Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: sdwilsonsct on April 27, 2014, 07:20:08 pm
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Overprocessed? Suggestions welcome.
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The first two appear too dark. The second one has visible halos. The third one is good, but I would experiment with a cooler WB.
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The first is OK, a bit dark but very plausible. The second one is too dark and the sky too flat or too gray. The third is fine; well, I may be nitpicking on the third one but the rocks on the right seem to be very light - did you lighten them?
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My favourite is #1, it has a sort of "mordor" feel to it. I would try to boost the greens a bit.
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Many thanks for the feedback. I attach new versions. Please note that they really are new even if the changes are subtle.
#1: The darkness is meant to show a foggy day in a narrow valley, plus I wanted the cottongrass to shine. Now I have raised the brightness 5%. This shot has always frustrated me because the elements didn't align into a more balanced composition.
I did experiment with the greens. OTOH this is late summer so a bit of yellow is creeping in.
#2: As above, this is a dark place. I have now reduced the amount of applied darkening, and lightened the two outside rocks and the sky.
Halos: I hate halos, but I cannot find the source of these. I wonder if we are seeing light patches of sky??
#3: I was reluctant to cool it too much because the blues might seem unrealistic. Now I have compromised by cooling but also desaturating and darkening the blues.
No lightening was applied. I think the horizontal surfaces are just catching the sky's light. I pulled down the top end of the global curve, and added a darkening curve to the rocks in the water.
In "light" of darkness comments about the other images, I have now lightened this 5%.
Thanks again!
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No lightening was applied. I think the horizontal surfaces are just catching the sky's light. I pulled down the top end of the global curve, and added a darkening curve to the rocks in the water.
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Sometimes, nature produces effects that, initially, seem unnatural! Anyway, it's a nice set of images.
Congrats again.
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I really like the first one, the other two don't do much for me though. :-\
Mike.
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Cotton-grass is great, it has a good composition and nice atmosphere. Composition could be improved by moving closer to the cotton-grass, maybe with a wider lens. A good foreground deserves intimacy.
#2 doen't do much for me, it needs something interesting in the bottom of the frame. The rocks are interesting, but not enough.
#3 is a good composition and there is interest throughout. Maybe play with a polariser on a scene like this, you could get better underwater details.
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Thanks, Francois, Mike and Iceland. Good points.
#2: it seemed that there must be a good shot in here somewhere. Photography is harder than it looks. ;)