Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: larkvi on February 13, 2012, 01:24:58 am
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Hello all,
Here is a photo that I sat on for a long time, as my processing skills were not quite up to the task when I shot it in 2007. I still think that there is a lot to be done with it, and I submit it for feedback to you. Specifically, I would like to bring out the light better, and separate the clouds from the backdrop, without overcooking the image.
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Don't touch it, Sean. It's stunning just as it is. If you bring up those clouds you're going to reduce the atmospheric perspective that isolates that foreground and makes the background a dream world of receding mountains. It's a fine piece of work. Bravo!
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Don't touch it, Sean. It's stunning just as it is. If you bring up those clouds you're going to reduce the atmospheric perspective that isolates that foreground and makes the background a dream world of receding mountains. It's a fine piece of work. Bravo!
+1 !!!
"Don't touch it!" was my first thought as well.
Its a wonderful tender image - Don't destroy it!
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+1, it's a great image, I love the way the sun strikes part of the trees and the ground, and the line of clouds going in between the mountains.
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Don't touch it, Sean. It's stunning just as it is. If you bring up those clouds you're going to reduce the atmospheric perspective that isolates that foreground and makes the background a dream world of receding mountains. It's a fine piece of work. Bravo!
Russ has said it perfectly. It's a beautiful piece of work.
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Simply beautiful...
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Thank you all for your kind and positive replies. It is gratifying and unexpected that people like the edit so much as is.
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You can touch it, just don't change it. ;)
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I'll add my voice to those urging you not to fiddle with it. Russ is right: any attempt is likely to spoil the distinction between the sharp foreground and the lovely, layered, hazy background. It's a very good shot.
Jeremy
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It is a very nice image as it is; but I would have a go at playing with the background sky. Just make a Save As copy and play away to your heat's content; nothing will have been lost and perhaps something might be gained.
I'd try to feather the top and left of the sky darker a fraction, but not enough to lose the distance effect. For the wet process sceptics, it's one of those effects best done with the hands and not a computer. Sorry, Jeremy, but there you are.
Rob C
PS Not you, kikashi, another Jeremy!
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I'll add my voice to those urging you not to fiddle with it. Russ is right: any attempt is likely to spoil the distinction between the sharp foreground and the lovely, layered, hazy background. It's a very good shot.
Jeremy
+1.
Great shot, I think knowing when to stop can be just as difficult as making the image in the first place - the image is wonderful as it is and doesn't need any more work.
Dave