Thames Sunset at Slough
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To get rid of the grass? Thanks, Andy - I was wondering, either that or try to clone it out, which could be quite a job...!
I was wondering about the birds as well - whether they add anything or not... As for the green flare spot - I've been trying to get rid of that as well, but it's proving harder than I thought! Anyone know any decent photoshop techniques for that?
Thanks for the comments - I appreciate it... every little helps!
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Couple of things.
First off - nice shots - thanks for sharing.
"looking east" - I preferred the pre-crop I'm afraid - the eye is drawn in by the river, but because of the bend in the river, I feel the eye drawn away to the left again before reaching the right hand-side - either a crop of some of the left bank or [if you went again], just putting the river "over" more in the picture would sort that. [personal opinion strongly evident here!]
Looking west I quite like, although I would question if it's a little dark? This is something I always get wrong, and I don't think my monitor helps any, but if I were you I'd try tweaking the brightness up a little [you may need to boost contrast to compensate].
As for the panorama, I quite like it again and really like the dark to light transition across the image. Following earlier comment, I do question the balance slightly - I find that the sun rarely looks at it's best in an image when it's central, and prefer it on either left or right. That said, I think the image is really good, and one to be proud of!
Hope that helps some [even if you disagree]!
First off - nice shots - thanks for sharing.
"looking east" - I preferred the pre-crop I'm afraid - the eye is drawn in by the river, but because of the bend in the river, I feel the eye drawn away to the left again before reaching the right hand-side - either a crop of some of the left bank or [if you went again], just putting the river "over" more in the picture would sort that. [personal opinion strongly evident here!]
Looking west I quite like, although I would question if it's a little dark? This is something I always get wrong, and I don't think my monitor helps any, but if I were you I'd try tweaking the brightness up a little [you may need to boost contrast to compensate].
As for the panorama, I quite like it again and really like the dark to light transition across the image. Following earlier comment, I do question the balance slightly - I find that the sun rarely looks at it's best in an image when it's central, and prefer it on either left or right. That said, I think the image is really good, and one to be proud of!
Hope that helps some [even if you disagree
]!
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i prefer the 2nd of the two but agree the foreground is a little dark, perhaps a 0.6 grad nd would help?
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Even though I suggested a crop, I have to agree, after the crop it just looks a bit incomplete.
Out of interest where did you take a meter reading from and where did you focus.
Super sky in #1, by the way.
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Metering was matrix, and I bracketed. Both images were combined from 2 different shots - one for the sky, the other for the foreground... The focal point was about a third of the way into the shot - somewhere in the river...
I was worried about the sky being blown out when I uploaded from the camera, but it was okay...
These seem to me to be a bit better... Any thoughts?
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I was worried about the sky being blown out when I uploaded from the camera, but it was okay...
These seem to me to be a bit better... Any thoughts?
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Really like the edits - nice and bright and really bring them out as something interesting - definite improvement!
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Really like the edits - nice and bright and really bring them out as something interesting - definite improvement!
Thanks, Nigel - it took a bit more work than I thought, but I think it's been worth it, and they've printed out pretty well too!
I know what you mean, lfc, but I did try that. Not easy without making it look too HDR or washed out though... Feel free to have a play with the jpgs though!
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Thames-Slough-West-a by mrcrow_uk, on Flickr
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Hi Chris
I think i may have over stretched my critique...and thought there was more in the riverbank to release
i did this edit...but may have went too far.
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Hi Geof... Thanks! I did try some d & b in CS5, but for some reason whatever I ended up dodging just came out all washed out... Was a load better in Aperture when I tried it though...
You've certainly made it pop! I'm not quite sure I'd have done that much to it, but I've done a bit and it certainly helped! Thanks!
You've certainly made it pop! I'm not quite sure I'd have done that much to it, but I've done a bit and it certainly helped! Thanks!
