Title: Re: Abstr-Act
Post by: francois on February 01, 2014, 08:56:05 am
Both beautiful and mysterious entanglement. I like the colors and the side-lighting.
Bravo!
Title: Re: Abstr-Act
Post by: David Eckels on February 01, 2014, 09:25:59 am
Terrific! I am seeing a funny artefact around the "tip of the nose" on the right; over sharpening or a jpeg compression? Also, worth considering opening up the blacks just a bit? Otherwise, love the contrast between the hard branch and the beautifully rendered soft colors in the sky.
Title: Re: Abstr-Act
Post by: Christoph C. Feldhaim on February 01, 2014, 09:45:50 am
Thanks Francois and David for the nice words!
I considered opening up the shadows - actually there is a bunch of detail, but I finally decided to leave it as graphical and harsh as it is when I looked at it. Opening the shadows takes away that strong impact from the branch working almost as a pure silhouette. I also pulled at the saturation quite heavy - this is not a subtle edit - there's some heavy handed steelworks behind it so to say. The halo will need some work in Photoshop should I print it, it comes from some heavy contrast lifting together with the export to web thingy.
Cheers ~Chris
Title: Re: Abstr-Act
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on February 01, 2014, 10:31:20 am
It's a fine one, Chris, and I like your post processing (except for the halo).
Title: Re: Abstr-Act
Post by: RSL on February 01, 2014, 10:40:01 am