Nature Collage

Andysnapper

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13 Jul 2012 - 6:45 AM

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It looks a beautiful area. Might be an idea to up the contrast a smidge as it looks a little hazy.

Andy

MoragM (e2 Member)

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13 Jul 2012 - 6:54 AM

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What a super view Netta - well worth the uphill effort - I like the bit of corner foreground,
think it anchors the shot.

Morag

Focus_Man

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13 Jul 2012 - 9:22 AM

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Hi Netta, when you came across this vista it must have looked fantastic, many times though, what we see never translates into the same thing once we photograph it and this is such a case I would guess.

Your vista is, as others have commented, rather flat and featureless with the greens merging. Your brightest bit is in the bottom RH corner and your main peak is slap bang in the centre of your picture.

The aspect ratio I find odd, but I guess you did that in order to keep both the peak and the bright foreground within your frame. I don'k know the limits of the lens you used but if you could have reduced the FL that was the way to go - you could probably maintain both in the frame with a wider vista. My main concern here is the lack of subject matter. What you have is a nice backdrop but something like a large white house, around a junction of thirds would help enormously.

When taking landscapes you would be better advised to use a smaller aperture than f5, go for f8 as a minimum and maybe f11 in order to both use a better section of your lens, (small apertures use the centre of lenses and therefore avoid the extremities where the optical problems occur) and also to get a greater depth of field (You would wish both the mountain and also the foreground to be in focus here).

I have uploaded a mod but I am afraid it doesn't quite appear like it did on my monitor, but does at least give a lift to the colours.

I hope this helps.

Frank







I have uploaded a mod to show the sort of contrast and texture I prefer, but I am afraid I have not included the white house.

achieverswales (e2 Member)

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13 Jul 2012 - 10:58 AM

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Hi Netta, as been said it is lacking bite, I have uploaded a mod with the composition changed and added contrast and selected sky and darkened, hope you approve.

Regards

Trev.

Deep_Bhatia (e2 Member)

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13 Jul 2012 - 3:10 PM

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Netta, very good pov chosen. But the picture is a bit soft. You need to add a pinch of contrast either by using Levels or Curves. The sky can be darkened by using gradient tool or burn in tool. I am also uploading a mod. Deep

banehawi (Critique Team)

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13 Jul 2012 - 4:41 PM

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Creoso Netta.

A bike ride, fresh air, nice scenery to photograph, what more could you ask for! How about less hazy conditions for this shot?

If you compare this one to your Pwlheli shot you can see this one lacks that nice contrast and deep colours of Pwlheli, and that entirely due to the different light, and especially the presence of haze higher up in the hills. Haze acts almost like a fine net curtain in front of the scene, but as Frank mentioned, your eyes can compensate to some extent for this and see a vivid scene, whereas the camera cant, unless the light is right.

With a DSLR you can use a polarizer filter to help, but with a compact, if you want to get more contrast and colour you have to do this is post processing. All our comments are based on Photoshop, however as Garry mentions not everyone has Photoshop, which is why we ask when uploading to tell us what software you use so we can tailor the feedback.

Heres a useful list for anyone that does not have a copy of any version of Photoshop:

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/here-s-a-rundown-of-ten-top-free-photo-editors...

The mods focus on improving contrast and colour, and mine does also, so depending on which software you have, they all can work with colour and contrast. The term flat is the one used most often to describe a shot lacking contrast.

For Garry, - Frank is taking a purely technical approach, and for most people this is quite OK; Trevs comment appears different as he simply agrees with what Frank has said, and adds a little!


Hope this is helpful,



regards



Willie

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13 Jul 2012 - 7:21 PM

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