Having been there myself, I have only one basic observation that is not meant to be a critique or negative... e.g. don't feel bad because of what I write. OK? Here goes.
The image, in any tone, color, sepia, gray-scale, does not capture the ambience and natural beauty that fills that area. IMO, it is way too wide an angle of a shot. The mountains are beautiful and the water is beautiful in that place. I haven't looked at anything but the original offering. There is too much water, too little mountains, and the colors are lost. and that's what adds so much beauty to the Canadian Rockies. If you live near there, go back often. :-) Tom C. On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:17 -0600, "Michael Hamilton" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Michael Hamilton wrote: >> > >> >> http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/images/MH100518.jpg >> >> >> >> This is one of the few 'serious' photographic attempts that I've made >> >> in a while. It's inspired by those photos that are often found in >> >> mountain resort lodges, such as the Jasper Park Lodge where I was >> >> staying. This is my favourite photograph to take, and I want to get >> >> better at it. >> >> >> >> What do you think? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Michael Hamilton >> >> >> >> >> > >> > Could we compare it to the unphotoshopped version? >> >> Okay, here are a couple more to compare: >> >> http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/images/MHlakeedith2.jpg (better sky >> colour, less sepia, adjusted horizon angle) >> http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/images/MHlakeedithorig.jpg (original, >> slight boost in blues, sharpening, etc) >> >> Thanks for your suggestions and comments so far! I've made a few >> improvements that I like already. >> > > > Well, I think the original is preferable. There's some detail in the > treeline whereas in the other versions, the treeline is pretty much a > dark, elongated blob. > > I'm not all that keen on sepia so I may be a bit prejudiced in > commenting, but if you like that sort of treatment, trying to bring out > a bit more detail in the sky of your first post would improve it, I > think. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
