This is a lovely composition Preston. What I like about your photos is that the subject is often "commonplace" in the sense that they are not the big wide knockout views that I tend to shoot!
Posted by Harley Goldman on February 8, 2013 at 11:52 AM
Real nice comp and image. I would not mind seeing it warmed up a bit, perhaps with a color balance layer and the cyan/red slider moved a touch to the right? I like it, very well done.
Your archives are yielding a ton of treasures. You won't have to go into the field for years at the pace you are digging these out.
I did as Mr H suggested and warmed it up a bit to +13 on the cyan/red color balance layer. As I looked more at the image, especially the flowers, I noticed they were a bit too yellow (the real flowers are very nearly pure white with a little blue) so I used a Selective Color layer/ Whites and pulled down the yellows there quite a bit. This made the flowers pop and the granite looks better, as an added bonus.
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3 repliesTachihara 4x5
Fujinon 180mm
Astia 100F
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Summer 2005
Please see the large version. Thanks.
Your thoughts are always appreciated.
--P
Your archives are yielding a ton of treasures. You won't have to go into the field for years at the pace you are digging these out.
I did as Mr H suggested and warmed it up a bit to +13 on the cyan/red color balance layer. As I looked more at the image, especially the flowers, I noticed they were a bit too yellow (the real flowers are very nearly pure white with a little blue) so I used a Selective Color layer/ Whites and pulled down the yellows there quite a bit. This made the flowers pop and the granite looks better, as an added bonus.
I hope these changes show in this small repost.
Thanks again for the help!
--P