I need help with this image
Aug 12, 2018 09:14:25 #
John N wrote:
It just looks a little too green to me, but I think you've done well to capture that just as the sun comes out look. But that's very much my personal view.
A judge once said to me "If you like it that's all that really matters". So, if you like it - that's all that really matters.
A judge once said to me "If you like it that's all that really matters". So, if you like it - that's all that really matters.
Thanks, John. I actually was wondering about that. If it were too green. Or too yellow. That's why I said it's the final - for now!
Aug 12, 2018 10:12:15 #
Keeping in mind what you felt, I richened the forest near the path bend, brought just a bit more contrast into the rest of the forest, and used a gradient 20% overlay layer on the path itself--to lead the eye to the "peace."
Aug 12, 2018 18:34:01 #
artBob wrote:
Keeping in mind what you felt, I richened the forest near the path bend, brought just a bit more contrast into the rest of the forest, and used a gradient 20% overlay layer on the path itself--to lead the eye to the "peace."
That's beautiful. Now if I just knew how to do all that.
Aug 12, 2018 20:46:29 #
AzPicLady wrote:
That's beautiful. Now if I just knew how to do all that.
Do you use Photoshop? I'd be glad to walk you through doing it.
Aug 12, 2018 21:08:17 #
artBob wrote:
Do you use Photoshop? I'd be glad to walk you through doing it.
CS 5. Also LR 6.14
Aug 13, 2018 20:26:14 #
AzPicLady wrote:
I'll start by saying I like this image. But I don... (show quote)
This is a fantastic exercise. I often find myself hiking in majestic woods or past rolling hills viewed from an exposed ridge. I take the shot and it never gives me the same feeling I had when I was walking there. I never delete those photos, though; because the always put me back in that place when I view them later. I think what you did with NIK comes very close to making this photo really work because the light moves us through the photo which is totally lacking in the original. I know Linda likes some glow in photos like these and I do too. She is right to point out that it is your photo and your preferences and emotions are what counts. I would probably use her crop and your pp. Then I would come back to the photo often because it puts you right where you were at the time and only you know what that felt like. I know that I can remember strenuous climbs or temperature changes when I look at my photos from hikes and that is why they are important to me.
Erich
Aug 13, 2018 22:10:01 #
ebrunner wrote:
This is a fantastic exercise. I often find myself ... (show quote)
Thanks, Erich. I often return to photos that even aren't that wonderful because of how I felt in that moment. That, to me, is the power of photography.
I decided to go with a standard size crop for ease in future framing. I tried Linda's glow because I liked the sort of dreamy quality of the center of it. However I couldn't achieve the same effect, so I went a different direction to get a similar effect.
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