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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: DwayneOakes on January 21, 2015, 09:26:29 am

Title: Icicle Series #24
Post by: DwayneOakes on January 21, 2015, 09:26:29 am

Thanks for taking a look !
Sigma dp2 Merrill/Sigma Photo Pro

-1/5 second @ f14
-30mm
-ISO 100
-Ev +1/3
-8x ND filter

Take care,
Dwayne Oakes

Title: Re: Icicle Series #24
Post by: Les Sparks on January 21, 2015, 06:17:29 pm

Looks really cold. Makes me glad that I'm sitting indoors enjoying your image. Nice

Title: Re: Icicle Series #24
Post by: DwayneOakes on January 22, 2015, 09:35:31 am

Thanks Les !

Title: Re: Icicle Series #24
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on January 23, 2015, 04:18:03 am

Really good one. Have you tried B&W on this one?

Title: Re: Icicle Series #24
Post by: DwayneOakes on January 23, 2015, 06:25:20 pm

Na not really a big fan of b/w, I like what others do with that style but I don't see the natural world that way.

Title: Re: Icicle Series #24
Post by: Ian stuart Forsyth on January 25, 2015, 11:48:13 pm

Nice capture

Title: Re: Icicle Series #24
Post by: DwayneOakes on January 28, 2015, 10:34:54 am

Thank you Ian !

Title: Re: Icicle Series #24
Post by: rambler44 on January 28, 2015, 07:03:10 pm

I really like this one.  There are lots of interesting parts.  I like the frozen water against the falling water.  The layer of ice that appears to be hanging is wonderful! You have darks and lights, so I think B+W would work, but the colors, too, are very pleasing to my eye.

My only question is the upper right hand corner and the bit along that top with the snow and the dark line of the crack.  It seems just a bit out of place with the ice and water.  But. I am not sure what can be don about it without cropping it out, or just clone or widen the ice.  Suppose you do crop.  You would lose a good portion of the "hanging ice".  Take a look and see if maybe it would  bring more attention to the water. 

BTW Where is an easy way you could extend the ice in PS with the content aware patch tool.  I will look it up for you.  Basically you would lasso select the ice and use the extend mode.

Title: Re: Icicle Series #24
Post by: rambler44 on January 28, 2015, 09:32:12 pm

Here is a description of the tool:  Note the "extend" feature

Good to put in your tool box even if not used in your image here.

http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/CC_2013/Help_guide/tp/contentaware_movetool.html

Title: Re: Icicle Series #24
Post by: DwayneOakes on January 29, 2015, 10:40:53 pm

Cool Rambler ! I will check it out, thanks !

Title: Re: Icicle Series #24
Post by: luxborealis on January 31, 2015, 04:46:09 pm

You have some great textures in the water and the ice and a "glow" of light coming from the waterfall – all work well. I think the photo is let down by the brown tones in the ice and water. It's not that everything needs to be tidy, bright and white, but I believe viewers would have difficulty overcoming these tones to enjoy the other aspects of the photo. Perhaps that's why Paulo suggested B&W.

Title: Re: Icicle Series #24
Post by: DwayneOakes on January 31, 2015, 08:53:59 pm

Thanks Terry, the b/w makes sense.