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09/17/2006 06:25:25 AM · #1 |
So... I have this image that I'd rather not post in case I want to use it in the FreeStudy challenge, but it has some issues with it, mainly blown out sun and corresponding blown out sun reflection in some water.
My question is, would it be strange to crop out that sun blow out yet leave the reflection in the water - obviously I can't get rid of that, or do I need the duality of both the sun and its reflection?
I know its probably hard to answer without a specific visual but if you could give a generalized shot at it.. something like.. must an image with an intense reflection include the source of that reflection to seem balanced and/or is the source needed to "explain" said intense reflection?
Oh and if it makes a difference the size of the reflection is significant.
Any thoughts?
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09/17/2006 08:40:49 AM · #2 |
Why don't you try burning the sun in ps?? Cloning out the sun might be removing a major element which is grounds for DQ! Be careful with that! You should probably check with the site council.
If you have to do that much work, is the image worth it?? Maybe that's not the one to enter in the free study.. just a thought.
Roseann
edited to remove the word crop and exchange for clone because I'm an idiot ; )
Message edited by author 2006-09-17 08:50:38. |
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09/17/2006 08:47:24 AM · #3 |
| I think you can crop out anything you want without worrying about major elements. Now if it was in the crop and cloned out...that's a problem. |
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09/17/2006 09:05:07 AM · #4 |
| Send a message to the site council and ask their opinion, they will not be swayed by knowing your photo belongs to you. |
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09/17/2006 12:33:00 PM · #5 |
Lotus is not asking if it is LEGAL to crop out the sun; the question is, in general does an image with a bright water reflection look weird if the source of the reflection (the sun in this case) is not included in the final crop? And the answer is, there's no hard-and-fast rule; it may work, it may not, depends on the image. You have to go with your gut instinct on the particular shot.
This shot works fine without the sun, which is above the clouds. The brightest parts of the light path were blown here, and color was added back with selective color.
Robt.
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09/17/2006 05:55:39 PM · #6 |
Yep, Bear got the jist of what I was asking. I already know I can crop it out (I do mean crop, not clone), I just wasn't sure compositionally if it'd make the image seem unbalanced.
In the example you used Bear there doesn't seem to be a problem with no actual sun, though I'm not sure I know how to use selective color to go and tone down the blow outs in my image.
I'll have to fiddle around with it and see what I can come up with. Thank you guys for your thoughts!
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