Posted by Eric Good on November 13, 2009 at 6:44 PM
This is a handblend of two images where the polarizer was turned to preserve detail and color in different areas of the image. I kind of thought it looked like overlapping fried chicken wings... hence the title.
As always, any comments, suggestions or critiques are always welcomed.
Bi-Wing it is, Eric. I really like this as an excellent abstract. We have been treated to some really fantastic abstracts lately, and this image is a wonderful continuation of those recent posts here.
Posted by Robert Dayton on November 14, 2009 at 12:12 AM
This is really sweet! No nits, here. Creative use of the polarizer, I must say. Well done!
-P
Posted by Bishop Bastien on November 14, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Nicely done...
Best regards -- Bishop
Posted by Greg Cope on November 15, 2009 at 12:30 PM
This is really well done Eric! I wouldn't mind seeing a bit more boost in local contrasts/saturation, but that's a personal pref. The comp itself is outstanding
Posted by Lon Overacker on November 15, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Eric,
Can't say for sure if I see the chicken wing reference.... but then that's probably saying more about me...
This is a great natural rock abstract. The texture, forms and shapes on the rock in addition to the colors combine for a well seen image. Nice job with the polarizer and blend technique. A minor suggestion would be to bump up the contrast by perhaps dropping the shadow darks a tad - but that's a personal preference of course.
Lon
Posted by Dan Baumbach on November 16, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Nice!!!
- Dan.
Posted by Eric Good on November 16, 2009 at 2:11 PM
Thanks everyone for all the feedback.
Rudy, this was taken along the shore in Corona del Mar beach. There's a stretch of rocks there that I really enjoy looking for intimate rockscapes like this.
Now after looking at this with some fresh eyes I can see in creasing the contrast a bit more as suggested. The thing is, this is already quite a bit more saturated and has more contrast than the original jpeg (which I turn all the settings to low) and thus I often find it hard to keep pushing the pushing values in relation to that in camera image... even though I think it often looks better. Anyone else find this aspect of post-processing to be difficult? Maybe I shouldn't even look at the in-camera jpeg as a reference point.
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10 repliesAs always, any comments, suggestions or critiques are always welcomed.
Cheers!
~Eric
Creative use of the polarizer. I like the composition and color. Best Regards.
This is really sweet! No nits, here. Creative use of the polarizer, I must say. Well done!
-P
Best regards -- Bishop
Can't say for sure if I see the chicken wing reference.... but then that's probably saying more about me...
This is a great natural rock abstract. The texture, forms and shapes on the rock in addition to the colors combine for a well seen image. Nice job with the polarizer and blend technique. A minor suggestion would be to bump up the contrast by perhaps dropping the shadow darks a tad - but that's a personal preference of course.
Lon
- Dan.
Rudy, this was taken along the shore in Corona del Mar beach. There's a stretch of rocks there that I really enjoy looking for intimate rockscapes like this.
Now after looking at this with some fresh eyes I can see in creasing the contrast a bit more as suggested. The thing is, this is already quite a bit more saturated and has more contrast than the original jpeg (which I turn all the settings to low) and thus I often find it hard to keep pushing the pushing values in relation to that in camera image... even though I think it often looks better. Anyone else find this aspect of post-processing to be difficult? Maybe I shouldn't even look at the in-camera jpeg as a reference point.