Brian - well you fooled me on the processing... I didnt see the first one but for this kind of photography I really object to altering an image with that much removal... tiny objects that appear to be dust or something is one thing, but removing the stump, although the photo looks better , bothers me... the light is beautiful, I like the contrast. The photo to me is a nature reportage type... the stumps are clearly cut by humans, etc... could be part of an essay on helping or damaging the environment... but if you fiddle around with the images in photoshop... welll... think of those extra missles in that news photo recently - where the photographer added one or something to get a more threatening image.
ann (who just woke up and gets gabby in the morning ;) ) Brian Walters wrote: >Thanks Christine, Charles, Jack, Rick, Doug, Dave, Paul, Frank (hope I >haven't missed anyone) for the comments on Take 1. > >Bit of variation in the comments - yes, the contrast is high but that >golden/orange light was what attracted me to it. I'm working on a river >project to show the Nepean River environs under all sorts of conditions >so I quite like this image in that context. > >Christine - not sure what that 'Brian Walters' Wow Dynamic' is. 'Brian >Walters' Wombat Droppings' is the reaction my photos usually >receive! :-)> > >Dave - hope you got out to take some photos after commenting.... > >Paul wondered whether the image might be improved if the stump on the >left without any illumination was removed. After playing around with >the idea a bit I decided that he was right. Hence - Take 2. > >http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/95818/Stumped_-_Take_2.html > > >The cloning and other manipulations around the left hand stump probably >need more work but I think it's an improved composition - still with >strong contrast, though. > >I also slightly increased the size of the image horizontally and then >cropped a bit off the left, to keep the original aspect ratio. > >What say you? > > >Cheers > >Brian > >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Brian Walters >Western Sydney Australia >http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
