OK - Give it to me.

[Oneputt]

[stubbsy]

oneputt

This pic is a real dilemma for me. I like the colours, but don't like the shot as it stands. I think the problem is the foregound is too poorly defined. Can you perhaps lighten it up a little to anchor the sky better to the burning logs (fire in the sky, fire on the ground!)

Cheers

[Matt. K]

Oneputt
Very impressive! And some nice PP work done on this. I would love to see a large print of this image because I think it would give the image more power. I love the fire and sky colours linking the image parts together and the only constructive comment I could make is that I feel the image would have been more complete with another subject element in the foreground near the fire...either left or righ in the grass. Something like a sleepng dog or a backpack or a couple of fishing rods. But that's a mute point because it is a lovely image and I enjoyed looking at it.
Thanks for posting!

[sirhc55]

Oneputt - I am with Matt on this pic - it has an almost surreal look that pampers to what I like - well done.

Chris

[fozzie]

Oneputt,

I would have preferred a little more foreground so you could see all the rocks forming the fire. Otherwise, I like it. Keep up the good work. What do they say, practice makes perfect.

Goodbye for now,

[phillipb]

Great colours John, the mood in this shot reminds me of that famous painting with the swagman.

[Onyx]

Oneputt - it looks as if you've used an over aggresive contrast mask setting. I don't quite like the 'muddy' foreground and would perhaps like to see the original in which it lies in the shadows or was a silhouette against the sky.

The sky is awesome, very intense saturation.... perhaps overly so for realism, but I like the unreal.

[Mj]

Yep... I like this one... would like to see what it would look like with some slight toning down of the PP, whilst still leaving enough to keep it surreal.
A little more forground and maybe some other object/subject in the forground and this might have been a real piece of art.

[Oneputt]

Thanks everyone for your comments, I got something out of them all. I will post the original when I get home this evening.

[Oneputt]

OK here is the image straight out of the camera but converted to JPEG and resized to post.

Do with it as you will

[meicw]

Ilike both of them, but perhaps a little less detail in the foreground than in the first shot, and a little more than in the second. Also 2 or 3 steps to the left I feel would have made a difference. Would have offset the fire more to the right. and would have 'linked' the tree more to the sky. IMHo.

Regards
Meic

[Oneputt]

This is another of the raw images which is perhaps closer to my finished product.

[stubbsy]

Perfect - love this - don't tinker anymore (and I know I said above I wanted to see more of the foreground. Can't a guy change his mind!)

[Oneputt]

Well thankyou Stubbsy, that is as shot, no pp.

[stubbsy]

Gee and here I was thinking it was you that was clever. My comments stand.