These shots are from a foggy morning in mid January near a place called Krishna Nagar in India.
Thanks for looking and as always your comments and critique are highly appreciated.
All have a very Asian feel to them, which is a good thing imo. That first one is excellent for a mood and light. A kind of zen quality, very peaceful and quiet, as well as a silkscreen look. Well done, Soubhik.
Posted by Rod Chandler on February 2, 2011 at 11:29 AM
Lovely. I did find the pottery in the bird shot distracting, however. Just my .02 worth.
Posted by Jeremy Week on February 2, 2011 at 11:33 AM
Peaceful images Soubhik. I like the lonely feeling in #3.
Posted by Don Grall on February 2, 2011 at 12:04 PM
#3 is my favorite. #1 would have been if the boat and person were separated from the tree in the immediate background if the boat were in the foreground of the same comp instead of the background, that would have been awesome. The light quality is amazing, I love foggy stuff like this.
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on February 2, 2011 at 12:20 PM
I love the mood created by the fog. A very intriquing set of images.
Great compositions. I'm sure you could spend hours rearranging the elements.
Thanks a lot for your comments - all of you inspire me to go out with the camera - every time.
Posted by Jeff Hackett on February 2, 2011 at 1:17 PM
Very moody images Soubhik. Very serene as well. A few deep breaths and I am calm. I would probably crop off the bottom half in the first image and concentrate where the 'action' is.
Posted by John Mumaw on February 2, 2011 at 6:13 PM
I'm sure enjoying your work from India! I like foggy images and these are real good.
I like how you tried to capture a foreground in #1, but I have to agree with Jeff about cropping it out to concentrate more on the main subject.
I'm torn about the inclusion of the pottery. On the one hand, it needs that foreground to anchor the picture, but the pottery itself is unappealing.
Finally, all of these have a pretty strong color cast. I'm going to post corrections here, and I'll remove them immediately if you wish.
Posted by John Mumaw on February 2, 2011 at 6:15 PM
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Posted by John Mumaw on February 2, 2011 at 6:18 PM
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Posted by John Mumaw on February 2, 2011 at 6:18 PM
Hmmm ... understood.
I am absolutely fine with you taking off the color cast.
Did you change the white balance on these ?
Posted by John Mumaw on February 2, 2011 at 6:45 PM
No. I just chose the Auto Color tool in PS.
If you don't have that and you wish to correct these (..and you may not, after all), then you can choose the grey eyedropper in the Levels or Curves dialog box and click it on an area that should be grey or at least a neutral color.
Posted by Jack Garrett on February 2, 2011 at 8:35 PM
One quick note here Soubhik...in John's corrections it appears like you have sevral dust spots...might be time for a sensor cleaning.
Posted by Paul Wegemann on February 2, 2011 at 8:57 PM
Wonderful mood in these. I love fog images. I wonder if you have enough pixels to crop out everything but the bird and its reflection in #2? I just love that part of the image.
Discussion
20 repliesThanks for looking and as always your comments and critique are highly appreciated.
Great compositions. I'm sure you could spend hours rearranging the elements.
I like how you tried to capture a foreground in #1, but I have to agree with Jeff about cropping it out to concentrate more on the main subject.
I'm torn about the inclusion of the pottery. On the one hand, it needs that foreground to anchor the picture, but the pottery itself is unappealing.
Finally, all of these have a pretty strong color cast. I'm going to post corrections here, and I'll remove them immediately if you wish.
I am absolutely fine with you taking off the color cast.
Did you change the white balance on these ?
If you don't have that and you wish to correct these (..and you may not, after all), then you can choose the grey eyedropper in the Levels or Curves dialog box and click it on an area that should be grey or at least a neutral color.
@Paul, I do also have a couple of frames of just the bird and the reflection.