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Oct 10, 2017 09:26:29   #
rborud Loc: Minnesota
 
Hi All
Sorry to say I am still playing with my oak leaves, the fascination seems endless. I do hope some will like it. Thanks for looking RBorud


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Oct 10, 2017 13:34:47   #
Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)
 
rborud wrote:
Hi All
Sorry to say I am still playing with my oak leaves, the fascination seems endless. I do hope some will like it. Thanks for looking RBorud


Don’t apologize, Russ,
..your imaginative variations on surrealistic renderings of the seasonally contorted white oak leaves is fascinating!

My first observation 9n this composition of leaves on the storm cloud background relates to a problem I often encounter with some of my infrequent attempts at compositing...the disparity in color temperature and/or tint of the subject and of the BG .

In this composite I see a magenta tint in the clouds that contrasts with your color plan for the leaves. I don’t mean to say I can advise on the best way to approach this, but some of the more accomplished and savvy compositors should step in here.

More I think on it, for starters I would balance the tint of the clouds so neither a green nor magenta predominates, and proceed from there with possible subtle desaturation of the leaves.

Keep the leaves coming!

Dave

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Oct 10, 2017 13:59:03   #
R.G. Loc: Scotland
 
To my amateur eye it seems that the more varied the colours are in the background, the harder it is to get the overall mix of colours right. And there's a grater chance that it'll end up looking like it's too much. Your basic concept is working very well IMHO, but I'm left wondering if it might work better with a simpler colour palette.

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Oct 10, 2017 17:58:46   #
rborud Loc: Minnesota
 
R.G. wrote:
To my amateur eye it seems that the more varied the colours are in the background, the harder it is to get the overall mix of colours right. And there's a grater chance that it'll end up looking like it's too much. Your basic concept is working very well IMHO, but I'm left wondering if it might work better with a simpler colour palette.


R.G. and uglypher

I thank you both very much for your comments and thoughts. However I must say I have trepidation with the possibility of being bland, and my thoughts in the image is to stir minds. With both of your learned comments it would suggest I have had a bit of success. I feel monosyllabic comments rarely express viewers actual feelings. Thanks so much for looking and commenting. RBorud

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Oct 11, 2017 07:59:23   #
ediesaul
 
rborud wrote:
Hi All
Sorry to say I am still playing with my oak leaves, the fascination seems endless. I do hope some will like it. Thanks for looking RBorud


I LOVE IT!!!!!

My only suggestion is that, if the image were mine, I would crop a bit from the right so that the subject is not so centered.

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Oct 11, 2017 09:15:03   #
rborud Loc: Minnesota
 
ediesaul wrote:
I LOVE IT!!!!!

My only suggestion is that, if the image were mine, I would crop a bit from the right so that the subject is not so centered.


Thank you ediesaul, you thoughts are well received. RBorud

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Oct 11, 2017 12:45:25   #
JohnCl Loc: Central Arizona
 
rborud wrote:
Hi All
Sorry to say I am still playing with my oak leaves, the fascination seems endless. I do hope some will like it. Thanks for looking RBorud


I like your concept. In fact, you have inspired me to try something along these same lines.

One suggestion I have is to slightly blur and reduce the contrast of the cloud background to separate it from the leaves.

Thanks for the inspiration.

John

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Oct 11, 2017 16:21:14   #
magnetoman Loc: Purbeck, Dorset, UK
 
Find Aaron Nace online at Phlearn.com, he has a good tutorial on overcoming colour mis-matches in composites. Elsewise, I do like your concept here, especially the disguised one-eyed cat, which may not be intentional, and the colours of the leaves. Very nice.

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Oct 11, 2017 19:10:47   #
rborud Loc: Minnesota
 
JohnCl wrote:
I like your concept. In fact, you have inspired me to try something along these same lines.

One suggestion I have is to slightly blur and reduce the contrast of the cloud background to separate it from the leaves.

Thanks for the inspiration.

John

Thank you John for your comments they are well taken, and useful. RBorud

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Oct 11, 2017 19:19:24   #
rborud Loc: Minnesota
 
magnetoman wrote:
Find Aaron Nace online at Phlearn.com, he has a good tutorial on overcoming colour mis-matches in composites. Elsewise, I do like your concept here, especially the disguised one-eyed cat, which may not be intentional, and the colours of the leaves. Very nice.


magnetoman thankyou for your suggestions they are valuable and interesting. I was aware of Phlearn's offerings which seem very extensive. But I have always had a slight fear of becoming creatively derivative and possibly dimming my own original thought, thus I feel a bit at a crossroad. Thanks for looking RBorud

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Oct 12, 2017 09:21:17   #
magnetoman Loc: Purbeck, Dorset, UK
 
rborud wrote:
magnetoman thankyou for your suggestions they are valuable and interesting. I was aware of Phlearn's offerings which seem very extensive. But I have always had a slight fear of becoming creatively derivative and possibly dimming my own original thought, thus I feel a bit at a crossroad. Thanks for looking RBorud


Well, if you don’t learn the tools it will be the biggest hindrance to your creativity, I’d have thought?

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Oct 12, 2017 17:00:48   #
Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)
 
Just so we are straight on this, if I were loking for bland it would not be among your posted images!

Dave

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Oct 12, 2017 17:41:37   #
magnetoman Loc: Purbeck, Dorset, UK
 
magnetoman wrote:
Well, if you don’t learn the tools it will be the biggest hindrance to your creativity, I’d have thought?


Apologies if my reply seems a little short - it wasn’t intentional, I’m merely trying to point out that the methods have to be learned in order to release your creativity. Seeing it done is usually more helpful than simply reading instructions.

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Oct 12, 2017 19:09:42   #
ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore
 
rborud wrote:
Hi All
Sorry to say I am still playing with my oak leaves, the fascination seems endless. I do hope some will like it. Thanks for looking RBorud


No question that these interesting and unique images would look great on the wall as a collection or set. This one might be my favorite. I love the sky.
erich

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Oct 12, 2017 19:28:25   #
rborud Loc: Minnesota
 
Magnetoman
Thank you for your second comment. You have clarified your previous comment which at first glance seemed a bit odd, at least in my mind. I could not agree more, that learning and using the techniques at our finger tips is crucial to being able to execute our vision. This need is often mixed up with alleged experts that says there are rules of how any image should image should look, this is apart from rules of skill as opposed to rules of expression, not so in my mind. With this said, in this case the ability to control and execute composite integration is very necessary. However how one uses this information is a freedom I could not live without. My image may not please many (indeed their right, that I respect.) but I did what I did with a purpose to separate the composite for an achievement of angularity and force. It was not that I was unable to integrate this, but chose not to for what I thought was closer to my creative imagination. Thank you for hearing me. RBorud

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