:19 am
After all, the only thing worse than a Cat here on the Luminously Angelic Landscape Forum is a Halo!   8)

That's IT!  I was wondering what was wrong with that image.  It needs a cat!  Preferably orange. Backlit, right there in the sunbeam.
Title: Re: wooden door
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on September 04, 2016, 01:51:27 pm
Obviously you should have retouched the door before photographing it. All it would take is a small water-colour brush and seventeen bottles of paint in shades "Old Weathered Door #1" through "Old Weathered Door #17." Three hours should do a good enough job.

And someone to hold off the irate denizens of St Emilion, of course.

After all, the only thing worse than a Cat here on the Luminously Angelic Landscape Forum is a Halo!   8)

You are forgiven.

Thank you  ;)

Jeremy
Title: Re: wooden door
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 04, 2016, 01:53:45 pm
The colors and textures are lovely, but that leaning question mark contraption annoys me like hell in both versions :)
Title: Re: wooden door
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on September 04, 2016, 02:01:30 pm
You really need sidelight to do a door justice, Jeremy.

True, Russ. I've tried before: http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=37307.msg307124#msg307124 (shutter, not door, but the principle is the same).

Jeremy