Raging Tranquility
by aprudhomme

Comment by bvy:
Simply awesome. I thought it might be a pinhole shot, but I would expect the waves to be more blurred from a longer exposure time. Doesn't matter much; the end result is great.

Raging Tranquility
by aprudhomme

Comment by RianBotes:
Really does not work for me. Cant get to grips with this or understand it. Sorry. 3

Raging Tranquility
by aprudhomme

Comment by Denise:
nice choice for sepia (dual tones?), gives a nice tranquil feel

Raging Tranquility
by aprudhomme

Comment by rinac:
Grain and blur is always good.

Raging Tranquility
by aprudhomme

Comment by glad2badad:
I know I'm suppose to "ponder" this....

....ok, I've pondered. The post treatment makes this seem like a watercolor painting on coarse paper or something. It's ok - but doesn't really seem like a photo anymore. JMO. Good luck.

Oh-Lay!
by aprudhomme

Comment by sfalice:
greetings from the critique club

Wow, what a terrific action shot you found. Congratulations. Despite its technical shortcomings, it is a keeper.

Because this is such an exciting shot, I played around with it on my own computer for a few minutes. Now, these are just ideas; not necessarily 'improvements' but ways to change and give a new look to a problem image for comparison, if nothing else.

First, I worked levels just a touch to try to get that b'ground darker. Then, because the contrasts were still too much, I went over and converted to Black & White and moved the sliders as much as possible to keep the blacks and detail in the matador's suit intact and darken the b'ground. That worked fairly well. Then I wandered over to Selective Colors and worked just the White/Neutral/Black sliders for further balance. Finally, because the bull was cut off it seemed a "why not, moment" to cut off a bit of the matador as well. this seemed to give a bit more rhythm to the image.

All this is just to suggest that it doesn't hurt to keep playing with an image. Something might just click.

Good luck and keep 'em coming.

Alice

Raging Tranquility
by aprudhomme

Comment by scooter97:
I don't think the noise works so well. The OOF is good though.

Raging Tranquility
by aprudhomme

Comment by bmartuch:
Stunning. I love the grain and the color tone. Excellent.

Raging Tranquility
by aprudhomme

Comment by heavenly:
I like this alot, the noise, tone, light, gives it a very nostalgic feeling.

Off to Orange Horizons
by aprudhomme

Comment by heavenly:
Cute and funny, well done.