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 10/28/2004 10:37:17 PM · #1
I took this today of my neighbours backyard. Gave it the treatment and im fairly happy with it. Critiques are welcome. Thank You


10/28/2004 10:49:08 PM · #2
Awesome! Really like this alot - love the colors and the overall feel. Good work:)
 10/28/2004 10:53:44 PM · #3
what sort of treatment?
 10/28/2004 10:53:58 PM · #4
It looks good to me but in my [amateur] opinion it seems a little too soft. Wonderful colors and lighting maybe if the birdbath weren’t so soft it would add to the photograph
 10/28/2004 10:55:22 PM · #5
Originally posted by ursula:
what sort of treatment?


Oh nothing too special.

Upped the Contrast.
Saturated it a bit.
Sharpened it.
Then applied Soft Focus.
And I used the burn tool a bit I think.

Edit for grade 2 spelling.

Message edited by author 2004-10-28 22:56:02.
 10/28/2004 11:03:36 PM · #6
Damian – Do you mind if I copy and adjust your photo to show what I was talking about. Not to give you pointers [because you a far better photographer than I am], but to see if my eye is seeing things right. Maybe I’m wrong in the softness and you can tell me what you think.
 10/28/2004 11:05:55 PM · #7
Originally posted by SDW65:
Damian – Do you mind if I copy and adjust your photo to show what I was talking about. Not to give you pointers [because you a far better photographer than I am], but to see if my eye is seeing things right. Maybe I’m wrong in the softness and you can tell me what you think.


For Sure, go right ahead.
 10/28/2004 11:09:28 PM · #8
Thank you. Hope I didn’t destroy your photograph. To me it gives the tree trunks and forward leaves a little sharper look while leaving the background foliage softness.
10/28/2004 11:12:38 PM · #9
I really like it actually!!
Did you sharpen it?
Im going have to try doing one last sharpen after the soft focus because it blends sharpness and soft focus. Really neat effect. Thanx Scott.
 10/28/2004 11:14:49 PM · #10
Very nice! I love the colors. I also like the hint of white in the bird bath as well. Not sure which I like better though, the soft version, or the sharpened version. I think they are both nice. Softness makes it very dreamy, but I like the detail in the sharpened one too. I like them both. Yeah.
~Heather~
 10/28/2004 11:15:35 PM · #11
Thank you for letting me show you what I thought and giving me feed back.
All I done was 2 sharpen edge back to back then 1 sharpen.
10/28/2004 11:17:12 PM · #12
Originally posted by SDW65:
Thank you for letting me show you what I thought and giving me feed back.
All I done was 2 sharpen edge back to back then 1 sharpen.


Nice, well it did make the top part of my picture look a lot better.
10/29/2004 12:45:41 AM · #13
I like the treatment, in particular the the saturated colours and the dreamy quality of the picture (goes well with Fall). I agree that it might be better to have the birdbath and possibly some other detail sharper than the rest of the picture, but I think the results would be better if it were done originally, not sharpened afterwards. You could create a duplicate layer and apply soft focus to this second layer, and then carefully erase the sections you wish to keep sharp (I use PSP, so I'm probably not using the correct terminology for PS). The original (background) layer could even be slightly (ever so slightly) oversharpened.

I think, what I find the least attractive about the picture is the centredness of the large tree trunk and bird bath. I think, if I were designing the picture, I would move the camera just a bit to the left so that the tree trunk and bird bath would be more in the 1/3 right half of the picture (but I don't know what's to the left of the picture, so that might not be possible). Does that make sense?

Message edited by author 2004-10-29 00:47:07.
 10/29/2004 12:48:40 AM · #14
I played with it a bit, and liked it better without the bird bath and the white spot at the base of the tree trunk. Paper or something? You might also try experimenting with some light effects. Maybe centered light and darker edges. I really like the colors and the strange lighting on the tree trunks (shadowed half way down).
my 2Cents.

Message edited by author 2004-10-29 11:53:46.
 10/29/2004 11:36:13 AM · #15
Originally posted by ursula:
I like the treatment, in particular the the saturated colours and the dreamy quality of the picture (goes well with Fall). I agree that it might be better to have the birdbath and possibly some other detail sharper than the rest of the picture, but I think the results would be better if it were done originally, not sharpened afterwards. You could create a duplicate layer and apply soft focus to this second layer, and then carefully erase the sections you wish to keep sharp (I use PSP, so I'm probably not using the correct terminology for PS). The original (background) layer could even be slightly (ever so slightly) oversharpened.

I think, what I find the least attractive about the picture is the centredness of the large tree trunk and bird bath. I think, if I were designing the picture, I would move the camera just a bit to the left so that the tree trunk and bird bath would be more in the 1/3 right half of the picture (but I don't know what's to the left of the picture, so that might not be possible). Does that make sense?


I think I didnt sharpen enough before my soft focus or put too much soft focus in. But I will keep that in mind for next time. As for that tree, well it is hard to get another angle because there are houses on the right and left of the picture..But Ill play around with the angles a bit more.
Thanx Ursula
 10/29/2004 12:35:07 PM · #16
Originally posted by SDW65:
Thank you. Hope I didn’t destroy your photograph. To me it gives the tree trunks and forward leaves a little sharper look while leaving the background foliage softness.


Sharpening or unsharp mask needs to be used with great care, I think, else the image ends up looking noisy, with too much contrast, and it damages a soft depth of field since the software is fairly indiscriminate with what it selects. Worst of all, it looks like it is extremely digital, artificial.

I use all post-processing, with nothing done in camera except possibly white balance (Canon 300D), which seems to provide one with a broader range of options. It took me a million years to realize a sharp image without screwing it up.
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