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by bennettjamie

Comment by bennettjamie:
You know, this picture is awlful...boy do I have a lot to learn....

Reflection What?
by bennettjamie

Comment by bmartuch:
This is a very cool shot. This would probably look really neat in high contrast black & white.

The road that leads to somewhere big
by bennettjamie

Comment by bmartuch:
This is a really neat shot. Give me the feeling of actually being there.

Peacock
by bennettjamie

Comment by PHOTOKID:
Great use of the frame, I love the colors in this one so vibrant and contrasty. I like also the composition with the slight tilt of the peacocks head it really gives this photo depth.

Great shot!

Sleepy Parrot
by bennettjamie

Comment by PHOTOKID:
I like the excellent detail in the feathers and a very good composition. I like that you can still see the eye and it is nice and sharp. Good DOF as well.

Lake Ella Church
by bennettjamie

Comment by The_Dentist:
I actually like the composition here quite a bit... I think the church the upper left is balanced by the strong reds in the tree in the bottom right. Unfortunately, the church spire gets lost a bit in the sky, which is about the same intensity.

Again - tough scene to expose properly. Trees are a bit underexposed (no other way to get the sky in right). Plus the lighting on the trees is a bit "flat" which is a pity given the nice colors. I would suggest bringing the trees back with Levels adjustement in Photoshop. I also enhanced the contrast on the church a little bit, not entirely sure that worked well though:



Message edited by author 2007-11-15 10:11:42.

Lake Ella Church
by bennettjamie

Comment by bennettjamie:
When I was PP, I noticed how the people and car lights in the bottom righ corner might be distracting, but I didn't want to crop any of that beautiful tree out. The tree brought out more color in the photo that I wanted to keep. Thanks for the suggestion. I do need to work on WB, as it is new to me. Im still figuring that out. Maybe I will go again this week and try shooting in RAW.

Originally posted by jhonan: Compositionally, my eye is drawn to the figures on the bottom-right. If you intended the subject to be the spire then you should crop these out. As previous commenters have said there appears to be a blue colour cast on the image. Check what white balance you were using when you shot it, if you were shooting RAW you can correct wb post-processing. Correcting wb in jpg is trickier. One other small thing, the reds in the trees on the right-hand side seem to pop out more than the other colours, they seem saturated. But I think if you fixed the colour cast / white balance issue it'd fix this as well.

Lake Ella Church
by bennettjamie

Comment by JH:
Compositionally, my eye is drawn to the figures on the bottom-right. If you intended the subject to be the spire then you should crop these out. As previous commenters have said there appears to be a blue colour cast on the image. Check what white balance you were using when you shot it, if you were shooting RAW you can correct wb post-processing. Correcting wb in jpg is trickier.

One other small thing, the reds in the trees on the right-hand side seem to pop out more than the other colours, they seem saturated. But I think if you fixed the colour cast / white balance issue it'd fix this as well.

Lake Ella Church
by bennettjamie

Comment by violinist123:
White balance looks off. If you shot in raw I'd try to correct it by sampling off that church or possibly one of the shirts in the lower right. Nice shot overall, not sure what you were going for but it's a peaceful scene.

Lake Ella Church
by bennettjamie

Comment by drofpilneb:
Increase the contrast a bit to get rid of the slight grey haze... that or use a polarizing filter.