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Postby biggerry on Thu May 31, 2012 12:29 am

I am interested in peoples opinions on the following image - there are a number of aspects that bother me about the image which has caused me to scrap a number of other ones from this series.

I guess what I need is a fresh set of eyes over it since i have spent more than 5 minutes on it.. :roll:

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Re: Queenslake

Postby aim54x on Thu May 31, 2012 1:02 am

My first reaction is that it is overcooked...with a very over the top saturation and dynamic range.

There is heaps of potential, I would probably compress the dynamic range so it is closer to what you see with your eyes, and drop the saturation back a notch. Hopefully this will help with the yellow/orange artefact that your sun has become. I do love the reflections and the epic sky!
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Re: Queenslake

Postby surenj on Thu May 31, 2012 1:24 am

Noice compo!

OVercooked indeed. Just simmer and dash of garnish and you are done.

Simmer n dash grasshopper.... :mrgreen:
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Re: Queenslake

Postby tommyg on Thu May 31, 2012 11:42 am

Great image!

I think the grass on the right just needs to be toned back a little - it catches your eye too quickly for some reason.

Other than that, I like the dynamic range in the rest of the image
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Re: Queenslake

Postby CraigVTR on Thu May 31, 2012 1:10 pm

I agree with the grass being a little bright and the horizon looks a bit off, even though I know it is straight.
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Re: Queenslake

Postby Geoff M on Thu May 31, 2012 3:01 pm

Overall the image has a nice feel to it, but I am thinking that perhaps a crop from the bottom to remove approx 1/3 of the image and creating a pano would work well. The downside is that the horizon will then be centered but rules are there to be broken!
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Re: Queenslake

Postby tommyg on Thu May 31, 2012 3:12 pm

Geoff M wrote:Overall the image has a nice feel to it, but I am thinking that perhaps a crop from the bottom to remove approx 1/3 of the image and creating a pano would work well. The downside is that the horizon will then be centered but rules are there to be broken!


This might also work if you hyper-crop (new word :)) from the bottom, leaving the horizon around a 3rd of the way up from the bottom
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Re: Queenslake

Postby biggerry on Thu May 31, 2012 3:35 pm

cheers for the feedback, i will have another look at this image a few days to see if I still like it.

I will also re-bake it at a lower temperature to see what happens. :D custard tart anyone?
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Re: Queenslake

Postby ozimax on Thu May 31, 2012 8:08 pm

Sensational image. I really enjoy over saturating these landscapes, and IMHO, you've done very well.
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Re: Queenslake

Postby zafra52 on Thu May 31, 2012 9:02 pm

Very nice photo, beautifully composed
and great colours. An image that you
should be very proud of.
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