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[adamjenzerr]

Any comments or ideas would be great.
Thanks

 

[Skhigh]

I like this shot! I am a contrast freak so I think I would have upped the contrast more and maybe...maybe blurred the back leaves a bit to make the boat pop out a bit more..but I would have to play with it to see if it would work.

 

[adamjenzerr]

be my guest lol

 

[Skhigh]

I turned the contrast way up, blurred and burned the background leaves...

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

I wish for just a little more room on the left side, but, it's still a nice image.

 

[adamjenzerr]

thanks, i could put justt a bit more on the left side.

 

[Blairg]

<img src="http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=12384"/>

Any comments or ideas would be great.
Thanks

Looks great

 

[Haya.H]

I played I think it was lacking contrast, it kinda looked flat to me.

 

[Cpi2011]

Excellent shot looking so great !!

 

[amolitor]

Gah. The original is a perfectly nice composition, but is an oversharpened mess, which is why it looks a little flat overall.

All the efforts to "improve" it are just terrible, though.

I like the contrasting textures of the leafy background and the water, and the boat's a very attractive element well-placed in the frame. I like the strong diagonal and the way the foreshortening gives a sense of motion in the boat, which is nonetheless the very model of stillness. It gives a sense of anticipation, of a readiness to move even in this old and worn boat. If you hadn't slammed the "sharpen" lever over so hard, the boat's texture would probably be fairly pleasing, and the leaves would look less chaotic. As it is the whole thing feels somewhat busy and hard to look at. Also, you're have kept more non-local contrast, your blacks would be blacker and the white's whiter, and it would make the contrast freaks (and me) happier.

Excellent photograph, which is flawed by overprocessing (which is, happily, fixable!)

 

[FireDiva]

The original image told a story, very nice shot.

 

[adamjenzerr]

Thanks for the info. I will try to fix. I really need a class in CS5. Would you be a ble to show an example for me so i can learn.