Riverscape perspective
Dec 2, 2018 07:44:53 #
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Dec 3, 2018 06:01:07 #
Delderby wrote:
Converging lines? 
Halo on skyline through over-sharpening, so carried out an experiment of cloning over the halo. Result attached here.
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Dec 3, 2018 10:38:24 #
With all due respect, it looks to me like a photo school assignment on converging lines. You definitely have that, and the scene is pretty, but there’s really nothing in the photo that grabs my attention.
Dec 3, 2018 10:49:12 #
That's a very straight and very orderly river. Even the banks are incredibly groomed and neat. The surrounding countryside is really pretty. The colours are nice. I do see the haloing. I get that sometimes when I overuse the Clarity slider. That said, I think the image is a bit TOO perfect and therefore lacks real interest. If the river had a bend in it, or the banks were not so groomed, it would hold more interest. It's a lovely image, just not an attention-grabber.
Dec 3, 2018 11:40:02 #
Keep 'em coming - I have to agree - the River Witham in Lincolnshire UK was canalised by the Romans and joined the Midlands to the North Sea. As such and as I was cruising it on my boat, I felt compelled to record it exactly as it now is 2000 years later.
Dec 3, 2018 12:47:40 #
Just wondering if that is a house hidden in the trees on the left? If so, what a pretty spot to live!
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Dec 3, 2018 13:32:50 #
Linda2 wrote:
Just wondering if that is a house hidden in the trees on the left? If so, what a pretty spot to live!
It is a house - there are one or two lucky people who live in houses along the high bank - usually hidden behind the trees.
Dec 4, 2018 06:05:27 #
Its one of those that makes me ask what do you do with it now? Its hardly a print and hang effort, not something of interest to show friends and neighbors so does one keep this or just ditch it as its useful life is over. I am a definite ditcher of stuff like this and yep we all take them.
As for the shot its over sharpened and very mundane. Those Romans were a little unadventurous when digging canals it seems. Probably in a hurry to feed a few Christians to some lions and get a good orgy going.
As for the shot its over sharpened and very mundane. Those Romans were a little unadventurous when digging canals it seems. Probably in a hurry to feed a few Christians to some lions and get a good orgy going.
Dec 4, 2018 08:23:34 #
canadaboy wrote:
Its one of those that makes me ask what do you do ... (show quote)
I use it as a wallpaper - shows icons clearly. It's certainly more interesting than the Windows 10 motif. I'm sure that most photos get dumped. My good stuff is printed in 7x5 albums. I have only a few on the walls.
Dec 14, 2018 21:42:53 #
Delderby wrote:
Converging lines?
Definitely!
Thanks for the historical note!
Dave
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Dec 15, 2018 19:17:19 #
I disagree that you don't have [the makings of] a special photo here. I read a lot of critiques trying to force a pretty, "scenic" view. That is not the shot. It is very symmetrical and orderly, and to criticize it for being symmetrical and orderly does not make sense, as many painters (Sisley and Holder shown here) and photographers (unknown, but topic can be googled) work very hard at this.
Were you to work at this aspect (if you like the idea), you could have a strong statement. Note the clarity of edge and differentiation of each area to reinforce the perspective.
Were you to work at this aspect (if you like the idea), you could have a strong statement. Note the clarity of edge and differentiation of each area to reinforce the perspective.
Dec 15, 2018 19:37:52 #
Heather Iles
Loc: UK, Somerset
artBob wrote:
I disagree that you don't have the makings of a ... (show quote)
Yes, it is all in the eye of the beholder. Once you have made a name for yourself as those artists have, it doesn't matter what they put out as it would be considered artistic and a lot of money would be paid for their work.
Dec 15, 2018 19:43:31 #
Heather Iles wrote:
Yes, it is all in the eye of the beholder. Once you have made a name for yourself as those artists have, it doesn't matter what they put out as it would be considered artistic and a lot of money would be paid for their work.
Heather, while that is true of almost every field, it is not relevant to the point here. These, and others, had AS THEIR AIM, to make an ordered, non "scenic" statement. To judge the OP's work by arbitrary personal tastes of "scenic" may well miss the point, unless the OP was trying to be scenic.
Dec 16, 2018 00:26:02 #
artBob wrote:
I disagree that you don't have the makings of a ... (show quote)
Thanks Bob, thanks Heather - I am encouraged.
Attached is a photo that hangs on my wall - far from being technically perfect, it has always created much interest when viewed first time by visitors. Copies do hang in several homes, with one (on request) PPd to seem like an oil painting.
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