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| 77 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Thank you for this wonderful example Carol! I'm glad you kept the reflection from the table as I was still thinking about reediting and saving the reflection as well.
I also agree with the extra breathing room you added and the choice of a browner color tone to the background. I think it works better than me just darkening the green one.
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Nov 27th |
| 77 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Thanks for your feedback Connie! |
Nov 26th |
| 77 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
You are right Connie. As I look at this again I don't like the gray tone in the white either. |
Nov 26th |
| 77 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Thanks for your feedback Linda. The flowers at the top had less opacity of the various layers reduced from them than the flowers in the middle and the pumpkin (if that makes sense). So it left them less sharp, which I was fine with.
I took my image back into Lightroom and then softened and darkened the background per your suggestion. I then edited the bright white areas on the pumpkin to darken them as well. I've attached my result. I'm still trying to decide which I like better, :). |
Nov 26th |
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| 77 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Thanks for the feedback Jan! I also liked the reflection in the table, but didn't work on that version to see if I liked it better. I might go back and see what I can do with that as well. |
Nov 20th |
| 77 |
Nov 23 |
Reply |
Thanks for your feedback Mary! |
Nov 19th |
| 77 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
Really nice composition and treatment of the fog. I like the dreamy atmosphere you've accomplished Linda. It definitely feels cold and dreary. For some reason, however, the orange/brown ground or dead leaves (whatever that is) looks like it was overlayed onto the image. It seems to pop too much to my eye for some reason. Maybe if those areas were desaturated somewhat it would blend better. Or as Michael suggested, taking a look at this as a monochrome image to see what you think.
Very nice image. |
Nov 15th |
| 77 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
I really get an old world feel from this image Jan. The editing choices you made give this a very artistic feel as well. I love the composition with the tree branches coming in from the right giving your eye a natural place to stop with all of the horizontal leading lines of bricks and ledges. Beautiful colors and lighting. This seems like a wonderful place to be wandering through captured very well. |
Nov 15th |
| 77 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
Mary, this is a very dreamy image for something that has a not so dreamy subject, power towers, LOL. I really like the composition and how the power lines lead to your focal point, the tower. I also like how your perspective kept the very top of the tower in the sky and not obscured by the mountains. Your color toning choices also added to the dreamy feel of this image. Really nice result! |
Nov 15th |
| 77 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
Hi Connie. I can see why these cascading leaves would catch your eye. The green fading to yellow is always so pretty, and seeing layers of depth and capturing that is nice as well. However for me, the fact that the leaves were in such poor shape, all the brown decaying spots and some ragged edges, made it hard for me to enjoy viewing this image.
You did a good job of defocusing the background, smoothing those colors and keeping the front hanging leaves in focus. However, because of their condition they aren't calling to me to appreciate the image as much as I'd like to.
If this image was mine and I really wanted to do something with it because I liked the composition, I'd take it very abstract. I've attached an example that may seem a little extreme but I think still captures the cascading (or glissando) feel you got when you took the photo. I took it into Topaz Studio 2 and added an oil paint/expressionism kind of look, then masked the background and removed a lot of the effect so the cascading leaves would stand out more. Then back in Lightroom I added a mask to just darken the shadows of the background to enhance the depth a little more. In my opinion, this converted the decaying spots to something that added more interest rather than detracting from the beauty of the colors. So - your photo DID inspire me, LOL. |
Nov 15th |
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| 77 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
Jodi - this is a really clever point of view after you spied the bubbles. I'm sorry we don't have an original to compare before and after but since you mentioned only basic edits were made it probably doesn't really matter. The colors are nice, you can tell this is an old building and the exposure and sharpness seems right on to me.
I wish, however, that we could see a little further under the stone window sill as the bottom feels a bit crowded.
I like this image from a "surprise" factor. Not something you would normally see walking down the street. Nice catch. |
Nov 15th |
| 77 |
Nov 23 |
Comment |
Carol, this view is breathtaking. The composition really accentuates depth, going from the rocky foreground to the gradual smoothing out of the hard textures as you move deeper into the fog. I also think your editing choices really added dimension to the image as well.
In my opinion I don't think you needed to leave the people in the shot because it seems clear to me how massive this view is. At first look, I didn't even realize they were people. I just thought they were some kind of outcropping from the rock. Also, there is a blue/green lens flare on the right that really caught my eye (close to where a rule of thirds cross hair might be on the lower right).
Overall, I think this is a beautiful image. |
Nov 15th |
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