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 09/13/2005 02:15:32 AM · #26
These are all so gorgeous! I want to go there!!!
 09/13/2005 02:25:26 AM · #27
I did do another quickie convert: this is a better capture (I think--you tell me) of my Acadia Otter Point Tidal Pool shot (now called Acadia Tidal Pool Sunrise):


09/13/2005 02:30:11 AM · #28
The first one posted has, IMO, much stronger compositional dynamics in the foreground, post-processing issues aside. However, the OOF, very near rock in that one may mitigate against it in the end. But I prefer the broader scope of the pool in that one. This one is otherwise much cleaner, with the foreground rocks better defined and the PP more judiciously applied.

R.
 09/14/2005 01:25:33 AM · #29
Thanks to everyone (and especially Robert whose commented on every shot so far) for their comments.

Here's tonights installment:



This is pretty much as captured except for increasing the dynamic range through multiple conversions. See the image comments for details.

Only one of the set of images I've posted so far (the first one posted, as noted) has been cropped. That's something I've been striving for, and I am happy to have accomplished that on so many images on this trip!

Message edited by author 2005-09-14 09:05:34.
 09/14/2005 01:55:15 AM · #30
Commented to that one also, my streak is intact. These are a pleasure to view as you bring them up. They make me jealous.

R.
 09/14/2005 02:07:22 AM · #31
Robert, what did you mean by the clouds being "not right looking"? Is it the curvature that looks weird? I think it looks a little like lens distortion (shot at 10mm), but the pattern of clouds did "dip" to cover the sun as my Otter Point Tidal Pool shot shows (of course that was shot at 10mm too!)

I'll have to try the selective coloring method, though personally, I sort of like the bright spot on the horizon!
 09/14/2005 02:15:36 AM · #32
Neil:

Great shots you've posted so far. My favorite is the second version of the Otter Point tidepool. You got some really great skies. How many days were you there? I went up about a month ago but only for one night. You can see some of my photos here. It's always fun to see different visions of a place.

Oh, and I prefer the color version of the lighthouse.
 09/14/2005 11:58:37 AM · #33
Neil, I'm referring to the tonalities of them; they seem a little off, a little wrong-looking. It's a PP issue, not a composition issue. I can't put my finger on it though; I'd have to diddle with the shot to see what happened.

R.
 09/17/2005 01:16:14 PM · #34
Here's another shot from the trip--this was taken on the way to Acadia (we stopped overnight at Portland).

This is a marsh in Portland, Maine. I was amazed at how beautiful this area was--the grass (?) was lush and beautifully overgrown and forming lovely patterns.

This is a very difficult shot to reduce, since the soft texture and details of the way the grass "laid in patterns" was so important to the calming feeling (and feeling of beauty) it gave me. I think the BW version may carry the mood better than the color version. Let me know what you think.



I will link a somewhat bigger version of these to this later tonight.

All constructive feedback welcome--positive and negative.
 09/17/2005 01:30:29 PM · #35
Commented to the B/W version, which I prefer. Streak intact :-)

R.
 09/17/2005 01:40:50 PM · #36
Originally posted by bear_music:
Commented to the B/W version, which I prefer. Streak intact :-)

R.


Thanks. Note I now have larger ones posted and linked if you didn't see them.
 09/17/2005 02:15:35 PM · #37
If you're talking mood only, then the B&W was not calming to me at all. More dark an mysterious. But still cool.
 09/17/2005 02:27:26 PM · #38
Originally posted by nshapiro:
Thanks everyone for your comments (and encouragement) so far. I took a harder one to do last night, as I have many variations, and my vision of this (lighting wise) was not realized in the direct exposure, so it took some processing to get there (not to mention to fix lens distortion. FWIW, I am going for the "David Muench" look in these (well, trying anyway).

Please feel free to be critical with any of my work--I take many shots of the same thing, and hopefully, I can fix and/or do improvements either by processing or by starting with a different exposure (and or composition).

After playing with it to get my effect, I wasn't sure whether I liked the color or B&W version, so here's both:



Let me know what you think.


I think the B&W would look really awesome with some painstaking dodging and burning on the hillside and the house. The rocks and grass(?) on the hillside and bottom don't have enough contrast IMO. Maybe make some things lighter, some darker.. definetly make the house lighter. If you process it right (the b&w) it will be one of my favorites =]
 09/17/2005 03:42:58 PM · #39
Originally posted by Atropos:
Originally posted by nshapiro:
Thanks everyone for your comments (and encouragement) so far. I took a harder one to do last night, as I have many variations, and my vision of this (lighting wise) was not realized in the direct exposure, so it took some processing to get there (not to mention to fix lens distortion. FWIW, I am going for the "David Muench" look in these (well, trying anyway).

