Compositionally, this is pretty powerful, but the light is fairly bland and doesn't lend the extra 'oomph' that this image needs to push it over the top, imho. I think this scene half an hour later would have been fantastic.
i've reposted it with color corrections as close to the slide as i can get. although i think something in the process of saving for web added some saturation (which is actually strange but not undesirable)
it's a bit late to wait for the sunset on this one, it was taken almost 10 years ago
however, i don't think those rocks are going anywhere and i shoot 6x7 now, i could always go back
i've had this one sitting around and never felt that good about it, then just recently showed to a few people and they thought i was crazy for never printing it.
Posted by Mike Stovall on July 12, 2007 at 2:18 PM
I like this, Michael. I agree that the strong point is the composition, and the timing--with the sea foam making lines leading back into the ocean is great. There may have been even prettier light later on, but there is still some color there. It is what it is...
But I have the same problem in PS--exaggerating my colors when I save to web. I didn't have this problem with CS2 and can't quite pin it down. It's a bit better if I convert the profile to sRGB before doing save to web. But I end up having to desaturate and export several times to get it to match what I see in PS. I have the "convert to sRGB" setting selected in the save to web tool, but I'm at a loss... If you figure out what's going on please let me know too!
i habitually save for web, but if you convert to sRGB and just save as normal jpg, it should look the same if i'm not mistaken. to reduce file size there are ways to strip out the image thumbnail and it ends up almost the same size. i have used different contextual menu utilities to do this in the past on mac, i don't know what they have for windows though
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10 repliesi'm going to post this photo for feedback so i can see what everyone else thinks.
i have my opinion on it, but i want yours
edit: i should note that this is almost a raw scan, scanner 'haze' removed and sharpened for web only
it's a bit late to wait for the sunset on this one, it was taken almost 10 years ago
however, i don't think those rocks are going anywhere and i shoot 6x7 now, i could always go back
i've had this one sitting around and never felt that good about it, then just recently showed to a few people and they thought i was crazy for never printing it.
But I have the same problem in PS--exaggerating my colors when I save to web. I didn't have this problem with CS2 and can't quite pin it down. It's a bit better if I convert the profile to sRGB before doing save to web. But I end up having to desaturate and export several times to get it to match what I see in PS. I have the "convert to sRGB" setting selected in the save to web tool, but I'm at a loss... If you figure out what's going on please let me know too!
i habitually save for web, but if you convert to sRGB and just save as normal jpg, it should look the same if i'm not mistaken. to reduce file size there are ways to strip out the image thumbnail and it ends up almost the same size. i have used different contextual menu utilities to do this in the past on mac, i don't know what they have for windows though
Harald