Point Arena Light w/repost

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Posted by Larry Andreasen on March 30, 2007 at 7:56 PM

I wasn't sure where to crop this one so I left it full frame.
Any Ideas?

F-4/Velvia

Posted by Marc Adamus on March 30, 2007 at 8:40 PM

I like the crop as-is. Beautiful pastel hues. The unfortunate phone poles would be my only minor knit-pick.

Posted by Larry Andreasen on March 30, 2007 at 8:50 PM

That's what I thought Marc.... The poles were a problem for me too but cloning them out would be a real challenge. Thanks for your reply!

Posted by Mark Hudon on March 30, 2007 at 9:21 PM

I've been in a long and thin mood lately so I'd crop the sky a bit, maybe even half way to the top of the lighthouse.
I think it would be easy to clone out the telephone poles, I'd do it.

Posted by Larry Andreasen on March 30, 2007 at 9:52 PM

Thanks Mark... I'l bring the file over to your place tomorrow! Hmm, Now where did I file your street address....

I did that crop and like it too. I just wish there was a tad more room on the bottom. I haven't spent enough time with the clone tool and usually make a big mess of things. Is Photoshop's clone tool easier to use than Paint Shop Pros?

Posted by Erik Lundh on March 30, 2007 at 11:54 PM

I would like to see a little more interesting sky. And I do agree that the poles need to go and it is a fairly easy task.

Posted by Darren White on March 30, 2007 at 11:56 PM

Larry, this is nice...I have always liked this one since I saw it....but once again I would like to see the colors a bit tighter...maybe some curves or levels would do the trick....great comp and the water is perfect!!!

Posted by Mark Hudon on March 31, 2007 at 12:21 AM

Larry, zoom way in on a pole. Make the size of the clone tool a bit larger than the pole. Position the source level to the side of the pole and clone it. The poles are pretty small and it only took me about two minutes to clean them out and still leave a nice shot.

Posted by Curtis Knight on March 31, 2007 at 12:29 AM

That's really nice. I think I'd crop maybe half the sky and possibly a bit off the right... like just to the left of the first power pole, in order to pull more attention to the lighthouse.

Posted by Larry Andreasen on March 31, 2007 at 12:31 PM

Did I cover all the bases on this re-work? Thanks for the cloning tips Mark!

Posted by Mark Hudon on March 31, 2007 at 1:21 PM

Much better.

Posted by Darren White on March 31, 2007 at 4:34 PM

excellent cloning work my friend......

Posted by Marc Adamus on March 31, 2007 at 4:46 PM

Looks better now. Tell the people you've cloned the poles before selling the image to avoid confusion (if your selling the image).

Posted by Larry Andreasen on March 31, 2007 at 5:59 PM

Thanks for all the good advice folks. I never realized that the chosen clone tool size matched any mag. level of the image being processed and the duh-factor is a bit embarassing. This info makes cloning sooo much more simple than the 'fumbling in the dark' way I had been doing it. Mark... it took me 10 minutes to do what you did in 2 but I'll get faster with practice.