Posted by Paul Gana on December 6, 2007 at 4:50 PM
I don't know if these are my best but I wanted to post them here to get your guyses opinion anyways
Posted by Paul Gana on December 6, 2007 at 4:51 PM
the last one for a couple days (I think)
Posted by Stan Rose on December 7, 2007 at 2:58 AM
I like the views, Paul, and the lighting is good. Jst needs to be a little bit sharper for web presentation. You also might want to pull out a bit more detail from the shadows in #1.
Posted by Rick Dunn on December 7, 2007 at 11:52 AM
I'm liking the comp in the second one, Paul; the first one doesn't do much for me with the boardwalk so prominent and dominating.
On the processing side, can you tell us what you're doing? Was this shot in RAW or .jpg? Are you making any adjustements, doing any sharpening?
I'm a little handicapped on critiques at the moment because I'm still on my laptop until the movers arrive in a couple of weeks, but overall, these look rather flat; kind of like a RAW image that hasn't been processed much. Some work with curves and levels, and perhaps some selective contrast and saturation adjustments could make that second one sing. Specifically, brightening up the foreground and getting the snow to pop a little more via added contrast would be a good move. If you do go this route, keep an eye on the brighter part of the sky so that added contrast doesn't blow it out. And I agree with Stan that a final step of sharpening would benefit the image as well.
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3 repliesOn the processing side, can you tell us what you're doing? Was this shot in RAW or .jpg? Are you making any adjustements, doing any sharpening?
I'm a little handicapped on critiques at the moment because I'm still on my laptop until the movers arrive in a couple of weeks, but overall, these look rather flat; kind of like a RAW image that hasn't been processed much. Some work with curves and levels, and perhaps some selective contrast and saturation adjustments could make that second one sing. Specifically, brightening up the foreground and getting the snow to pop a little more via added contrast would be a good move. If you do go this route, keep an eye on the brighter part of the sky so that added contrast doesn't blow it out. And I agree with Stan that a final step of sharpening would benefit the image as well.