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03/01/2006 08:01:28 AM · #1 |
i was just wondering what people thought of this edit? its a shot i have seen before here on DPC in a challenge i think. i shot this a couple of weeks ago and wanted to practice my editing (which as you can see i need lots of hehe). if anyone has any suggestions as to how the edit or the shot itself can be improved it would be much appreciated (including how to avoid or fix the blown sky to the top left), i know the green is a little odd- but for the purpose of practicing editing it worked well. just so you know i have never shot in RAW (mostly due to memory restrictions on my laptop- im at Uni) and i have no idea how to use levels/masks in editing, although im trying to learn (using PSP8) :)
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03/01/2006 09:38:35 AM · #2 |
This is a very cool shot. Love selective coloring. To avoid the blown out sky, I think you would need to shoot with something in the sky (clouds), a shorter exposure time maybe. To learn about masks, the best book I have found is Channel Chops, available on Amazon. Hope this helps.
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03/01/2006 10:13:37 AM · #3 |
| Thanks Lindsey, much appreciated. Im trying to read up on layers and masks, and i'll be sure to look for your recommended book- thanks again! |
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03/01/2006 11:26:08 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by andersbs:
i was just wondering what people thought of this edit? |
You are correct to practice image editing. Contrary to what you might read here at times, post processing is at least half of what makes most top placing images "good".
Regarding your picture... This makes for a good black and white subject. Your perspective properly emphasizes the artwork.
Selective coloring or selective desaturation is OK for practice but really does not do much for this image when done in green. Leaving the phone boxes in their original red would have worked better. Selective coloring tends to be done to invoke emotion in the viewer so is usually used to highlight or attract inordinate attention to an object in the image to exaggerate the viewer emotional reaction. It should be done with a very specific goal in mind toward that end.
If you have overexposed areas, like the sky in your image, there are things you can do in post processing to minimize or correct for it. Those generally require a lot of work to recover detail and have mixed and usually unsatisfying results. In this case it is easier and probably better to crop the sky out of the image completely.
Learn those levels/masking things you were talking about. They are used to add drama and interest to images and would help this one too.
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03/01/2006 01:42:39 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by andersbs:
Thanks Lindsey, much appreciated. Im trying to read up on layers and masks, and i'll be sure to look for your recommended book- thanks again! |
No worries!
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