Please feel free to be critical with any of my work--I take many shots of the same thing, and hopefully, I can fix and/or do improvements either by processing or by starting with a different exposure (and or composition).

After playing with it to get my effect, I wasn't sure whether I liked the color or B&W version, so here's both:



Let me know what you think.


I think the B&W would look really awesome with some painstaking dodging and burning on the hillside and the house. The rocks and grass(?) on the hillside and bottom don't have enough contrast IMO. Maybe make some things lighter, some darker.. definetly make the house lighter. If you process it right (the b&w) it will be one of my favorites =]


After looking at both versions again, I wonder if the problem with the color version is not that it needs black and white, but that it needs more saturization and color in the grass and moss on the rocks...
 09/17/2005 03:53:46 PM · #40
Hope you don't mind Neil, but I took the liberty of trying my idea out.

It's pretty subtle, but I think it works.



edit: I did the pool just a bit as well. Tell me what you think.

Message edited by author 2005-09-17 16:33:00.
 09/17/2005 04:18:06 PM · #41
dude Neil, you have some amazing photos here!

that 10-22 is an amazing lens isnt it?
i dont own it but ive tried it out, now i jsut have to move somewhere where there is stuff to take pictures of
 09/17/2005 08:44:45 PM · #42
Originally posted by wavelength:
Hope you don't mind Neil, but I took the liberty of trying my idea out.

It's pretty subtle, but I think it works.



edit: I did the pool just a bit as well. Tell me what you think.


Thanks Steve--no, I don't mind. I do think it looks better than the one I posted on DPC. But for personal reasons I like the tonality of the shot (especially when printed) as it was. I may change my mind on that later when I try different printing processes, but the "flat colors" on my printer came out stunning. To some extent, the "brownish" almost monochromatic look adds its own impact. But we'll see when I try some other print processes. My wife wants that one enlarged for our dining room, so I'll be ordering some prints soon, and I usually end up fiddling with colors then! I also have another capture of that which is even better that I still need to process.

Thanks again. I appreciate you taking the time to show me the alternative!

And thanks to Cory, and Brad for your comments as well! And to Robert for his continued insights and 300 critiquing average. ;)

FWIW - I've been able to post slightly larger versions on some other critique site (I am getting very frustrated with the 640 pixel limitation here) and it did very well! I posted it to Photosig and it went to the top of the main page with 45 points. And it was Digital Image Cafe's photo of the day yesterday in the category scenics.


09/17/2005 09:10:20 PM · #43
Originally posted by nshapiro:
And to Robert for his continued insights and 300 critiquing average. ;)


300? Less than one-in-three? What am I missing? LOL...

Robt.
 09/17/2005 09:30:07 PM · #44
Originally posted by bear_music:
Originally posted by nshapiro:
And to Robert for his continued insights and 300 critiquing average. ;)


300? Less than one-in-three? What am I missing? LOL...

Robt.


Oops, I meant perfect. I forgot what it really meant statistically. Let's see: "A+" average? ;)
 09/17/2005 09:31:28 PM · #45
"Batting a thousand" would be the baseball term...

R.
 09/17/2005 10:14:57 PM · #46
Of the two haunted lighthouse shots I think the color one is prettier, but the B&W one looks more haunted and foreboding. I like them both; depends on what you're shooting for.

You mentioned bumping the contrast. You might try some local contrast enhancement (USM at low amount and high radius). I made a test edit of your 640 pixel image, with the USM parameters in the comments. Notice how the lighthouse looks a bit less hazy. If you do this on your original full size image you should play with different, probably larger, radii, say 30-50 pixels.



Also, since the resize/resample algorithm lowpass filters the image when you reduce it to 640, I like to sharpen on final time at a very narrow radius after resizing.

Let me know what you think.
 09/18/2005 10:34:21 PM · #47
Here's one I did today--I'm going to take the copout again and say that the 640x version lacks the detail and sharpness of the original. I guess despite getting SI Pro2 I still can't reduce to 640 worth a damn. ;)

Anyway, let me know what you think of this one. More comments about the shot in the description field.


09/18/2005 11:21:18 PM · #48
Commented :-)

R.
 09/18/2005 11:42:00 PM · #49
Thanks Robert (and Mandy).

Robert, It's funny, now that you mention it, I can see a slight green cast, but it only happens on one of my two monitors (I have a dual LCD setup, both LCDs are the exact same but the one that doesn't show the cast, where I edit, is hooked up via digital and the other is analog, since my video card only has one digital and one analog connection. And in a dual video setup, I can't calibrate them both. But I'll presume since you see it that my analog monitor is the more representative. One of these days, I have to invest in a spyder or equivalent.
 09/18/2005 11:45:53 PM · #50
Spyder, spyder, burning bright
in the monitors of night!
What immortal hand or eye
could fake thy color symmetry?

jejeje�

R.
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