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| Group |
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C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 85 |
May 22 |
Reply |
This was just a quick edit on the jpg. If working on the original I might have spent a little more time on getting it just right. |
May 12th |
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| 85 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Thanks for the comment, Janos. I think the originals were quite flat, and perhaps the finished image looks overdone, but that's what it looked like when we were out shooting that morning. I modified it to look more like what I saw, not what the camera captured. The sunrise was quite amazing on those rocks and sand! |
May 11th |
| 85 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Hi Don. I like the lines in this photo. The curve of the waves leads the eye deeper into the photo toward the little town. The road/sidewalk takes the eye towards the edge, but when following that line, it suddenly takes a sharp left back towards the same location. It is a bit of a trick that takes the viewer to the same place and adds interest, and I like it. The sky replacement also adds interest.
I would recommend cloning out the concrete in the lower right corner... at least the one cut off by the edges, if not both. Also the half car and other details along the right edge. I would also recommend adding a slight vignette to the edges and perhaps brightening and sharpening the center and maybe increasing the saturation a bit there. That way, you make sure your viewer will be led through the photograph in the way you want them to see it. |
May 2nd |
| 85 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Hi Janos. I really like your idea of this photo too. I think it is perhaps a little too heavy on the right, although you do give it lots of breathing room in the direction in which the little building is facing.
I think I would have tried to center the building in the photo, although that would have given you a triangle of grass in the upper right corner. I copied the original into Photoshop to see how it would look centered, and I quickly cloned in some rows into that area. I also partially cloned green over the spot in the upper center. Would you like to see what I did?
I also recommend bringing down the exposure on the bright parts of the building a little. The white parts are almost blown out. |
May 2nd |
| 85 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Yes, I agree it is sometimes hard to make that quick of a judgment about the composition while flying, so I tend to overcompensate and move the camera up and down and back and forth to capture more of the area. We can always modify the original composition in post! |
May 2nd |
| 85 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Hi Lou. I agree with Pete that the round tank is a distraction that draws the eye right down to it. It was the first thing I saw when I looked at the photo. If it was not there your eye would have been drawn right up across the image to the beautiful smoke coming out of the smokestack.
Cropping the tanks from the left was good, and although I thought the cloud in the upper right was pretty, it does draw the eye up towards the outside of the photo a little more than it should. So I think getting rid of it and just leaving a few wisps was a good move. However, the right edge of the smoke just above the horizon looks a little manipulated, so I would try to soften it there a bit. Otherwise, the smoke replacement was pretty good.
Other than the round tank, I like the composition and the processing. I'll bet this would make an interesting night shot too, those refineries look pretty neat lit up at night (I have not tried any nighttime drone photography yet, just twilight. I've heard it is not legal but I have seen some photographers post nighttime drone shots) |
May 2nd |
| 85 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Was this in the badlands of Dakota, or Utah? Coincidence that we both posted badland images the same month! :)
You did a really good job with the post-processing. I have heard the rule about shooting to the right on the histogram and I usually try to apply it, although I still tend to shoot a little darker than I should. I can see how this is even more applicable for drone photography when noise is more of a problem. I have been meaning to do some tests on my DSLR to see the difference for myself... I need to do that! Thanks for the tip!
I put your original into Photoshop to see if I could duplicate your processing. I came close although I couldn't get the colors just right (I suspect you adjusted those colors and contrast with the Lightroom sliders). I did not crop in as tight as you did and I think more of the plateau at the top gives it a little more breathing room. It looks like you have sharpened the photo, which is good, but I would recommend backing off a little on the contrast and sharpening at the very top so you don't lose the depth in the photo. The more distant hills should have a little more haze that the foreground. |
May 2nd |
| 85 |
May 22 |
Comment |
Hi Lisa! I rather like the composition with the leading line leading the eye right up the center of the photo. I don't even mind the cars parked along the road, although I might clone out those on the sand. I agree that there is a slight magenta color cast that needs to be corrected, and Pete offered some good suggestions on how the composition might have been improved. One suggestion I would make for post processing is to try to improve the sand. It seems a bit overexposed and lacking in detail. Adding a little contrast there might darken it a bit and also bring out the texture. You might want to try adding a slight vignette along the bottom and perhaps on the right side of the photo to draw the eye back in towards the main subject area.
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May 2nd |
| 85 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Thank you, Lou! |
May 2nd |
| 85 |
May 22 |
Reply |
You are correct in that it is not much more than the enhanced original 2, but there is a little more at the bottom. Funny that I did the vertical panorama in order to get more of the bottom, and then in the end I cropped most of it away anyway! Ha ha! |
May 2nd |
| 85 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Thanks, Pete. Do you think this helps? I darkened the sky a little bit above the far-away butte, but I'm not sure it looks better. You can see where the sun is reflecting on the sand beneath the butte, and I thought the sky lit up a little brighter there added to the sunrise effect. What do you think? |
May 2nd |
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| 85 |
May 22 |
Reply |
Thanks for your comment, Don. I'm not sure I understand what you are asking. When you say you "do not see it" I don't know what it is you are not seeing. You don't see where I got the bottom of the picture? Original #1 has quite a bit at the bottom, in fact, I cropped some of it off after I had stitched the two images together. |
May 1st |
5 comments - 7 replies for Group 85
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