Spring has sprung
Photo from one of my favorite coves.http://www.flickr.com/photos/54809465@N00/415441227/ I posted this for all those stuck in the frigid NE, this is my effort to
take a decent landscape photo. Please feel free to critique. |
RJSmithers
Mar 9
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| JohnH,
Thanks for the feedback. This is really another experiment for me
playing with Photoshop and Lighroom. To highlight the sun rays, which
to me is the interesting feature in the photo, I have to darken the
water and landmass. I have two other versions of the scene, taken from a different
perspective. Let me know what you think. http://www.flickr.com/photos/54809465@N00/ ps - it really is a nice cove. I love to anchor in here, read a book
and get some sun. |
RJSmithers
Mar 9
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| Nope, I like the sun's rays in RAY, just not the land in the foreground.
The picture I absolutely love is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/54809465@N00/392002653/ Great picture! |
JLH
Mar 9
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| Thanks for your input, I have a tendency to put things in the
foreground, and I need to always shot it a number of different ways so I
see how they look on the monitor. |
RJSmithers
Mar 9
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| The birds look like artifacts and should be cloned out. With respect to Ray, I might try to warm the image up a little by
targeting the dark areas and lighten up the dark masses to gain a
little detail - doesn't need to be much. With respect to the two identical images... As an experiment, you might want to use the HDR plug in in Photoshop
and see what the results are. A good way to do it would be to take
one image and use Curves or Bright/Contrast increase the detail in the
dark area, then use HDR to combine the two to increase detail. These types of shots are always difficult even with film cameras and
the real results are always in processing. |
Tom
Mar 9
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| Next time I go to the lake, I will take the tripod up so I can do some
real HDR. ps - those birds are really dust artifacts. I have since cleaned my
sensor, and I really should clean up any photos I upload, but I screwed up. |
RJSmithers
Mar 9
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| If you look at the original RAY photo, I did remove "the birds" from the
photo. http://www.flickr.com/photos/54809465@N00/415441227/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54809465@N00/415441227/ |
RJSmithers
Mar 9
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| You need to leave Atlanta for a bit, come to DC, and we'll go downtown
where you'll see some *real* homeless folks! |
JLH
Mar 9
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| If we got together in DC, I think I rather take some different photos.
I was drinking coffee in downtown DC and saw a homeless person having an
argument with a trash can. I think the trash can was talking smack with
him. The trash can lost. |
RJSmithers
Mar 9
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| Back in the day, I volunteered at a homeless shelter in Boston as a
medical tech - basically using my Paramedic skills. One day an obvioiusly discombulated individual walked into a door
frame and spent the next half hour trying to fight the door frame. As sad as that truly was, it was hysterically funny to watch. |
Short
Mar 9
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| Yeah, there's nothing quite as funny as the mentally ill. :<} Of course, that's one of the reasons I tune in to this channel. |
Harry
Mar 9
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| We've got some badass trash cans around here! Whenever you feel like a trip up, give me a shout. |
JLH
Mar 9
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| I know what you mean and you feel horrible about it but you just can't
help it - it truly is funny. I remember one guy who held up three ends of a conversation all in
different voices all by himself. One of those personalities had a
wicked sense of humor and would make fun of the other two. It was
amazing to see that in one person. >Of course, that's one of the reasons I tune in to this channel. Sometimes, I would agree with you. |
Tom
Mar 9
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| Very - um - "green". :>) This is one of those photos that begs for a dose of HDR processing. The problem with images like this is that background detail is lost in
shadow which presents a blob of dark color. You might have done
better to use a multiple exposure, then processed out the darks and
enhanced the image with HDR. |
Short
Mar 9
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| I think I'd have liked it more with more light, and no land mass in the
foreground, only a reflection from the water. I like the way the light is
playing off the water, and think that should have been emphasized. The land
mass in the foreground does little for me. |
JLH
Mar 9
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