A lot of potential here with this, but I do have a few suggestions.
1. Crop out the bottom corners of the image as they are out of focus.
2. An issue with this is the bottom of the shot is brighter then the rest, the eyes naturally go to the brightest area in an image, which unfortunately is out of focus. So as an alternative to my #1 suggestion is you could darken a bit the bottom (vignette) which could maybe help hide the out of focus areas, but as a bonus help move the eye up into the scene when viewing.
3. The Milky Way is purple/magenta. That to me is very distracting too. I can see having a bit of a purple cast to the sky itself, as that can look nice, but you should whiten up the Milky Way itself a bit. Your MW looks a bit faint, so you can't make it too white or it will look off, but I would pull a bit of that purple cast out of the MW.
dbehrens wrote:
Good eye Ton. The MW really adds value to your comp. Dave
thank you so much Dave
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JimFox wrote:
Hey Ton,
A lot of potential here with this, but I do have a few suggestions.
1. Crop out the bottom corners of the image as they are out of focus.
2. An issue with this is the bottom of the shot is brighter then the rest, the eyes naturally go to the brightest area in an image, which unfortunately is out of focus. So as an alternative to my #1 suggestion is you could darken a bit the bottom (vignette) which could maybe help hide the out of focus areas, but as a bonus help move the eye up into the scene when viewing.
3. The Milky Way is purple/magenta. That to me is very distracting too. I can see having a bit of a purple cast to the sky itself, as that can look nice, but you should whiten up the Milky Way itself a bit. Your MW looks a bit faint, so you can't make it too white or it will look off, but I would pull a bit of that purple cast out of the MW.
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thank you so much Jim, take picture at night time with 1 shot sometime very hard for me to control everything, but I will learn to fix them
lionking wrote:
Beautiful work Ton!
I would be tempted to darken the FG, probably cropping the OOF part, and maybe little more contrast in MW...
Cheers.
Andrey
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I do not see how cropping out the Out-of-focus (OOF) area(s) can improve the composition. Also, in any photograph there's going to be an OOF area, especially when it has depth like this photo. Well done.
dalite wrote:
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I do not see how cropping out the Out-of-focus (OOF) area(s) can improve the composition. Also, in any photograph there's going to be an OOF area, especially when it has depth like this photo. Well done.
For me OOF area in FG ruins it, a matter of personal preference, which is kinda a rule, but today everyone is breaking the rules, without learning them first, but than again IMHO.
lionking wrote:
For me OOF area in FG ruins it, a matter of personal preference, which is kinda a rule, but today everyone is breaking the rules, without learning them first, but than again IMHO.
Cheers!
thank you very much , with 1 shot shoot in the dark FG 10 feets away and BG years to get there somtime very hard to get everything in your way But I try hihi
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gordon l wrote:
An ambitious and exciting picture. I like it. I'm seeing the Wave in a way never before imagined.
thank you so much
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Danpbphoto wrote:
Breathtaking Ton!!!!
Well done indeed!
Dan
thank you Dan
