Engine houses, any suggestions?
Posted 13/03/2014 - 22:21 - Helpful Comment
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I like it, but is it possible to get a bit more detail into the foreground?
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Posted 13/03/2014 - 22:38 - Helpful Comment
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I like it, and so like illuminated foregrounds in this type of shot, but this tim I think it was as is. I'd black out the foreground as mch as possible.
Nice pic, has depth.
Nice pic, has depth.
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Posted 14/03/2014 - 09:27 - Helpful Comment
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I like it as a silhouette. The blacker the better.
CHEERS Vic.
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Posted 14/03/2014 - 09:37 - Helpful Comment
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vic cross wrote:
I like it as a silhouette. The blacker the better.
CHEERS Vic.
OK, I can see keeping the buildings in silhouette but I would crop off some of the band along the bottom.
I like it as a silhouette. The blacker the better.
CHEERS Vic.
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Posted 14/03/2014 - 10:09 - Helpful Comment
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bforbes wrote:
OK Barrie maybe your right? I would (If it was mine) just a teeny weeny bit brighten the back ground to make the silhouette stand out even more. However it's not mine. It belongs to dougf8 to do with what HE wants.vic cross wrote:
I like it as a silhouette. The blacker the better.
CHEERS Vic.
OK, I can see keeping the buildings in silhouette but I would crop off some of the band along the bottom.I like it as a silhouette. The blacker the better.
CHEERS Vic.
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Posted 14/03/2014 - 10:14
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Thanks, it's interesting to hear the ideas, I fear the detail might be lost in the lower portion but I'll do a few versions on lightroom and post a couple tonight hopefully.
I might put a graduated exposure to lighten the top and darken the lower band.
Thus was rushed through Rawtherapee and I've not got the hang of it yet.
I might put a graduated exposure to lighten the top and darken the lower band.
Thus was rushed through Rawtherapee and I've not got the hang of it yet.
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Posted 14/03/2014 - 10:41 - Helpful Comment
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I like it as it is, there's mystery in the dark foreground. Just a suggestion to try; in the dark building there's a hint of a couple of windows. Would it work if they were lightened very slightly?
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Posted 17/03/2014 - 21:07
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Posted 17/03/2014 - 21:26 - Helpful Comment
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In the Light version you now have a hit of detail in the foreground, while retaining the silhouette effect. The trees in the center ground have gained more form and interest and the sky I think has also gained some colour variation.
If I had to put them in order it would be light-dark-saturate
If I had to put them in order it would be light-dark-saturate
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Posted 17/03/2014 - 21:39 - Helpful Comment
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I loved the dark one and didn't mind the large expanse of black as the image sat comfortably on it and the eye was lead out to the last chimney and sun. Fab!
Then the light one arrived and I loved that too. I wanted to extend that detail to illustrative amounts, with corresponding attention to the sky.
It's just a cracking shot that I would be playing with for hours
I think they all work.
Then the light one arrived and I loved that too. I wanted to extend that detail to illustrative amounts, with corresponding attention to the sky.
It's just a cracking shot that I would be playing with for hours
I think they all work.
Posted 17/03/2014 - 22:04
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Darkmunk wrote:
I loved the dark one and didn't mind the large expanse of black as the image sat comfortably on it and the eye was lead out to the last chimney and sun. Fab!
Then the light one arrived and I loved that too. I wanted to extend that detail to illustrative amounts, with corresponding attention to the sky.
It's just a cracking shot that I would be playing with for hours
I think they all work.
Cheers, I'll spend a bit more time on them, just worked through LR3 at the moment, I might send them to Photoshop next. Shame I didn't get down there 10 minutes earlier, shame I didn't have my tripod .... still at least I had the camera in the car
I loved the dark one and didn't mind the large expanse of black as the image sat comfortably on it and the eye was lead out to the last chimney and sun. Fab!
Then the light one arrived and I loved that too. I wanted to extend that detail to illustrative amounts, with corresponding attention to the sky.
It's just a cracking shot that I would be playing with for hours
I think they all work.
Lurking is shirking.!
Posted 17/03/2014 - 22:11 - Helpful Comment
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I usually prefer some detail in shadows, but not for this image. I like your shot as it was in the first version posted, there's nothing I would do with it at all!
It's a great image, one to be proud of.
Regards
David
It's a great image, one to be proud of.
Regards
David
Posted 18/03/2014 - 05:49 - Helpful Comment
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I very much like the light version, which for me works much more in harmony with the soft mistiness of the background.
The shadow lift processing has created an artifact with darkening on the chimney top though, which I would get rid of pronto as I hate that sort of thing.
Lovely shot - congrats.
The shadow lift processing has created an artifact with darkening on the chimney top though, which I would get rid of pronto as I hate that sort of thing.
Lovely shot - congrats.
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