Art, you are tempting me!!
This is spectacular!! The best! I was there just as a regular tourist.
But I am to old for trying what and how you did.
thanks for showing.
I just took a look at this image again and feel that although it's great in its overall execution with regards composition etc, the color balance is way of and far to warm and a simple setting of the white point would.. in MHO vastly improve the image.
If you don't like what I say or my opinion annoys you, then fine, just get over it and don't bother sending me a ton of abuse, as it's water of a ducks ass. I'm more than happy for Artur to view my rendering if he wants and I hope he does because I feel he has a top quality image in the making.
Nigel Turner wrote:
I just took a look at this image again and feel that although it's great in its overall execution with regards composition etc, the color balance is way of and far to warm and a simple setting of the white point would.. in MHO vastly improve the image.
If you don't like what I say or my opinion annoys you, then fine, just get over it and don't bother sending me a ton of abuse, as it's water of a ducks ass. I'm more than happy for Artur to view my rendering if he wants and I hope he does because I feel he has a top quality image in the making.
Thank you everyone.
Nigel, your input is appreciated. In the case of majority of photos, white balance is a personal preference. As I explained before, the light was very warm that night and I did not want to change it too much. Luminosity and brightness will depend on viewing environment, monitor brightness and many other things. Saying that, I want to emphasize that I'm not insisting that it is perfect on this small, compressed version.
Regarding your "abuse comment." I am sure, I have never abused anybody on this or other forums and I'm not sure why your last comment is under my photo. In the future, please be kind enough to write to specific people as I don't want anybody in this forum to think that I am abusing anybody! Thank you.
May 02, 2014 at 07:05 PM
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ArturS wrote:
Thanks everyone for great input. It seems that some of you prefer second (cooler) version. I don't know exactly when the blue became the colour and symbol of the night. How many of you have actually seen blue night, especially with full moon on the sky? I have an impression that it is rather an influence of some kind of a trend than personal experience of photographers. I like blue and it is all fine from art perspective but does everything has to be blue to be believed and seen as a night shoot? I remember this topic coming out once in a while when certain photographers decide to go against the trend and post natural looking photos anyway. I'm going to keep both version here for now and see how many of you will like the blue one more. Thanks....Show more →
As I mentioned in my initial post in this thread, the blue rendering will feel more natural because it has a lot to do with our lack of color perception in low light. Though the color temperature of the scene is pretty much the same from day to night (light bouncing off the moon is about the same color temp as direct sun), our eyes see it much differently.
I was thinking about this thread a few days ago while I was sitting at my campsite in Zion National Park. I watched as the sun set, and it faded to night. The red cliffs towering over me eventually turned blue to my eyes, and I was no longer able to distinguish the difference between red and white, it all looked blueish. If I had set my camera up and photographed the scene, the camera would have seen plenty of color -- it's quite shocking really how different the camera will see a night seen than we do with our eyes.
All of this being said, my goal as a photographer is to try and show a scene as it looked to my eyes. When doing evening/night shots, I try to keep my images cool because of the experience of viewing them with inherently weak color perception -- though this isn't necessarily how the camera sees it.
I think this is why many people seem to relate more to your second image (which you removed for some reason) more than the first. It gives us the feeling that we are standing there and viewing the scene in person.
