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07/15/2007 09:08:57 PM |
| WHOA! gorgeous colors and lighting! |
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02/16/2007 08:40:37 AM |
Hi David,
I've noticed this photo before when browsing through portfolios, and was very surprised it hadn't scored higher. The light and green tones on the trees are stunning. |
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02/15/2007 10:55:31 PM |
| I gave this a 7. It looks like a postcard! Lovely and painterly. |
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10/12/2006 08:39:02 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
I can definitely see where this would be difficult to shoot correctly. If this was shot in RAW I would suggest trying a program like Photomatix (there's a free trial download online), which allows you to produce HDR (high dynamic range)/exposure blending of a single or multiple raw files. It would definitely help with a shot like this.
The color is a bit odd to me. I assume you were trying to recreate what you saw but I don't think it translates well here. The image could be sharper and have more local contrast but otherwise isn't bad. The composition is ok but it compacts what is probably a more grandiose scene. However, without knowing what the rest of the area looks like the cropping may have been necessary but I bring it up only to illustrate a need for that in a challenge like this. Landscape shots tend to do very well when they have a sense of the infinite about them and the way to convey that is with the composition showing as much as you can possible. Using rule of thirds also helps to position that space to give the image that infinite feel.
That's pretty much it. I like the fact that this is unique and had you captured it better you would have been looking at a much higher score so just consider this a good hack at a fastball to steal a baseball term. Good luck in the future! |
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10/07/2006 11:44:03 AM |
| The composition is good, but some of the details have been lost through post-processing. |
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10/05/2006 12:00:42 AM |
| the Bells are always gorgeous...I bet the shore was lined with tripod on this morning |
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10/04/2006 08:21:20 PM |
| Nice! its got a neat artistic feel to it. |
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10/03/2006 01:13:22 AM |
| bottom half of the valley needs more contrast - looks like too much shadow/highlight filter - a masked contrast layer would clean that right up and give you 2 more points in my book. 6 |
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10/02/2006 10:22:08 AM |
| You were going for a neat effect, but IMO, the top became too harsh/distracting. |
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10/01/2006 09:58:36 PM |
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10/01/2006 09:05:56 PM |
| Bit too much highlight in my opinion. |
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10/01/2006 05:29:20 PM |
| This is an absolutely beautiful scene. It is very well composed. I think you could improve this shot a lot by lightening the shadows and applying more sharpening. |
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10/01/2006 10:09:59 AM |
| Certainly a golden glow there. Some of the contrasts are a bit harsh. |
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10/01/2006 06:31:51 AM |
| This is a really interesting colour effect, I think lightening the shadows on the forground to pull the trees into the photo might have been a couple of extra points. |
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10/01/2006 06:10:59 AM |
| Quite good lighting in this one, but appears to dark in the bottom..... |
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