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09/02/2003 07:22:30 PM · #1 |
These are railroad tracks going up Spanish Fork Canyon along US-6 in Utah.
Message edited by author 2003-09-02 19:23:10. |
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09/02/2003 07:31:43 PM · #2 |
Great vantage point. The only thing I would say is it needs more contrast and it seems to be slightly underexposed. What can help with exposure is spot metering on a medium toned object that is in the same light as your main subject.
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09/02/2003 07:53:09 PM · #3 |
It has some interesting elements, including the strong leading lines of the tracks and the fairly graphic dark/ light rocks.
Hope you don't mind but I took a couple of liberties with it. (levels, curves, some dodging/ burning, and a different crop, plus duotones then a final levels tweak and framing)
The original is under exposed by about a stop or so, and the tree branches appearing in the sky are a bit odd. The crop I did tries to address that and balance out the tracks at the same time. The levels/ curves attempt to balance the exposure, with a true black and a true white point and stretch the contrast in between. I used dodging/ burning to bring up some of the local contrast, particularly in the sky and the light coloured rocks and dark tracks. Only did this in a couple of minutes, so it could be a lot better with some care.
Message edited by author 2003-09-02 20:04:36. |
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09/02/2003 07:54:55 PM · #4 |
| Gotta agree with the others regarding the contrast -- Gordon's version is awesome, I must say! |
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09/02/2003 08:34:06 PM · #5 |
Gordon did a great job with this image. What would be best is to shoot it again (if possible) with better exposure and I would compose it with the horizon in the upper or lower third of the frame. gordon addressed this, but a new shot could really bring forth the potential here!
JD Anderson
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09/02/2003 09:31:26 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by alansfreed:
Gotta agree with the others regarding the contrast -- Gordon's version is awesome, I must say! |
I also agree with the contrast issue. If you look at your original you notice that the left side of the picture is dark and the right side is light. Look at the grass on the side. Makes the composition really nice.
If you have a larger memory card. Always take multiply shots if you happen to find a really nice subject. My "tools" entry I took over 200 shots to find a good one. That's the cool part about digital cameras (free processing).
Just watch out for trains, when taking a lot of photos.
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09/02/2003 10:10:03 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
It has some interesting elements, including the strong leading lines of the tracks and the fairly graphic dark/ light rocks.
Hope you don't mind but I took a couple of liberties with it. (levels, curves, some dodging/ burning, and a different crop, plus duotones then a final levels tweak and framing)
The original is under exposed by about a stop or so, and the tree branches appearing in the sky are a bit odd. The crop I did tries to address that and balance out the tracks at the same time. The levels/ curves attempt to balance the exposure, with a true black and a true white point and stretch the contrast in between. I used dodging/ burning to bring up some of the local contrast, particularly in the sky and the light coloured rocks and dark tracks. Only did this in a couple of minutes, so it could be a lot better with some care.
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Thanks for the help, and very nice job with my image.
I asked this in a different topic the other day but forgot which one: What is dodging and burning? |
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09/02/2003 10:16:35 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by maranelloboy:
I asked this in a different topic the other day but forgot which one: What is dodging and burning? |
Basically a way of playing with the contrast and tones within a localised area - so you can make an area darker or lighter, using a brush (mouse) or a selected region, rather than changing the whole image in one go.
I used this method |
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09/02/2003 10:56:19 PM · #9 |
Compositionally, I think your picture is a bit too static. The perspective the railroad tracks provide is wonderful, but their convergence points meet dead center. This also makes for roughly 4 equal triangles in the image with their apices meeting right smack in the middle of the frame.
I would like to see you reshoot this picture so that the convergence points of the tracks meet elsewhere. Also, decide on what you want to dominate in the picture...the sky, mountain in the background, or the tracks and shoot accordingly, changing your viewpoint as needed. All these elements are competing with each other and if you could decide on which you want to dominate, you could make a stronger visual statement. |
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09/02/2003 11:31:09 PM · #10 |
this is a personal opinion, and i'm not an artist by any means so I don't understand art, but black and white is over used and usually takes away from a picute. I would like to see this picture in color to see what is added, or taken away. I also would like to ask you why you made it black and white?
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