Bluebell Woods - DPChallenge Forums

10/13/2004 07:14:54 AM · #1

I dug these photos out the other day, never really had a good look at them until now. Any suggestions or comments?

I wish i had composed this better :(

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

10/13/2004 07:27:29 AM · #2

I like em but just one thing I think you should crop the second picture as follows (tell me if no image)
Flower

Message edited by author 2004-10-13 09:14:05.

geewhy

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

10/13/2004 07:32:01 AM · #3

Love the bluebell shot..this would also look good with a little bit of softening.(See Bobster Lobster`s "Enchanted forest" from "Something new II)
Your second pic is suffering a little because of the blank space in the bottom right..but it is wonderfully sharp.

BobsterLobster

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

10/13/2004 07:36:28 AM · #4

Geewhy... just beat me to it!
I hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty of giving your 1st shot a makeover:

Extremely quick, so not as subtle and delicate as I'd like but I prefer a more impressionistic approach to a 'so sharp my eyes want to bleed' shot!
My PP:
NeatImage... sample an area containing mostly just bluebells.
Curves... increase contrast.
Colour balance... I worked on shadow, mid and highlights seperately, but the important ones are boosting blues in the highlights, reds in the mids and yellow and green in the shadow.
I think the composition needs to be much clearer... there's a bit too much for the eye to look at with no clear point of focus.
Hope this helps!
Bob

Message edited by author 2004-10-13 07:36:40.

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

10/13/2004 07:40:43 AM · #5

I gotta get neatimage
its so effective

rscorp

Nikon D70

10/13/2004 09:17:26 AM · #6

I thought Neatimage was supposed to do the opposite like taking noise away from a photo? It has other functions?

Canon PowerShot Pro 90 IS

10/13/2004 09:37:52 AM · #7

Saintnic, your link doesn't work, at a guess i think you've cropped it so the sharp white flower is at bottom right? I think that way would be better.

Geewhy, yep i remember that enchanted forest pic. In fact i remember
thinking that i should use that style for these shots but completely forgot. Sort of like this one maybe:

Bob, yeah i like that a lot, maybe a touch less softening though but i'll give it a go. I like your composition comment, very true. It seems obvious now you said it!! :) Also, same as rscorp, i didn't know neat image worked the other way round. You think you can do better than gaussian blur in photoshop?

Cheers for the comments guys!!

Message edited by author 2004-10-13 09:58:29.

coolhar

10/13/2004 09:41:35 AM · #8

Download a free demo version of Neat Image here: Neat Image

10/13/2004 10:11:12 AM · #9

thanks for the link - i got a bit ov learning to do :)
and hope this one works

please tell me if it works - cause im still researching the best image hosting servers
Thankyou

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

10/13/2004 10:18:26 AM · #10

Yep, spot on Saintnic. That really improves the photo. Thanks for that :)

The image works now obviously!!

BobsterLobster

Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro

10/13/2004 10:19:51 AM · #11

NeatImage isn't meant to do this... I was just experimenting. What NeatImage does is to sample a flat area with noise in... because the sampled area is supposed to have no detail, NeatImage then destroys all the detail in that flat area. However, by sampling areas with detail that you don't want, like bad complexion on a model's skin, or sharp grass and foliage detail, you can add a nice blur to certain things, while keeping the rest of the shot sharp, which is much harder to do with Gaussian Blur. I also like the particular feel that NeatImage gives to bluebells and forest floors.
Check out this one also:

Only problem though, is that on full size images, it's much harder to get this effect.

10/13/2004 10:26:08 AM · #12

Originally posted by BobsterLobster:

Yep ok, gotcha. That makes sense. I really like that pic.

10/13/2004 10:35:50 AM · #13

Can u get the same effect with the demo version or no?

10/13/2004 10:39:30 AM · #14

i think you can yes.

10/13/2004 10:56:29 AM · #15

Thanks alot biohazard and BobsterLobster - This is my first go but i can see the posibilities... Thanks
Before

After

10/13/2004 10:57:58 AM · #16

I like that saintnic, very subtle but works well.

10/13/2004 11:08:46 AM · #17

Thanks heap - I just placed the aftershot in photoshop and put the shapen filter on it and now i like this even better
NeatImage is great

10/13/2004 11:10:02 AM · #18

Would This effect would be illegal in basic editing?

Message edited by author 2004-10-13 11:10:20.