Saturday morning walk

[sashbar]

Your compositions are clearly becoming more complicated, imaginative and as a result more interesting. I think you have made a big step forward.
2,3, and 5 stand out for me.

 

[ronlane]

Some really great shots. Number three, grabbed me the most. Have to say the blue water is troubling me. Would have preferred, a lighter shade. But really great shots. Later Ed

Thanks Ed. I can understand your issues with the blue water, however, I'll take blue over the color that it really looks

Love the Uhaul shot Ron, and that's really saying something because normally I despise B&W photography.. lol

Thank you.

 

[ronlane]

Your compositions are clearly becoming more complicated, imaginative and as a result more interesting. I think you have made a big step forward.
3,4 and 5 stand out for me.

Thanks Sashbar.

 

[sashbar]

ronlane - my mistake - it is 2,3 and 5.

 

[lambertpix]

Thank you lambertpix. What about #4 is too much? Is it the faux HDR look to it?

Right - the tone-mapped look seems like just a bit more than I'd prefer. Not that I haven't done that about a thousand times myself. I probably wouldn't have picked up on it if not for the trees -- they provide a perfect place for that high-contrast look to start getting busy.

 

[ronlane]

Thank you lambertpix. What about #4 is too much? Is it the faux HDR look to it?

Right - the tone-mapped look seems like just a bit more than I'd prefer. Not that I haven't done that about a thousand times myself. I probably wouldn't have picked up on it if not for the trees -- they provide a perfect place for that high-contrast look to start getting busy.

I can understand that. I use LR4 and the technique that I learned from Matt K. at Kelby Training. I put the highlights at -100, shadows at +100 and the clarity at anywhere from +80 - +100, with a curves of medium contrast. On occasions I'll lower the saturation to -10. I went back on this one and went to -19 and it seemed to help some.

 

[lambertpix]

I can understand that. I use LR4 and the technique that I learned from Matt K. at Kelby Training. I put the highlights at -100, shadows at +100 and the clarity at anywhere from +80 - +100, with a curves of medium contrast. On occasions I'll lower the saturation to -10. I went back on this one and went to -19 and it seemed to help some.

Could you apply those settings using a graduated filter across that top-left section? I bet if there was a little less processing in just the tree area, my eye wouldn't be drawn there by all that contrast. Not sure about that, but it might be worth a try.

 

[ronlane]

Some really great shots. Number three, grabbed me the most. Have to say the blue water is troubling me. Would have preferred, a lighter shade. But really great shots. Later Ed

Ed, I was back in that one editing it, so I took out some of the blue in the water, better?

I can understand that. I use LR4 and the technique that I learned from Matt K. at Kelby Training. I put the highlights at -100, shadows at +100 and the clarity at anywhere from +80 - +100, with a curves of medium contrast. On occasions I'll lower the saturation to -10. I went back on this one and went to -19 and it seemed to help some.

Could you apply those settings using a graduated filter across that top-left section? I bet if there was a little less processing in just the tree area, my eye wouldn't be drawn there by all that contrast. Not sure about that, but it might be worth a try.

I tried that and replaced the original photo in post #1. What do you think now? Possibly a little dark over all?

 

[lambertpix]

I tried that and replaced the original photo in post #1. What do you think now? Possibly a little dark over all?

Yeah, possibly. I think the contrast seems more even across the whole photo, though. I think any of these variations are good enough that they'll probably appeal to different tastes, but I think this is moving in the right direction for me, personally.

 

[ronlane]

Thanks, I pushed the exposure a bit and I'm way more happy with it. Making the change on here.

 

[lambertpix]

Thanks, I pushed the exposure a bit and I'm way more happy with it. Making the change on here.

I can see that now -- my eye's much more drawn to the details in the rocks & water now, vs. the trees. I like it. Very nice set.

 

[ronlane]

Thank you for the suggestions and compliment.

 

[The_Traveler]

I liked the bridge image but I think that it fails to convey what you might want.
There are two issues, curves and textures. The curves are beauty within a natural scene and the textures, particularly of the bridge, imply strength.

This is cropped so loosely that all the tension of the curve is lost and everything is so bright that the impact of the 'rugged' bridge doesn't materialize.

The sign so prominent and bright gives it an importance it doesn't deserve in the composition.
Cropping to emphasize the curve, include enough of the bridge to show its strength.
Darken the bridge to place it in opposition to the bright water and darken the sign even more to take away some of its prominence.

 

[ronlane]

Nice Lew, I like that. Thank you.

 

[ronlane]

Lew, I went back and made similar changes to this one and must admit, it is a better photo. I made mine a little darker.


Sat morning riverwalk-2 by Ron_Lane, on Flickr