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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: brianrybolt on June 04, 2019, 01:54:51 pm

Title: By The Rocks -Iceland-
Post by: brianrybolt on June 04, 2019, 01:54:51 pm
I waited a long time for the clouds to move
Title: Re: By The Rocks -Iceland-
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 04, 2019, 02:07:33 pm
The sky looks highly artificial, especially relative to the illumination on the rest of the image. Also, high halo between the foreground hill and the background. Otherwise, the image has potential.
Title: Re: By The Rocks -Iceland-
Post by: biker on June 04, 2019, 04:29:52 pm
The sky is accentuated. There might have been a gap through which the foreground rocks were illuminated. Maybe the post process is a little overdone but isn't it a way to express photographer's feelings about the place?
Title: Re: By The Rocks -Iceland-
Post by: rabanito on June 04, 2019, 04:36:06 pm
The sky looks highly artificial, especially relative to the illumination on the rest of the image. Also, high halo between the foreground hill and the background. Otherwise, the image has potential.

I agree.
I like the seascapes in your webpage much more.
Title: Re: By The Rocks -Iceland-
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on June 04, 2019, 04:41:07 pm
... isn't it a way to express photographer's feelings about the place?

Those must have been rather crappy feelings.
Title: Re: By The Rocks -Iceland-
Post by: drralph on June 04, 2019, 05:00:11 pm
I always like your candor, Slobodan!  The image does have potential.
Title: Re: By The Rocks -Iceland-
Post by: rgs on June 04, 2019, 05:54:53 pm
It's a very good shot but mountains look like too much dehaze or a similar tool have been used on them. The depth of the image is missing because we don't see the gradually diminishing contrast that distance produces. It's just too one dimensional. On the other hand, I would want to emphasize that sky as much as possible without conflicting with the foreground.
Title: Re: By The Rocks -Iceland-
Post by: PeterAit on June 04, 2019, 07:58:21 pm
The sky looks highly artificial, especially relative to the illumination on the rest of the image. Also, high halo between the foreground hill and the background. Otherwise, the image has potential.

I agree with Slobodan. When I first opened the image, it took me 1/10 of a New York second to think "over processed." Iceland never looked like that.
Title: Re: By The Rocks -Iceland-
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on June 05, 2019, 04:44:26 am
I don't like the processing, but that is just my opinion. I respect the author's interpretation of the scene though.

Good example of "being faithful" to the scene ("as is") versus "artistic vision". Some of the writings by Alain Briot come to mind (he heavily processes the images to express his vision).
Title: Re: By The Rocks -Iceland-
Post by: brianrybolt on June 05, 2019, 11:56:06 am
Thank you all for your feedback.  I agree with most of it.

Best
Title: Re: By The Rocks -Iceland-
Post by: Cornfield on June 05, 2019, 06:13:06 pm
Really false image.