3 from MT Tomah gardens

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3 from MT Tomah gardens

Postby Matt. K on Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:05 pm

I can highly recommend a visit to these gardens at this time of the year. They are spectacular!

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Re: 3 from MT Tomah gardens

Postby Bob G on Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:14 pm

Love #3 of these Matt.
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Re: 3 from MT Tomah gardens

Postby aim54x on Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:17 pm

The last image is the strongest with good lines. They all seem to lack a bit in contrast to me though.
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Re: 3 from MT Tomah gardens

Postby surenj on Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:20 pm

Agree with Cameron. Very washed out crying for a little contrast. Especially so in #3.

Matt, have you calibrated your monitor lately? Or have you left these to be deliberately low contrasty?
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Re: 3 from MT Tomah gardens

Postby Mr Darcy on Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:39 pm

surenj wrote:Agree with Cameron. Very washed out crying for a little contrast. Especially so in #3.

:agree: Though to my eye, the worst is #1
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Re: 3 from MT Tomah gardens

Postby zafra52 on Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:47 pm

I think #3 is the best from a composition perspective.
I also agree that they might need a bit more contrast
and perhaps sharpening.
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Re: 3 from MT Tomah gardens

Postby stubbsy on Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:53 am

Matt - I actually prefer #2 for the play of textures and light you've achieved. I also think these are a bit flat - they looked better on your monitor when I saw them than they do here.
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Re: 3 from MT Tomah gardens

Postby surenj on Wed Oct 26, 2011 1:16 pm

stubbsy wrote: they looked better on your monitor when I saw them than they do here.

I am no IT expert but there may be a color-space issue at play? Have you converted to sRGB before exported to web?
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