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Cowra Japanese Gardens

Hi John, I like the reflections on the second shot....

Thanks for the comments Francis - the day was miserable and overcast, so its a wonder that I got any reflections at all.

For the first, I would like to see some more sky above the trees (only a little bit) and a chunk of that green grass (love the colour) cut out (just under 2/3rds of it) to get rid of the dead space and focus the attention further back...the mass of green is a bit distracting.

I have to apologise but the 2nd one really does not do anything for me...I do this to myself a lot as well

Could I suggest you also try to improve the yellow of the fields and the blue of the sky. I imagine, it would be a colorful extravaganza then...

aim54x wrote:For the first, I would like to see some more sky above the trees (only a little bit) and a chunk of that green grass (love the colour) cut out (just under 2/3rds of it) to get rid of the dead space and focus the attention further back...the mass of green is a bit distracting.

It's a pretty shade of green, but I don't know that it adds a whole lot to this image. I think I'd prefer to see a thin sliver of the green ....

The major problem in taking panoramas is to photograph a subject that has some form of pulling power. In this instance I feel that #1 lacks any point of focal interest, whereas #2 has a lot more happening in the photo to give it panorama appeal. So, my feelings lean towards #2 as being an acceptable panorama.

The sky in the first one looks really interesting, I would try to enhance it a bit and get a little more of it into the photo by shifting your crop up, so you lose some of the green field which is a very nice strong green colour, but without a subject, is just to unexciting. I do like the tree on the right hand side it would have been nice to have it more centre of the photo.

Hi,
Number two has a nice colour mix. It would look great with a person on the beach area. I can see what you were doing framing the picture with the two trees in number two. For me the image lacks a focus. Maybe putting the right hand side tree in the right third of the frame and bringing it in closer would help give the image a focal point. What do others think?

Hi John

For Number one, cropping in for a small sliver of green would help as well as more detail in the sky (available in RAW file?).

For number two I wonder about either (1) widening it to include the top ot the trees (including reflections) and darkening the sky or (2) cropping right in to the bank and some of the reflection and also cropping in somewhat from the right.

Regards,
Murray

The highlight/subject of the first was the mountains in the background - they get very flat either side of the trees. I kept the green as the picture would have turned out too thin otherwise.
The second one would be better visually if the colours where brighter, but it was a crap day with lighting - read overcast grey. I think this took my colour - PP might bring it up but I am not thet versed in CS3.
Thanks for the comments all.

The second one would be better visually if the colours where brighter,

how about this? (if you have any objections to ppl PP'ing ur pics just say so and I will burn it down )

this looks alittle more what a japanese garden should look like imo....fyi I used NX2 + some salt and lemon...

hmmm might need alitle more contrast and maybe backing off the colours a bit....

Hi,
I rather like the origonals but agree would reduce the amount of grass in the first to focus on the hills and emphasis the blue hills - thanks for sharing that part of the country
DebT

I think the remake is a bit overcooked. I think I prefer the muted colours of the original. Of course someone with an uncalibrated monitor may see quite a different image and what I see on IE may differ from what something sees on firefox.

J.Davis wrote:The second one would be better visually if the colours where brighter, but it was a crap day with lighting - read overcast grey.

Personally, I don't think there is such a thing as "crap lighting", excluding things like the suface of the sun (though I don't speak first-hand) or total darkness within a cave. It's more a case of finding subjects that match the lighting. Waterfalls or rainforest shots, for example, are much more viable on dull overcast days.

Regards,
Murray

IE may differ from what something sees on firefox

just for sh!#s and giggles I had a look at this , I am sure there has been discussion about different rendering of images between browsers however I am amazed at the differnce, check out the image below, firefox in the BG.

bit overcooked

should have slow cooked instead

Do you have colour management turned on in FireFox? The default is not and there's some setting you have to turn on (I've only ever used IE).

Regards,
Murray

Nice colours Biggerry - but they didnt look like that at all. I think your rendition is a bit too colourful.