Three renditions of the same photo in Monument Valley.
Which do you prefer?
I really like most of all #1, but what I don't like is the detail in the foreground. It seems like you started on a good interpretation of the photo, but then quit before you were done. All three are nice in their own interpretation, but I would like to see #1 with a little more of the foreground done in line with the rest of the photo. In #2 the foreground is a little too much overdone. But, certainly, #3 is a beautiful photo on its own.
rdfarr
Loc: Floridian living in AL
AlanD wrote:
Three renditions of the same photo in Monument Valley.
Which do you prefer?
I really like most of all #1, but what I don't like is the detail in the foreground. It seems like you started on a good interpretation of the photo, but then quit before you were done. All three are nice in their own interpretation, but I would like to see #1 with a little more of the foreground done in line with the rest of the photo. In #2 the foreground is a little too much overdone. But, certainly, #3 is a beautiful photo on its own.
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It's been a good while since I did this work. For #1, I probably liked the high texture you see in the sky, but not for the foreground so I masked some of that out. If you view the full size photo, you'll see the brush doesn't actually have that much detail.
Thanks for your thoughtful comments.
rdfarr wrote:
Three renditions of the same photo in Monument Valley.
Which do you prefer?
It is a lovely symmetrical composition with a great sky and a nice foreground. The first two are very creative and do add a certain splash to the photo; but the third is definitely to my taste. I'd hang that one on a wall.
Erich
rdfarr
Loc: Floridian living in AL
ebrunner wrote:
It is a lovely symmetrical composition with a great sky and a nice foreground. The first two are very creative and do add a certain splash to the photo; but the third is definitely to my taste. I'd hang that one on a wall.
Erich
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I decide to revisit the photo, which I'd worked on a few years ago, to see if I could improve on #3 which I was not entirely satisfied with.
See below.
Yes, I'm sorry, I didn't download, and the downloaded looks much better, but while I like #3 as a photo, I still like what the software enables us (well not me yet) to transform these photos. I certainly love #3, we were out West this summer and none of mine came this close, but I still love the artistic expression allowed by the software (PP) to transform these images into more than just "photos". It just seems to me that #1 could use, well maybe, just a little more work on the foreground, which I would enjoy viewing, I'm sure you could teach me a great deal on the process, which I would love. But, alas, that is only my personal opinion. We went through Monument Valley and the Canyonlands of Utah this past June, but we were on a schedule and I wasn't permitted to take too much time for the photography.
DickC
Loc: NE Washington state
#1 looks like a water color.
Well, maybe, I should be more explicit... The broad "strokes" of the sky (which I love) do not seem to go with the apparent detail in the foreground.
Bricol
Loc: LOWESTOFT, ENGLAND
Nature did a pretty good job in Monument Valley and your No3 shows nature at its best.
Thank you for sharing.
Bricol
Loc: LOWESTOFT, ENGLAND
Nature did a pretty good in Monument Valley and your No3 does credit to Nature.
Thank you for sharing
rdfarr
Loc: Floridian living in AL
AlanD wrote:
Well, maybe, I should be more explicit... The broad "strokes" of the sky (which I love) do not seem to go with the apparent detail in the foreground.
Agreed. The broad strokes in the sky probably didn't work for me on the foreground, so I "painted" or smoothed it out on the foreground. It's been awhile since I did that work.
No question. #3. Color, contrast is much better than 1 and 2.
Madman
Loc: Gulf Coast, Florida USA
Very easy choice for me - number three is the winner.
I prefer natural looking photographs and while a water color treatment can be very good, in my opinion, the post processing in numbers one and two is excessive.
That is my opinion only - the winner for you is the one that you like best.
I like them all, but #3 is my favorite. I also like the processing you posted later.
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