Hebridean landscape

ade_mcfade (Critique Team)

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26 May 2008 - 9:43 PM

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compositionally I think you've naild this one, it's a simple scene and placing teh horiaon on the top 1/3, wiuth the house off centre, was just what you needed.

doesn't look burned out anywhere, so you have latitude to edit the shot - was it a RAW file?

all i'd suggest is a little tweaking in post-processing - level up the water a bit - you can have a go at this by adding a guide line in photoshop and roatating accordingly

Nexyt have a go with curves to add contrast, especially in the watery refelction. If there's too much light in the reflecgtion, it looses its impact in a way

one thing worth buying is a polariser as this will allow you to change how the light reflects on the water enhance the colours.

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NickParry (Critique Team)

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27 May 2008 - 1:01 AM

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Hi a great capture, and here's a few points I think might improve it further:

1) Rotate image slightly anti-clockwise.

2) The intensity of the water could be enhanced slightly. What I did in the mod 2 was to use 2 layers. The layer below had a slight darkened curve, I then placed the original on top, and rubbed through selectively to reveal a more vibrant reflection.

3) Shadow/Highlights adjustment:
Shadows: Amount 5%, Tonal width 24%, Radius 139 px
Highlights: Amount 9%, Tonal width 68%, Radius 162px
Colour correction: +12
Midtone contrast: +5

4) Brightness/Contrast: Brightness -11, Contrast +6

5) I increased the saturation in the forground to bring a little more colour into the sky reflection and the reeds.

I hope that helps,

Nick

PS ignore my mod 1, uploaded incorrect one

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