In the Dugout
by Ja-9

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Ouch. It looks like it was doing fairly well until the DQ.

In the Dugout
by Ja-9

Comment by salmiakki:
Shame Janine, it was a nice image, but yeah, definite vignette.

Orange Creamsicle
by Ja-9

Comment by BJokerud:
This looks like marzipan. I love this photo.

A is for Alstromeria
by Ja-9

Comment by Art Roflmao:
I'll take your word for it. ;-)

In the Dugout
by Ja-9

Comment by dragonwarlord98:
Nice lines and composition! 9

A is for Alstromeria
by Ja-9

Comment by ThingFish:
Beautiful vivid colors and lovely fine detail. 7

A is for Alstromeria
by Ja-9

Comment by mrbig65:
very cool one,,,

A is for Alstromeria
by Ja-9

Comment by roz:
beautiful beautiful .. a really gorgeous image .. the colours are so warm and inviting and the composition really works .. i'm not voting yet .. :)

Early Morning Light
by Ja-9

Comment by salmiakki:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First impressions. This is a nice scene that works quite well in black & white.

Compositionally, I would like to see a bit of a wider angle here, although I think to achieve a wider angle (to include some more of the water to the left) may have resulted in a swim!

For me the image feels a bit underexposed in the shadows, so you are losing some of the detail.

I read your processing notes and wondered if you had tried doing your editing in a different order? I find that doing the conversion to black and white before making any other adjustments gives me much better tones throughout. So I do my Nik Silver conversion and then only after that do any levels adjustments, contrast/brightness etc. I took the liberty of downloading this image (i have deleted it) and opened it in camera raw. I used the fill light slider and managed to bring back a lot of detail in the shadows, so give it another go, as I do think the missing detail hurt this in voting.

Finally, I do find the image to be a little over sharp. I think it's very difficult to get sharpening correct for images with a lot of detail. It's very easy to over cook.

Hope it was useful.

Sarah



Message edited by author 2010-05-10 00:29:43.

Compass Required
by Ja-9

Comment by Tammster:
No vote.... but I really love it (wish I could vote).