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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: mseawell on May 27, 2013, 04:00:09 pm

Title: Road to Kollweiler
Post by: mseawell on May 27, 2013, 04:00:09 pm

Saturday morning and the sun was actually out  ;D Road to Kollweiler

Title: Re: Road to Kollweiler
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on May 27, 2013, 04:05:15 pm

Lovely, lovely, lovely!

Great interplay of curves, shapes and tones. Perhaps taming a bit the highlights on the left?

Title: Re: Road to Kollweiler
Post by: mseawell on May 27, 2013, 04:23:13 pm

LOL! I thought I had but you are right. Definitely an issue.

Title: Re: Road to Kollweiler
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on May 27, 2013, 04:30:33 pm

I said it with a question mark. What I meant is that it works as-is, however, the scene lends itself to different interpretations: more contrasty or less contrasty; more/less pastel. Maybe taming the highlights (the operative word being "a bit") and opening the shadows... maybe not. Worth experimenting, in any case, even if you end up with exactly the same result as OP.

Title: Re: Road to Kollweiler
Post by: mseawell on May 27, 2013, 04:56:26 pm

No, the highlights were annoying me but I wasn't happy with my attempts to fix it. Sunrise was from that direction so I expect it would be lighter but need to keep playing with it.

Mark

Title: Re: Road to Kollweiler
Post by: wolfnowl on May 28, 2013, 01:29:19 am

A little toning down would be great - otherwise, first rate.

Mike.

Title: Re: Road to Kollweiler
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on May 28, 2013, 03:24:46 am

Very nice indeed, Mark. It's good to see that you don't in fact live in a black-and-white world of perpetual gloom! I agree with Slobodan: it's worth playing with the highlights, but I shouldn't be surprised - or disappointed - if you ended up where you are now.

Jeremy

Title: Re: Road to Kollweiler
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on May 28, 2013, 03:58:43 am

I like it just the way it is. The brightness of the fog is the perfect complement for the wedge of shadows down below.

Title: Re: Road to Kollweiler
Post by: francois on May 28, 2013, 05:54:59 am

Ah, those curves!!! The highlights don't bother me too much, I tend to follow the curves and they converge to the right of the photo.

Title: Re: Road to Kollweiler
Post by: Enda Cavanagh on May 28, 2013, 08:21:13 am

A lovely image. I agree that the highlights are a too bright. Otherwise. A stunner

Title: Re: Road to Kollweiler
Post by: sdwilsonsct on May 28, 2013, 09:58:26 am

Quote from: francois on May 28, 2013, 05:54:59 am

Ah, those curves!!! The highlights don't bother me too much, I tend to follow the curves and they converge to the right of the photo.

+1. First-rate.