Lizard
Nov 4, 2013 12:38:16 #
I welcome your comments and visual illustrations of how to improve this guy. He's another candidate for camera club this month.
Nov 4, 2013 14:35:04 #
There is something about this image...either the vignette is a tad too much or the head and body are a tad too light. I would have liked to see all of the tail, however, and maybe a little lower perspective...but that's just me. Good luck at your club.
Nov 4, 2013 14:44:17 #
Photog8 wrote:
There is something about this image...either the vignette is a tad too much or the head and body are a tad too light. I would have liked to see all of the tail, however, and maybe a little lower perspective...but that's just me. Good luck at your club.
Thanks.
The tail was really long and not so interesting and the picture would have to downsize the head and body, the interesting parts to me, to include it all.
The spotlighting was a bit of natural and a bit of sprucing.
Nov 4, 2013 15:32:24 #
Biggest problem I have is I struggle to see the head. Kinda blends in to the background. I also prefer this shot more artificially lit.
I really don't care for vignettes to much. I don't think you over did it at all. Here is the image relit and color enhanced.
I really don't care for vignettes to much. I don't think you over did it at all. Here is the image relit and color enhanced.
Nov 4, 2013 17:58:59 #
PalePictures wrote:
Biggest problem I have is I struggle to see the head. Kinda blends in to the background. I also prefer this shot more artificially lit.
I really don't care for vignettes to much. I don't think you over did it at all. Here is the image relit and color enhanced.
I really don't care for vignettes to much. I don't think you over did it at all. Here is the image relit and color enhanced.
Thanks. Yes, I agree the head and body are all that is interesting in this shot.
Nov 4, 2013 18:11:45 #
PalePictures wrote:
Biggest problem I have is I struggle to see the head. Kinda blends in to the background. I also prefer this shot more artificially lit.
I really don't care for vignettes to much. I don't think you over did it at all. Here is the image relit and color enhanced.
I really don't care for vignettes to much. I don't think you over did it at all. Here is the image relit and color enhanced.
PalePicturres your revision is superb. It really emphasizes whats most interesting in the photo, and adds drama to it.
Nov 4, 2013 19:31:54 #
Nov 4, 2013 20:30:01 #
waltchilds wrote:
I gave it a try to bring out the tones and highlights.
Oooohh...I like that one!
Nov 5, 2013 12:51:12 #
I agree with photog8, I would for sure want to see the subject including his tail and would crop the bottom edge just below the piece of wood under his feet.
Nov 5, 2013 15:55:53 #
For me, the background is just too damned busy ..... if this guy was a chameleon, you'd never see him. I'd blur and fade it into oblivion. Maybe THEN you'd have something to concentrate on.
Nov 5, 2013 16:02:11 #
Bob Yankle wrote:
For me, the background is just too damned busy ..... if this guy was a chameleon, you'd never see him. I'd blur and fade it into oblivion. Maybe THEN you'd have something to concentrate on.
Heh, heh. I should have asked him to scurry onto a nice clean rock, eh?
I thought it was pretty nice of him to hold still whilst I maneuvered above him to try and get a somewhat front on shot. He disappeared under the rock a few seconds after this one.
Nov 5, 2013 20:06:25 #
This is absolutely one of the most difficult backgrounds I have ever experienced, most notably because friend Lizard has buried parts of his talons under the detritus, and one cannot blend animal and surroundings smoothly enough. Ahhh well, a good pp challenge! This is my attempt, though I'm not really crazy about it. This is one of those images one might keep coming back to, to exercise new tool sets as they become available.
Variation on Lizard
Nov 6, 2013 10:08:23 #
Bob Yankle wrote:
This is absolutely one of the most difficult backgrounds I have ever experienced, most notably because friend Lizard has buried parts of his talons under the detritus, and one cannot blend animal and surroundings smoothly enough. Ahhh well, a good pp challenge! This is my attempt, though I'm not really crazy about it. This is one of those images one might keep coming back to, to exercise new tool sets as they become available.
I like what Waltchilds did best. I'm going to work in that direction. I want a bit more on the upper right to catch the full foot.
While I understand those that want the tail it is really long and causes backing off on the part of the image that I find compelling: the face and body.
Nov 6, 2013 21:39:07 #
MtnMan
To make him stand out just a tad you could either increase the exposure on him or turn the exposure down on everything else. Id choose the latter I think because he might be bright enough. But you could do it either way, get the contrast between them right, deselect and then turn the exposure up or down on the whole photo.
1 select the lizard with Smart Select (using the Lasso to ADD the selection, because you can select anything you like with that) to the bits that are missed the right back foot or bits of shadow for example, and highly zoomed in)
2 invert the selection by Select > Inverse (thus turning the BACKGROUND into the selection)
3 Image > Adjustment > Exposure and turn the exposure down until you like it. Now you should be done but you can redo any of that if you like.
Hope you get Shot of the Night.
Mike
To make him stand out just a tad you could either increase the exposure on him or turn the exposure down on everything else. Id choose the latter I think because he might be bright enough. But you could do it either way, get the contrast between them right, deselect and then turn the exposure up or down on the whole photo.
1 select the lizard with Smart Select (using the Lasso to ADD the selection, because you can select anything you like with that) to the bits that are missed the right back foot or bits of shadow for example, and highly zoomed in)
2 invert the selection by Select > Inverse (thus turning the BACKGROUND into the selection)
3 Image > Adjustment > Exposure and turn the exposure down until you like it. Now you should be done but you can redo any of that if you like.
Hope you get Shot of the Night.
Mike
Nov 6, 2013 22:39:14 #
MtnMan
I followed that recipe except for a couple of differences. I found that in some bits I didnt need the Lasso but was able to use the Smart Select tool (down as far as 4 pixel size) to Add To or Subtract From the selection and used either or both to do the left side feet that are in shadow but used Image>Adjustments>Brightness to bring them out a bit.
Its a fairly subtle change and could be exaggerated a bit more according to your taste.
To compare them I suggest you open a folder on your desktop to use as a destination for them and download them to there. Change their names by adding a letter or number to eachs name (XXXa, XXXb etc . Theyll drop into that alphabetical (numerical? order so you can open a photo and see the changes instantly as you go to the next one. If you want you can add all the other edit contributions and do the same.
Mike.
I followed that recipe except for a couple of differences. I found that in some bits I didnt need the Lasso but was able to use the Smart Select tool (down as far as 4 pixel size) to Add To or Subtract From the selection and used either or both to do the left side feet that are in shadow but used Image>Adjustments>Brightness to bring them out a bit.
Its a fairly subtle change and could be exaggerated a bit more according to your taste.
To compare them I suggest you open a folder on your desktop to use as a destination for them and download them to there. Change their names by adding a letter or number to eachs name (XXXa, XXXb etc . Theyll drop into that alphabetical (numerical? order so you can open a photo and see the changes instantly as you go to the next one. If you want you can add all the other edit contributions and do the same.
Mike.
Lizard Original
Lizard Edit
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