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Two for comment

Postby TonyT on Sat May 02, 2015 7:24 am

I am interested on what people think of these? Like, dislike, yawn

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Re: Two for comment

Postby Aussie Dave on Sat May 02, 2015 10:56 am

I don't mind the image and find the silhouette of the trees quite interesting. Much prefer the colour version.

I like the play of the top half being cool and the lower half being warm - I'd be inclined to accentuate that even further.
I also find the slight blown-out sun spot on the water distracting to the eye and would use the healing brush to fix that in Photoshop (along with straightening the horizon :nono: ) :lol:

I took the liberty of doing a quick 60 second edit to show you what I saw (I hope you don't mind - if so please let me know and I will remove).

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Adjustments made were:
- straighten horizon
- adjust channel mixer (Blue channel, raised blues and lowered greens)
- healing brush to improve bright sun spot on water
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Re: Two for comment

Postby TonyT on Sat May 02, 2015 11:06 am

Thanks Dave.
Thanks for the feed back and the reworked version. It does give it a warmer feel.
The horizon, did not see that for the trees :roll:
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Re: Two for comment

Postby Aussie Dave on Sat May 02, 2015 11:55 am

No worries. It just gives you another point of view. We all see things in a different way - that's how I'd interpret the shot (no right or wrong, just different) :up:

Sometimes it is hard reviewing your own work as you can get stuck focusing on one thing and completely overlook something else.
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Re: Two for comment

Postby zafra52 on Sat May 02, 2015 2:26 pm

I like the improvements made in the fourth version.
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Re: Two for comment

Postby Matt. K on Sat May 02, 2015 10:05 pm

I like the second image best. The image is atmospheric, quite, tranquil....but how much better would it be if there was a white swan in the foreground? It seems to missing 1 element...swan, jumping trout, small boat..that would lift it to above excellent.
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