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04/23/2005 03:06:06 PM · #1 |
I almost entered this in the April Freestudy but I thought it might be too cliché, so I entered another too cliché one instead.
It was a very hazy evening with fairly heavy cloud cover making the land much darker than normal at this time of day. I tried to bring out the layers of the mountains in the distance.
How do you folks think this would have scored.
Thank you for your input.
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04/23/2005 03:46:59 PM · #2 |
Beautiful timing on the sunset and very nice layers in the foreground mountains.
Only thing that kinda' bugs me is the lack of contrast or neutral density in the darker parts of the sky. The darker parts seem a bit washed out, perhaps an effect in the PP done.
To better describe what I am getting at, I did a 2 minute ND burn on the darker areas of the sky and bumped the contrast a touch:
------ Your Original --------------- My Edit -------
Now I did burn it to an extreme in a way, but wanted to make it real obvious about what part I was referring to. (Easiest way it open each one and go back & forth in the taskbar to see difference)
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04/23/2005 04:02:01 PM · #3 |
Thanks for looking and making the impressive improvements. I don't know what ND stands for, and is the burn just wuth a brush? I am so afraid to go too far when I do my processing.
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04/23/2005 04:10:26 PM · #4 |
ND meant Neutral Density.
It's the neutral toned areas I was making reference to. Not quite dark enough in those areas in my opinion, giving the washed-out look.
As far as burning goes, I generally use a small tank of propane. 
What I did on yours actually was to take the eyedropper tool and select the most average color of the area I wanted to darken. Then using the burn tool set to about 130 pixels, 5% exposure in midtones and as an airbrush, slowly dragged the airbrush over the areas I wanted to darken.
I have no idea if it is the best way, but it is a quick method anyway.
Message edited by author 2005-04-23 16:10:41. |
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04/23/2005 05:20:49 PM · #5 |
Just so I get some practice at working photoshop with the pros, I submit my entry.
image 169771 - Autool
USM: .9 pix, 88% (roughly)
Curves: 157->203, 52->53
Gradient Layer Vermillion to White - Color Burn 15%
HSL: Master Sat+39%, Hue -10 Reds, Hue +14
Message edited by author 2005-04-23 17:22:03.
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04/23/2005 05:29:15 PM · #6 |
This is a great shot. And honestly, while I typically like Brads work, it's a bit too much in my opinion. I like the very natural look of the origional. I'll bet there's a happy medium in there that'll really make it stand out though. I'd probably have given yours an 8+ and brads edit no more than an 8.
I'm one of the people that love a good sunset though. |
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04/23/2005 05:32:17 PM · #7 |
Thanks. (not trying to jack this thread either)
I burned the crap out of it as an extreme to show what areas I was referring to.
Not something I would have submitted or find better than the original.
This is probably a little more of a realistic edit:
Some in between the 2
Message edited by author 2005-04-23 17:49:51. |
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04/23/2005 05:36:42 PM · #8 |
I stopped for lunch and now I am passing through. Thanks so very much for the input. What you have done has helped it a lot. I have so much to learn. Maybe that is why my shots are averaging so low. If I had made it look like either of your examples I know I would have entered it instead of th one I did.
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