Begging for a few comments and some critique

Sigma 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS for Nikon

01/30/2007 01:06:39 PM · #1

This was taken one very cold morning. Any comments, suggestions and critique will be appreciated.

Jan.

Greetmir

Nikon D60

01/30/2007 01:12:18 PM · #2

I do not see a lot wrong with that shot except it is rather boring as it is cropped ... I would take a third off the right and a third off the bottom to make this shot more dynamic.

Lytro Illum Light Field Digital

01/30/2007 01:21:08 PM · #3

Originally posted by Greetmir:

I do not see a lot wrong with that shot except it is rather boring as it is cropped ... I would take a third off the right and a third off the bottom to make this shot more dynamic.

Thank you. The photo was not cropped (yet) just resized.

Marc923

01/30/2007 01:42:01 PM · #4

It's a nice looking picture. I would suggest playing with some post processing to add some 'pop' to the shot. I'm not a photoshop expert, so I can't really tell you how to do it. Just play around. Look at some of the tutorials. And maybe it's just me, but the horizon looks a bit tilted.

Again, nice picture.

Message edited by author 2007-01-30 13:42:58.

yakatme

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

01/30/2007 01:45:07 PM · #5

Just a really quick edit of your file (hope you don't mind).

Levels, right slider to the left to brighten up the grass a little.
History brush on the sky to bring it back to it's original levels.
Levels, left slider to the right to darken the sky a little.
History brush on the grass to bring it back to it's previous levels.
Shadow tool to ever so slightly bring out some more detail in the grass.
I cropped it somewhat like

Greetmir suggested and tilted it to level the horizon.

Like I said, this was a really quick edit of the small file, but you get the point on how it can be improved IMO.

I hope this helps.

Message edited by author 2007-01-30 13:45:43.

Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED

01/30/2007 02:02:52 PM · #6

Thanks for the comments and the edit. Appreciate it!

hihosilver

Nikon D200

01/30/2007 02:34:23 PM · #7

I really thought your photo was lovely.

I played a little bit with it this morning but don't know how much improved it is, but I had fun playing with it anyways! Thanks for sharing it!!!

1. Rotate, Crop and frame
2. Brush sky red at 5%
3. Contrast +13
4. Curves - Tree silhouette only
5. Curves - Screen for the grass
6. Curves - Multiply for the sky
7. Levels - Whole photo
8. Selective color - green
9. Hue / Sat
10. USM
11. Neat Image
12. Save for web

Message edited by author 2007-01-30 14:35:37.