Hi Rob ... That's a nice piece of work. I like that you're experimenting with the possibilities that the digital workflow has to offer. Of course, much of what you're doing is translatable to film, as well.
What I like about this photo is that the manipulations aren't heavy handed. The boat and sky look to be in pretty good relationship to one another. Having visited Miranda's site, the photos used for example have been treated with a heavy-handed approach. The subtlety of shadows in the evening have been translated to what the foreground might look like during the day instead of how they'd appear in the evening. It's a good tool, but needs judicious application and careful thought and planning - as do most tools. Shel Belinkoff > [Original Message] > From: Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This PAW is the product of an experiment the focus of which was to preserve the > colours of the sun rise and sky in the image without sacrificing all detail in > its foreground. > > To form the image I selectively combined two shots from a +_1 stop bracket in > Photoshop. I pasted the darker image over the brightest image, registered the > images (set top layer opacity temporarily to 50%) and then set about > selectively erasing the areas of the darker image (good sky) with a feathered > brush at 25% opacity until I came up this: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2412599&size=lg > > It's not perfect but it gives me a lot of ideas for future images along the > same vein particularly given that it was only hand held. > > Comments and criticisms welcome.
