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Diabaig Pier, Torridon.
Oct 13, 2018 07:56:22   #
R.G. Loc: Scotland
 
I don't think I'd want to go any more contre-jour than this...

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Oct 13, 2018 08:31:19   #
Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington
 
A wee bit o' sunshine in the motherland, laddie?! I like the strong forms very much. Great balance, leading lines. I'm trying hard to convince myself that it's fine to leave in the wire, but the struggle rages on

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Oct 13, 2018 09:09:15   #
MattPhox Loc: Rhode Island
 
I like it quite a bit but I agree with Linda about the wire. It's a tough one. It almost seems to be a crack in your lens.

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Oct 13, 2018 10:41:37   #
artBob Loc: Near Chicago
 
Great pic, powerful in light and composition. The wire adds to the diagonals theme. I do wonder if cropping the left a bit would add to the effect.

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Oct 13, 2018 10:58:07   #
R.G. Loc: Scotland
 
Thanks for the comments, everybody. I'll probably have a go at getting rid of the wire, but it doesn't look like an easy fix. I wish I could just let Content Aware do the work for me....

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Oct 13, 2018 11:22:00   #
artBob Loc: Near Chicago
 
R.G. wrote:
Thanks for the comments, everybody. I'll probably have a go at getting rid of the wire, but it doesn't look like an easy fix. I wish I could just let Content Aware do the work for me....

Actually, it is not hard to "fix," but I wouldn't, because as I see it, it then changes the photo from "real and inspiring" to "oh, another inspiring postcard scene."
An easy fix is the Spot Healing Brush tool in Photoshop, applied to same looking areas segmentally.
Good such, whichever way you go!

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Oct 14, 2018 08:35:03   #
fergmark Loc: norwalk connecticut
 
I certainly wouldn't remove the wire. I see it as an integral part of the composition that guided you to frame the shot as you did. Curious to peek into the shadows, I moved the shadow slider and concluded there was a really wide sweet spot for the image. As the sun rays pierce the land mass, things take an interesting turn. The warm stone color against the blue sky is quite nice, and the right side of the little house pops out nicely against the water. At no time does it seem as though the lights are being blown. Not saying I don't like how you have it here, but as I allow more light in, the dark vignette seems a little oppressive.

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Oct 14, 2018 11:04:32   #
R.G. Loc: Scotland
 
fergmark wrote:
I certainly wouldn't remove the wire. I see it as an integral part of the composition that guided you to frame the shot as you did. Curious to peek into the shadows, I moved the shadow slider and concluded there was a really wide sweet spot for the image. As the sun rays pierce the land mass, things take an interesting turn. The warm stone color against the blue sky is quite nice, and the right side of the little house pops out nicely against the water. At no time does it seem as though the lights are being blown. Not saying I don't like how you have it here, but as I allow more light in, the dark vignette seems a little oppressive.
I certainly wouldn't remove the wire. I see it as... (show quote)


I did see that possibility in the original but decided to go with the dramatic lighting that caught my eye in the first place. And doing a lightened edit would be the ordinary alternative.....

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Oct 15, 2018 08:58:04   #
ediesaul
 
To my eye, the wire seems to connect the cabin to the heavens, with the light source complementing the wire. If the image were mine, I'd get rid of the garbage can.

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Oct 15, 2018 11:38:01   #
R.G. Loc: Scotland
 
ediesaul wrote:
To my eye, the wire seems to connect the cabin to the heavens, with the light source complementing the wire. If the image were mine, I'd get rid of the garbage can.


Thanks for commenting, Edie. I'll probably eventually get rid of the wire to see if it's an improvement, but its presence doesn't bother me. In fact I didn't pay much attention to it until it got mentioned. I think the "garbage can" is a box with green rope on it, so it's a legitimate part of the scene.

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Oct 17, 2018 14:00:19   #
R.G. Loc: Scotland
 
Due to popular demand I decided to try the wire-gone version. I've never been in a situation where I thought that adding a wire was going to be a positive addition to a photo, so I'm inclined to go with the idea that they're probably worth getting rid of unless they're an unavoidable part of the story/sense of place/atmosphere.

I also brightened the sea behind the end of the pier to make that part of the pier more distinct.

As an aside, the original edit had extensive cloning in the region of the bright part of the sky, so cloning over that would have been fiddly. So I exported as a TIFF and imported the TIFF for further editing. The cloning was complication-free (apart from the usual problems associated with matching backgrounds).

Thanks for the comments that inspired me to persist. I think the end product is an improvement.

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Oct 18, 2018 21:49:32   #
ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore
 
R.G. wrote:
I don't think I'd want to go any more contre-jour than this...

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Wow! Super high impact. I might have been tempted to take out the wire; but that is a subjective matter. The light and the rays and the specular highlights....really good.
Erich

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Oct 19, 2018 12:24:12   #
R.G. Loc: Scotland
 
ebrunner wrote:
.....I might have been tempted to take out the wire.....


Thank you Erich. See the post above yours for the wire-free version.

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