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First of all, thank you all for your responses and different ways to approach the image, love all the advice, really gives me different opinions on how to develop this shot. I will try to use the different things you guys said, and mix it all in a blender and hopefully the result will be a much better structured image.
beavens wrote:
Welcome to FM, and Critique in particular!
To me it's got a more gloomy/somber look. Lots of darkness/contrast.
For surreal/dreamy I would make the scene (at least the boats and tree) brighter and more vibrant. Definitely at least bring up the shadows. Maybe lose some from the right (not much there to feast on) and tighten things up on your main subject?
Lots of potential IMO!
Jeff
I think I might lift the shadows a litte bit more in the foreground so the eyes get more attracted to that part.
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eeneryma wrote:
I like the "dreamy" mood you've captured, a little mystical and magical. One suggestion is to slightly lighten the top and sides of the boats. The painted exteriors look really interesting and making them more prominent would add to the image.
Yes, I was undecided whether to light up more the boats, I'm going to try and up the opacity of that layer.
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Camperjim wrote:
I agree with the previous comments. This is an interesting image with a mood. I also agree about cropping off a substantial portion on the right side of the image.
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ben egbert wrote:
I liked the image right off. I think it has good balance and cropping would ruin that. I don't mind the darkness at the right but I might bring up the shadows a tad. But that's your call. The light on the boats and tree and the clouds make this image for me.
Thank you!, that's what I was trying to hightlight, I do think that the left part is a little bright/empty, maybe a slight cropping will fix that, or just more D&B
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beavens wrote:
If I take some off the right a little will come off the top as well.
Not sure why I didn't say that, but in my dumbass head it was implied.
I do dig the balance of the OP, but I think the right is wasted real estate. Tighten the crop would put more emphasis on the [quite] interesting subjects and still maintain the ratio.
Jeff
I'll try that, thanks.
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Camperjim wrote:
This is the way I would crop it. I think this crop adds emphasis to the main subject while leaving the other elements and mood.
Hmm... I think it's a little too tight for my taste but it works every way you crop it.
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lighthound wrote:
+1 @ Jim's crop but maybe a little more space along the bottom though. I really like this capture but it feels too dark and underexposed to my eyes.
Tons of potential here. Nice shot!
Dave
Haha glad that you liked it!
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beavens wrote:
+1 at adding some extra room at the bottom, but this was pretty much what I had in mind.
I do believe recovery at the bottom will reveal some nice detail in terms of roots/rocks.
Jeff
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lighthound wrote:
Yeah, it is pretty dark down there but I do see some goodies that might be able to be pulled up a little like that warm cloud reflection and a few rocks. Also, I wasn't thinking very much more, maybe 1/4 or less of what you removed. It just feels a little too tight in that corner to my eyes.
Either way the OP goes I think they have a winner here with some tweaks.
Looking at it again, if this were my shot I might even make those distant birds/people go away.
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RustyBug wrote:
+1 @ a winner.
One thing about "winners" ... they often give you a plethora of ways to approach them, and they still come out nice no matter how you slice & dice.
Here's but one of those possibilities that kinda sits in the middle of the subject isolation & scene presentation. Nearly identical to Jim's crop, but with a diff profile, trying to connect the lighting to the boats / trunk and pull the dreamy turquoise.
Trying to imagine this rendering on aluminum ...
Oh yeah, I'm thinking of printing it very soon. I like your edit, I'm going to try and add more contrast to the light in the original and see what happens.
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beavens wrote:
Kent just kinda hit the dream/surreal feel for me.
Ever seen the Robin Williams flick What Dreams May Come?
Ha, or ever ate some acid?
Great shot!
Jeff
Hahah, no I haven't :P, glad you liked this image!
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