I posted the first version of this pic earlier in the Earth, Sea, and Sky forum and got some very constructive feedback - I've incorporated some of the feedback in this revised pic, and would welcome any suggestions for improvement. Thanks for looking!
Posted by Art Escobado on August 2, 2007 at 4:55 AM
looks very nice, i want this to be more to the left or have more bottom, but that's a composition situation...the blue and orange tones work well here
The contrasting colors are nice and I like how the knife edge ridge LRC leads back into the shot. At first I thought you should crop from the left but now I think you should leave it just the way it is.
it looks really good. I am happy with the composition, lines and shadow detail. My only question is that it looks a little soft in the web jpeg. How does the original look?
RichieV
Posted by Mel Ladewig on August 2, 2007 at 11:23 AM
A nice shot of Wotan's Throne.
One thing that you might consider here is a 4X5 or square composition. The most interesting part of the composition is the sweeping curve out to the throne on the right hand side. This is also where the most interesting lighting and contrast reside.
the original is as sharp as my gear would let me manage. I've been conservative with sharpening....I guess I could sharpen the luminosity channel in LAB modew/o worsening appearance.
Posted by Tony Bouchard on August 2, 2007 at 9:18 PM
I agree with Mel's cropping suggestion & I also wish you had a little bit more to the right. The blue is pretty strong but I like it. You may have gone a little too far with bringing up the shadows on the edge - you may consider increasing the the contrast in that area a bit.
Posted by Momo Vuyisich on August 4, 2007 at 11:44 AM
Very nice colors and contrast. I also agree with the left crop. Thanks for posting.
Posted by Doug Andrews on August 4, 2007 at 12:24 PM
Love the combo of warm and cool colors. The crop mentioned above I think would work too.
Great colors and really nice composition. I saw this over in ES&S; I think you could burn in that LLC foreground rock even a little more. As far as cropping in, I think it works either way - excellent image!
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9 repliesI posted the first version of this pic earlier in the Earth, Sea, and Sky forum and got some very constructive feedback - I've incorporated some of the feedback in this revised pic, and would welcome any suggestions for improvement. Thanks for looking!
it looks really good. I am happy with the composition, lines and shadow detail. My only question is that it looks a little soft in the web jpeg. How does the original look?
RichieV
One thing that you might consider here is a 4X5 or square composition. The most interesting part of the composition is the sweeping curve out to the throne on the right hand side. This is also where the most interesting lighting and contrast reside.
Mel-
the original is as sharp as my gear would let me manage. I've been conservative with sharpening....I guess I could sharpen the luminosity channel in LAB modew/o worsening appearance.