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p.1 #1 · Red Sailboat in harbor

Would y'all take out the masts in the lower left corner or leave them ?
Thanks
Don

Oct 24, 2009 at 03:23 PM

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p.1 #2 · Red Sailboat in harbor

Greg ,thanks for responding . Yea, you are right it will look better if they are cloned out .
Don

Oct 24, 2009 at 04:29 PM

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p.1 #3 · Red Sailboat in harbor

Boat feels lost among the others and is too centered in the frame. I'm not sure about your shooting options, but I'd like to see the sailboat larger. As shot, I'd crop quite a bit from the top and right, placing the boat in the right third and creating a pano crop. Then I'd clone out the parts of the boats at the left edge and left corner of the frame.
Looks to me like the white balance is off, too magenta.

Scott

Oct 24, 2009 at 08:05 PM

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p.1 #4 · Red Sailboat in harbor

Actually the light was like that and I placed the boat in the center on purpose but I appreciate the comments.
Don

Oct 24, 2009 at 09:13 PM

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p.1 #5 · Red Sailboat in harbor

it's amazing how much water colors can vary

Oct 24, 2009 at 09:33 PM

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p.1 #6 · Red Sailboat in harbor

The light was awesome that night at Mt Battie looking down on Camden almost a purplish hue in the air.

Oct 24, 2009 at 09:39 PM

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p.1 #7 · Red Sailboat in harbor

Ah, back to Camden!
Any Camden cows?
Used to visit after the Trek Across Maine, and when my son spent summers at camp in Washington.

Scott

Oct 24, 2009 at 09:58 PM

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p.1 #8 · Red Sailboat in harbor

Nice. I would tighten up that composition and improve overall treatment of the image.

Oct 24, 2009 at 10:31 PM

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p.1 #9 · Red Sailboat in harbor

sbeme wrote:
Ah, back to Camden!
Any Camden cows?
Used to visit after the Trek Across Maine, and when my son spent summers at camp in Washington.

Scott
Yea I want to go back and take more photos as the light in the AM was flat but Oh that night .
Did not think about cows as we have some black angus

I saw your cow photo

,nice gallery .

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Oct 24, 2009 at 10:49 PM

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Kaden K. wrote:
Nice. I would tighten up that composition and improve overall treatment of the image.
Thanks kaden . Not sure what you mean about tighten up as vast space of the sea is important to the photo.

Oct 24, 2009 at 10:51 PM

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p.1 #11 · Red Sailboat in harbor

Let me exemplify.

Oct 24, 2009 at 10:54 PM

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p.1 #12 · Red Sailboat in harbor

Sure I would like to look at what you propose .

Oct 24, 2009 at 10:55 PM

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p.1 #13 · Red Sailboat in harbor

Ok, so this is a fast and dirty clean up with PS. Not the best idea obviously.
You need to reshoot using a tighter composition and a different lens and also
warmer filter/polarizer. This image as it stands its suffering from a reddish/
blueish overwhelming hue.

Just tighten up the composition as there are beautiful repetitive and colorful
elements. Avoid anything that detracts or does not add to that vision.

2012 © Kaden K.

Oct 24, 2009 at 11:07 PM

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p.1 #14 · Red Sailboat in harbor

Your color is way too purple and the color of the water in my picture is as it was. But I appreciate your attempt.

Oct 24, 2009 at 11:12 PM

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p.1 #15 · Red Sailboat in harbor

I find the central location of the red yacht a bit dull, but if you like, obviously you want it there. Given what you want for the image, I'd suggest cloning out all masts without complete boats and all the unattached mooring buoys, partial boats, white specs around the entrance and perhaps the channel marker above the red yacht. That should reduce the clutter.

Oct 25, 2009 at 12:51 AM

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p.1 #16 · Red Sailboat in harbor

This photo was taken at almost dark so the the buoys are how the picture was seen and this was a long ways away with a 200mm .
I do agree about cloning the mast out on the left.
Thanks for your comments.

Oct 25, 2009 at 01:09 AM

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p.1 #17 · Red Sailboat in harbor

It depends upon your intent. If you lean towards straight reportage you must keep what's there, warts and all. If you lean towards art, what matters is the result.

Oct 25, 2009 at 03:06 AM

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p.1 #18 · Red Sailboat in harbor

Yea with LR and raw I have the latitude to do both

Oct 25, 2009 at 03:10 AM

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p.1 #19 · Red Sailboat in harbor

For some value of both....

Oct 25, 2009 at 11:10 AM

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