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05/09/2010 11:52:00 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club
First impressions. This is a nice scene that works quite well in black & white.
Compositionally, I would like to see a bit of a wider angle here, although I think to achieve a wider angle (to include some more of the water to the left) may have resulted in a swim!
For me the image feels a bit underexposed in the shadows, so you are losing some of the detail.
I read your processing notes and wondered if you had tried doing your editing in a different order? I find that doing the conversion to black and white before making any other adjustments gives me much better tones throughout. So I do my Nik Silver conversion and then only after that do any levels adjustments, contrast/brightness etc. I took the liberty of downloading this image (i have deleted it) and opened it in camera raw. I used the fill light slider and managed to bring back a lot of detail in the shadows, so give it another go, as I do think the missing detail hurt this in voting.
Finally, I do find the image to be a little over sharp. I think it's very difficult to get sharpening correct for images with a lot of detail. It's very easy to over cook.
Hope it was useful.
Sarah
Message edited by author 2010-05-10 00:29:43. |
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04/30/2010 06:45:06 PM |
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04/30/2010 07:02:50 AM |
| i like how the light almost appears painted on the leaves |
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04/29/2010 09:54:03 PM |
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04/26/2010 07:16:18 PM |
| Nice contrast and so summer looking. |
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04/26/2010 04:17:59 PM |
38 Comments side challenge:
Pretty scene - it looks a little familiar, like I've commented on a colour version of this scene before. Janine?
I do like it but the tree foliage is a little 'crunchy' - always difficult in B&W 'basic'. |
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04/26/2010 01:16:51 PM |
| I almost looks oversharpened to me. Looks like it is a nice place to hang out though |
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04/26/2010 01:02:49 AM |
| Very peaceful scene. I like the light in the distance and you handled the exposure for this well. |
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