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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: dalethorn on August 17, 2009, 03:59:18 pm

Title: Ohio Upside Down
Post by: dalethorn on August 17, 2009, 03:59:18 pm

Panasonic G1, 45-200.

Title: Ohio Upside Down
Post by: MR.FEESH on August 17, 2009, 07:36:51 pm

Look who's back 8)
I don't have much to say for the photo, other than that there appears to be a fairly stark halo around the cloud...
I wager an easy fix with a quick re-visit.

Title: Ohio Upside Down
Post by: dalethorn on August 17, 2009, 08:42:02 pm

Quote from: MR.FEESH

Look who's back 8)
I don't have much to say for the photo, other than that there appears to be a fairly stark halo around the cloud...
I wager an easy fix with a quick re-visit.

The water was very still at that moment, so distortion was minimal. Still, some of the effects you see were unavoidable with a reflection like that. I'll have to give it more thought.

Title: Ohio Upside Down
Post by: Jeremy Payne on August 17, 2009, 09:31:32 pm

Quote from: dalethorn

The water was very still at that moment

I think my issue is that by ONLY including the reflection, the fact that it is a reflection gets lost.

It also looks a bit 'over-processed' ... was this a multi-shot blend of some sort?

Title: Ohio Upside Down
Post by: Ed Blagden on August 18, 2009, 11:39:37 pm

Try holding the camera straight.

Title: Ohio Upside Down
Post by: dalethorn on August 19, 2009, 07:48:16 am

Quote from: Ed B

Try holding the camera straight.

The camera was braced against a railing, and perfectly level. But the reflection was not perfectly "level".  If you're thinking that correction should be applied - already addressed. It's my view that the reflection creates an abstract, and thus normal rules don't apply. Unless you know something...