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This is created from 2 exposures... trying to emulate a grad filter. My aim is to create a natural looking photograph. Let me know what you think?
| Camera: | canon 5D2 |
| Lens: | 24mm |
| Title: | 3rd Rock from the sun |
| Username: | 
IcelandAurora |
| Uploaded: | 6 Oct 2010 - 4:38 PM |
| Tags: | Landscape / travel |
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what do i think.. its a piece of captured Art...
fantastic ! must be viewed larger >
Very impressive work there. Fantastic light, and the composition works very well.
Just to nit pick, I wonder if the sky needs to be a tiny bit brighter?
The sky looks a tad darker than the reflection, which technically should not be the case, and to my eye the sky does feel a tad on the heavy side.
But plaese note, I am only suggesting a very small adjustment - and of course, if you are trying for the 'dark and moody' feel, then you have got it spot on.
Thanks for your comments!
Matt, your nit picking is great, just what I wanted.
Quote: Just to nit pick, I wonder if the sky needs to be a tiny bit brighter?
The sky looks a tad darker than the reflection, which technically should not be the case, and to my eye the sky does feel a tad on the heavy side.
Totally disagree with this comment. I think the blue in the sky is noticeably lighter, as it should be, and the clouds more intensely dark, as they should be. The intensity of the colours in the reflection is muted by the clarity of the water, hence why they appear darker in the sky. The reality is that they are blacker, not darker. The only really dark part is at the bottom edge, which I assumed to be vignetted slightly, in which case YES it is slightly heavy, but the bulk of the image is perfect IMHO.
Of course, it is just my opinion, and Matt's is just as valid, if not more so.
Quote: Quote:Just to nit pick, I wonder if the sky needs to be a tiny bit brighter?
The sky looks a tad darker than the reflection, which technically should not be the case, and to my eye the sky does feel a tad on the heavy side.
Totally disagree with this comment. I think the blue in the sky is noticeably lighter, as it should be, and the clouds more intensely dark, as they should be. The intensity of the colours in the reflection is muted by the clarity of the water, hence why they appear darker in the sky. The reality is that they are blacker, not darker. The only really dark part is at the bottom edge, which I assumed to be vignetted slightly, in which case YES it is slightly heavy, but the bulk of the image is perfect IMHO.
Of course, it is just my opinion, and Matt's is just as valid, if not more so.
Well I agree with you both! There are parts of the sky, such as the blue which have the desirable balance, but I think the part Matt is referring to it the clouds directly above the sunlight rays. They are noticeably darker in the sky than in the reflection.
It has the look of hdr Tony, I've been using Enfuse a great little software package that looks natural but still gives the depth and can handle lots of images at once.
Dougie
Fab shot you feel just like you where there Iam sorry to say have not looked
at your work before its outstanding well done
mike
Quote: It has the look of hdr Tony, I've been using Enfuse a great little software package that looks natural but still gives the depth and can handle lots of images at once.
Dougie
I am steering well clear of HDR, this is not HDR in the classic sense, but I do appreciate that it does have a slight hdr look. I couldn't get on with Enfuse!
Fabulous work giving zoom affects.Good reflections and colours alround.
Akhtar
I dont kow about been in the right place at the right time,your always there.Excilent..JT
Quote: Totally disagree with this comment. I think the blue in the sky is noticeably lighter, as it should be, and the clouds more intensely dark, as they should be. The intensity of the colours in the reflection is muted by the clarity of the water, hence why they appear darker in the sky. The reality is that they are blacker, not darker. The only really dark part is at the bottom edge, which I assumed to be vignetted slightly, in which case YES it is slightly heavy, but the bulk of the image is perfect IMHO.
Interesting Observations Danny! You are of course right, although I stand by my first reaction in that the tones feel a tiny bit 'heavy' (If you know what I mean) . Of course, this may be just be exactly what the photographer intended.
Ultimately, Tony you may just have to print it out (large!) and see what you think.
I can tell you one thing - projected using a digital projector in a dark room - this will blow your socks off 
A good result - I wish it were mine (
).
Just to pick uyp on the hdr point. HDR as a technique seems these days just to be reserved for the programmes such as photomatix and the hdr feature of photoshop. To me this image is still a hdr, as multiple exposures have been blended to give a final result that shows a dynamic range that was higher than that possible in a single exposure (in this case taken without filtration).
I also agree about the comments regarding the tones. MattW stresses that this is nit-picking, and I'd agree (although it is still worth stating given the op's request). My point is - how much do images need to represent reality in order still to work well? This image works for me. It speaks on an emotionally plane in addition to an aesthestic plane. Is the purpose of the image to be a record of what was there - or to communicate something else in addition (or both)? The tones may matter if this was strictly a matter of record, but to me they matter less when communicating feeling and emotion. To me a good landscape is not a mere record, but rather an image that communicates on an emotional level too.
Just an opinion...
More than impressive! Would make a fine wall-poster. Beautiful!
Dave.
I do like the comments above, and as to the question 'how much do images need to represent reality in order still to work well?' I think the simple answer is that ultimately they don't need to at all.
This one does do the latter, being a landscape, and does it so well!
Returned .. to view again... and still love it as much... it's pure art in nature .
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