Nick Moore (Yes even Moore! ) and I took advantage of the clear blue skies and went over to red rocks trail in Boulder. Relatively warm morning and we had the park basically to ourselves. This was good as the snow melt froze on the trail and we spent some of the time sitting down instead of standing up. I am sure Nick is doing better than me as he was much more sure footed.
Tried to work on when to push the shutter release and when to enjoy the view. I am posting an intimate image of a small pondo pine. I liked the colors on the rocks, the green pine needles and the snow. Would appreciate any C&C anyone cares to give.
Posted by Nick Moore on March 28, 2009 at 10:42 PM
I beat you by 6 mins , you should re title to "and even more from Boulder". I like your eye for this more intimate composition, the contrasts between green, white and red work well together. Looks like it could do with a touch more sharpening, and you probably could get away with cropping some more from the bottom snow bank.
Fine, I will change the title. You said you would post in a few days! Liar!!
Thanks for the suggestions. I was trying to decide if I should have cropped out most of the snow bank or kept it in. Figured it was easier to show it all and hear what others had to say.
Fine, I will change the title. You said you would post in a few days! Liar!!
Thanks for the suggestions. I was trying to decide if I should have cropped out most of the snow bank or kept it in. Figured it was easier to show it all and hear what others had to say.
Posted by Todd Caudle on March 28, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Thanks for the comments so far everyone. I am glad the blue shadow across the snow in the bottom third is getting some recognition as well. When I started out the day I was looking for red rocks, green trees and a deep blue sky. This image basically has all three of those colors, but the blue is now in the snow.
What about the shadow on the rocks? Should I brighten it up to match the rocks?
Posted by Joshua Hardin on March 29, 2009 at 4:23 PM
IMO, crop off the shadow on the rocks (or most of it and clone out the rest). This would make the tree less in the center of the photo and the frame a bit more rectangular (I do have a bias in favor of 2x3 ratios though ) As said above, I also think the foreground shadow is effective.
Thanks for the comments. I went back in and looked closer at the image and cropped it in on the left. Like it much better and it is 4x5 (still off of your 2x3 bias). Thanks for the suggestion.
Stan,
I agree that the shadow is a little purplish. I have barely touched the image in LR besides an eyedropper color balance for the snow and a small bumped-up on the saturation. I think the colors are close to observed. With the bluish shadows on the snow I would suggest that the purplish shadow on the red rock is correct despite looking strange.
My skills at sharpening for web is still needing improvement. I did a resize and interpolate to72dpi, but forgot to use a USM. I thought it looked ok, but given several complaints I was mistaken. Thanks for pointing this out so I can make a mental note to work on doing this.
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10 repliesTried to work on when to push the shutter release and when to enjoy the view. I am posting an intimate image of a small pondo pine. I liked the colors on the rocks, the green pine needles and the snow. Would appreciate any C&C anyone cares to give.
Fine, I will change the title. You said you would post in a few days! Liar!!
Thanks for the suggestions. I was trying to decide if I should have cropped out most of the snow bank or kept it in. Figured it was easier to show it all and hear what others had to say.
Fine, I will change the title. You said you would post in a few days! Liar!!
Thanks for the suggestions. I was trying to decide if I should have cropped out most of the snow bank or kept it in. Figured it was easier to show it all and hear what others had to say.
Thanks for the comments so far everyone. I am glad the blue shadow across the snow in the bottom third is getting some recognition as well. When I started out the day I was looking for red rocks, green trees and a deep blue sky. This image basically has all three of those colors, but the blue is now in the snow.
What about the shadow on the rocks? Should I brighten it up to match the rocks?
Joshua,
Thanks for the comments. I went back in and looked closer at the image and cropped it in on the left. Like it much better and it is 4x5 (still off of your 2x3 bias). Thanks for the suggestion.
Stan,
I agree that the shadow is a little purplish. I have barely touched the image in LR besides an eyedropper color balance for the snow and a small bumped-up on the saturation. I think the colors are close to observed. With the bluish shadows on the snow I would suggest that the purplish shadow on the red rock is correct despite looking strange.
My skills at sharpening for web is still needing improvement. I did a resize and interpolate to72dpi, but forgot to use a USM. I thought it looked ok, but given several complaints I was mistaken. Thanks for pointing this out so I can make a mental note to work on doing this.