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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on April 21, 2009, 03:08:43 pm

Title: Sunset
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on April 21, 2009, 03:08:43 pm

Comments welcome.

Jeremy

[attachment=13167:indian_sunset.jpg]

Title: Sunset
Post by: dalethorn on April 21, 2009, 03:37:22 pm

The glow of the reflection on the water adds a good counterbalance to the sky.

Title: Sunset
Post by: kaelaria on April 21, 2009, 03:47:14 pm

Love it - great shadow details, beautiful colors, very serene.

Title: Sunset
Post by: JeffKohn on April 21, 2009, 07:13:30 pm

I like the composition and the color. But your attempts to darken the sky have left halos around some of the high-contrast edges. To me this is pretty distracting.

Title: Sunset
Post by: francois on April 22, 2009, 02:29:57 am

Quote from: JeffKohn

I like the composition and the color. But your attempts to darken the sky have left halos around some of the high-contrast edges. To me this is pretty distracting.

After looking at the photo for a few minutes, the halos don't bother me anymore. Initially, I had the same reaction (ie distracting halos).

Title: Sunset
Post by: jasonrandolph on April 22, 2009, 03:03:36 am

Quote from: kikashi

Comments welcome.

Jeremy

[attachment=13167:indian_sunset.jpg]

I did notice the halos, but I didn't find them distracting at all.  I love the glowing sky!  I would like to see the building lightened a little, but the shadows maintain good detail as-is.  The composition works for me too.  Nice job!

Title: Sunset
Post by: John R on April 22, 2009, 08:44:26 am

Maybe I am missing something, I don't see any halo effect (circles I suppose?), other than what I would consider as rim lighting in a backlit scene- the same as I would get when shooting slide film. It is very fine image.

JMR

Title: Sunset
Post by: RSL on April 23, 2009, 10:14:05 am

Quote from: John R

Maybe I am missing something, I don't see any halo effect (circles I suppose?), other than what I would consider as rim lighting in a backlit scene- the same as I would get when shooting slide film. It is very fine image.

JMR

I agree it's a fine image but I don't agree that the haloes are a normal effect. Look at the white haloes along the rooflines in the background. That's the giveaway. I'd back off on the clarity slider. If I really felt I had to darken the sky I'd make a selection (easy job on this one) and use the selection on a masking layer in multiply blend mode. The haloes definitely are a distraction.

Title: Sunset
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on April 23, 2009, 02:51:31 pm

Quote from: RSL

I agree it's a fine image but I don't agree that the haloes are a normal effect. Look at the white haloes along the rooflines in the background. That's the giveaway. I'd back off on the clarity slider. If I really felt I had to darken the sky I'd make a selection (easy job on this one) and use the selection on a masking layer in multiply blend mode. The haloes definitely are a distraction.

Thank you all for the comments. I agree with RSL about the white halos, and will do what I can to fix them. The halo around the mosque, I felt, was what I'd expect from a severely backlit building.

The shot was actually bracketed and combined using a rather crude method. I'll play with it some more: it shouldn't be too difficult (famous last words!) to improve it. I certainly think the image merits some time and effort!

I'll report back...

Jeremy

Title: Sunset
Post by: RSL on April 23, 2009, 04:39:15 pm

Quote from: kikashi

I certainly think the image merits some time and effort!
Jeremy

Jeremy, I heartily agree with that sentiment. I also agree that the halo around the mosque is okay. It's close enough to natural that if the white haloes are gone the picture will work.