Early morning light on crater lake, shot from one of the view points on the east rim drive just before cloud cap. Thanks for viewing, and as always comments and suggestions are welcome.
Seems pretty flat. Some contrast adjustment is in order. Try the following USM technique: Increase radius to 40, threshold to zero and and amount to anywhere from 15 to 30. This should solve the flatness. The comp leaves me wanting a lot more depth and sense of place. This could be mountain reflections in any lake. It fails to showcase the aspects that make Crater Lake unique, where including more of the rim wrapping around may have helped do that. Foreground subjects or the more prominant Wizard Island may also have helped acheive greater depth and sense of place/perspective. Just my two cents.
Posted by Doyle Thomas on July 25, 2006 at 12:33 AM
Techincal:
The white point should be increased. A mid-range curve bump would open and brighten the image. Saturation and contrast could be improved by changing to L*A*B mode and increasing the slope of both the A and B channels. The blues could be improved by playing with the B channel slope.
Art:
The composition is too centered on the veritcal, have a look at it upside down (this is a slick trick for judging composition). A wider lens and more of the deep blue foreground would offset the large mass on the left providing better balance and giving the eye another direction to move. As is, there is only one direction for the eye to move starting from the large mass on the left through the center with nowhere to go when the right side is reached. I don't see any way to improve by cropping.
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Sorry Guys I got held up with a lot of work in the past 2 days. Thank you for the comments. Though am still learning photoshop I'll make the suggested adjustments and post a new picture. I do have another comp with the wizard island and more depth.
Discussion
4 repliesThe white point should be increased. A mid-range curve bump would open and brighten the image. Saturation and contrast could be improved by changing to L*A*B mode and increasing the slope of both the A and B channels. The blues could be improved by playing with the B channel slope.
Art:
The composition is too centered on the veritcal, have a look at it upside down (this is a slick trick for judging composition). A wider lens and more of the deep blue foreground would offset the large mass on the left providing better balance and giving the eye another direction to move. As is, there is only one direction for the eye to move starting from the large mass on the left through the center with nowhere to go when the right side is reached. I don't see any way to improve by cropping.
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I just want to echo what Marc and Doyle said...