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All At Sea

Postby SuperJT on Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:23 pm

Hi.

These are pics that I took a while ago and have just processed now using recently learnt methods. I've included one photo twice (two different treatments). Happy for any comments. Thanks.

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Re: All At Sea

Postby Mr Darcy on Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:18 pm

#1 Ok, but would benefit with a tighter crop. ATM it lacks a focus for the eye.
#2 The halos do nothing for me. #1 is better
#3 I like the colour of the water, but again, a tighter crop would benefit the shot. If it were an agrier sea, this crop would work as it would evoke the puniness of man Vs nature, but as it is ...
#4 does nothing for me. No focus to draw the eye into the photo. (I take lots like this!)
#5 :!: :!: :!: :?:
FAQ wrote:no more than three or four images in your posting
Again a tighter crop would help. Also it seems artificial to me. Perhaps over sharpened?
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Re: All At Sea

Postby SuperJT on Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:26 pm

Fair call. Composition has always been a weak point. I sometimes shoot like an archiver.

Yeah, probably over sharpened. I'm still experimenting with a lot of stuff to see what works and what doesn't.
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Re: All At Sea

Postby aim54x on Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:24 pm

I'm with Greg, sorry none of these do much for me. The colours also look very artificial, did you change the colour balance and oversaturate??
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Re: All At Sea

Postby SuperJT on Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:17 am

Oversaturate, no. Over contrast, yes.

Thanks for the feedback. I am getting a good understanding of what controls I need to ease up on. I do tend to hit pretty hard on the Contrast and Clarity controls to the point where I do go overboard - and I know that I do that. It is just a matter of me learning to say when enough is enough. I think that I know enough about the photoshop controls now to be dangerous. I now have to learn how to use them properly and construct a proper workflow and learn to pick what tool to use at the correct time.

I think that my composition has improved a little since I took these (these are a little old), but there is massive room for improvement there.
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Re: All At Sea

Postby Mr Darcy on Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:03 pm

SuperJT wrote: I do tend to hit pretty hard on the Contrast and Clarity controls to the point where I do go overboard - and I know that I do that.

I was told once by a famous artist, the secret to a great painting is not knowing how to paint, but knowing when to stop. øne day I'll learn too. But it won't be this day :roll:
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