Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: The Ute on November 07, 2013, 10:46:22 am
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Here's the same general area as the Stone Vortex w more light.
perhaps you will find this more pleasing to the eye.
;)
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Thanks for the additional feedback.
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Version 2.
Taking Chris's suggestions into account.
Increased saturation and contrast a bit.
Any better ?
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Did you use a polarizer?
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yes.
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The second version is improved, but I'd mask out or weaken the effect on the background.
You could still experiment with going even further - maybe a bit over the top and then back.
Theres lots of room to play and learn with this image.
Overall in my opinion this version is clearly better.
OK. I might work on it some more when I get some time.
Thanks again.
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yes.
I thought so. This is a good example when I would not use it, or would use it differently. Most of us know it is good for killing reflections, in addition to darkening the sky. But in this case it killed a "good" reflection, the one in the foreground rain pool, turning it into a dull, featurless patch, instead of reflecting the sky.
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I thought so. This is a good example when I would not use it, or would use it differently. Most of us know it is good for killing reflections, in addition to darkening the sky. But in this case it killed a "good" reflection, the one in the foreground rain pool, turning it into a dull, featurless patch, instead of reflecting the sky.
Thanks for your opinions but this is why Photography is subjective.
I thought it was more important to eliminate the glare in the distance and to balance it better.
I did not feel the reflection in this case added to the photo.
I guess you did.
;)
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Have your cake and eat it too -- with polarizer background, without polarizer foreground, and blend.
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Have your cake and eat it too -- with polarizer background, without polarizer foreground, and blend.
I'm not THAT sophisticated.
:)
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And besides.
Instead of spending endless hours in front of a computer massaging each and every image to the height of perfection I'd rather just be out in the field taking them.
And living w the consequences.
;)
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Ok, fair enough.
However, there is a possibility few polarizer users consider: semi-strenght. We all tend to prefer "the most bang for the buck" and turn the polarizer to the max, often resulting in uneven polarization across the sky with wide-angle lenses. In this case, backing off the maximum polarization just a notch might have preserved some water reflection.
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Thanks for the feedback guys.
I really do appreciate it.
I am lucky enough to live in a place of great beauty which helps to produce many, many wonderful images.
I simply do not have the time or the inclination to love that many.
And I very much appreciate the tips.
I did not have that polarizer fully tweaked, by the way. Actually it was not more than a quarter turn.
Would have been hard to do less.
;)
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I think your second one is really nice already.
Yes, sure - there is always room for improvement.
Still - I like it - the composition and your treatment too.
Cheers
~Chris
Chris-
I was just about to cut to the chase and say, "What do you think of my work in general ?"
But I feel as thought you just answered that. And I thank you.
I am always happy when people say I like your composition because IMHO that is the hardest thing to learn and one of the easiest things to overlook.
Most of the other stuff can taught and remedied w practice.
The eye is not so easy to improve upon IMO.
;)
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Your compositions are decent. Next item on your shopping list: alarm clock*
* To avoid harsh mid-day lighting :)
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Your compositions are decent. Next item on your shopping list: alarm clock*
* To avoid harsh mid-day lighting
Agreed.
That requires me being less lazy though.
:)
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Thats the hard thing about being on holidays and following your interests ...
That is not my issue.
No excuse in that regard.
I go to some pretty remote spots. I could use a good photo buddy. That's the real issue.
Can't chance being alone out there in some of them.
Hence many day trips. And some in the wrong light unfortunately.
>:(