Huachucas on a Cloudy Day

flygning · Jul 17, 2008

Just a quick edit using newfound knowledge about how curves actually work (instead of moving the line around until I think it looks cool :mrgreen

. What do you think?

Fox Paw · Jul 17, 2008

Nice one. I like the composition. You might consider sharpening it some and adding a little more contrast.

I know why you like the yucca, but the shot might be better with the yucca cropped out. To me, it competes with the tree in the center as a focal point. That crop would also get some of the elements off center. I may well be entirely wrong, but you might try it.

Keep it up. I've been enjoying your photos.

flygning · Jul 17, 2008

Thanks for looking!

Here's a bit more contrast:

I agree, I like this better.

I also tried a different crop:

Not sure if this particular crop does it for me. It seems almost more centered. I'll play around with some other ideas later.

Fox Paw · Jul 17, 2008

I now think I was wrong about the contrast.

flygning · Jul 17, 2008

Perhaps I did a bit too much contrast, but I don't like how little contrast there is between the mountains and clouds in the first shot. I'll play with it some more

icassell · Jul 17, 2008

Hey, I like it. I had another idea that came to me as I scrolled to read comments. Try cropping out the sky entirely (in other words, crop the top of the image at the bottom of the 'v' in the mountains which gets rid of the very back set of mountains entirely. This makes the bulk of the picture the foreground grass. I like the increased contrast). That looked sorta cool to me. I'd try it myself, but I'm at work without photoshop. I agree ... leave out the Yucca.

Ian

icassell · Jul 17, 2008

OK -- I tried it on Picassa which I can access from work. Not as precise as PS and I'm not very good with it, but I meant something like this ... It changes the character of the image, so you may not like it at all

... I should be working, but this is more fun

Ian

flygning · Jul 18, 2008

Ha, I tried it as well-

It does change the focus of the picture, but I really do like the detail in the grass.

We could also go the opposite direction-

The yucca is a tad off in this one too.

icassell · Jul 18, 2008

I like yours better with less saturation than mine. The second one keeps your idea of the cloudy sky which is also cool ... amazing what you can do with one exposure!

Puscas · Jul 18, 2008

I like your crop version the best (the oblong one), but to be honest, I find the pics a bit boring. There's nothing really grabbing my attention. It's pleasant to the eye, don't get me wrong, but I feel my eyes searching for something special in the picture, but it's not really there. Maybe it could have been the tree in pic #1, but it would have to be bigger.

just my 0.02

pascal

icassell · Jul 18, 2008

Puscas said:
I like your crop version the best (the oblong one), but to be honest, I find the pics a bit boring. There's nothing really grabbing my attention. It's pleasant to the eye, don't get me wrong, but I feel my eyes searching for something special in the picture, but it's not really there. Maybe it could have been the tree in pic #1, but it would have to be bigger.

just my 0.02

pascal

what, you didn't see the lion hiding in the grass?

Puscas · Jul 18, 2008

icassell said:
what, you didn't see the lion hiding in the grass?

don't you just hate camouflage....? :lol:

pascal

flygning · Jul 19, 2008

It really is amazing what you can do with just one scene. The possibilities are endless

Puscas-- to me, at least in the non-cropped versions, the mountains really are worth the shot. I love the Huachucas, they are such beautiful mountains. Plus, that silly lion wouldn't come out to play.