Very beautiful, Al! I love the dark blues, the sparkles in the sky and the still water. Besides fixing the tilt, I might clone out the bright light on the bottom left.
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I love this picture, it's very peaceful. I can almost hear the cry of the loons.
Allan, just a suggestion, purely a personal choice, but what if you tried cropping the left side of the picture, taking out the trees and the mountain "hump" and leaving only the grass silhouette in the water on the left edge, and the pier on the right edge. The picture then becomes sort of a vertical. I downloaded your pic and tried it, and I liked the result. I can post here if you like.
Less is more...
Cheers,
Marc.
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Thanks for all your comments. What I would like to do is smooth out the banding of the light, I can see this arc of distinct bands of light and I would like to smooth them out, any suggestions
I'd say the redo is still slightly tilted, and I agree with you that I noticed the banding of the light in the sky - I'm not totally sure how I'd go about fixing it, though. Maybe have a bit of a play with selecting a blue from a band and painting over the lines on a new layer, then have a play with blending modes and opacity and see if you can find anything that works?
It might be worth 10 minutes of your time to give it a shot anyway, because it's an incredibly beautiful image.
Edit: On second thoughts the redo might not be tilted after all, I think it was the different heights of the land on each side playing tricks on me.
Well I applied a gradient mask to the sky and it removed most of the banding, it is a subtle difference. I updated the first post so you can see the before and after.
Well I applied a gradient mask to the sky and it removed most of the banding, it is a subtle difference. I updated the first post so you can see the before and after.
Another tool, I use, if you have smugmug you can go into tools and use picnik.com. The softening tool is excellent.
The redo (second one) in the original post feels more banded (on my montior) when I look at it. The stars closer to the horizon are popping a bit more as a plus, though. On the kudo's side, my daughter just walked by and wanted to know if I was looking at National Georgraphic!
Was this picture originally taken in RAW or did the camera compress to JPEG?
The redo (second one) in the original post feels more banded (on my montior) when I look at it. The stars closer to the horizon are popping a bit more as a plus, though. On the kudo's side, my daughter just walked by and wanted to know if I was looking at National Georgraphic!
Was this picture originally taken in RAW or did the camera compress to JPEG?
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No you're cooking with Crisco! Love the redo!
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Thanks
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Allan, just a suggestion, purely a personal choice, but what if you tried cropping the left side of the picture, taking out the trees and the mountain "hump" and leaving only the grass silhouette in the water on the left edge, and the pier on the right edge. The picture then becomes sort of a vertical. I downloaded your pic and tried it, and I liked the result. I can post here if you like.
Less is more...
Cheers,
Marc.
Here is the <a href="http://alinbeaverton.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=605858969&ImageKey=NjoQU"> EXIF</a>
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It might be worth 10 minutes of your time to give it a shot anyway, because it's an incredibly beautiful image.
Edit: On second thoughts the redo might not be tilted after all, I think it was the different heights of the land on each side playing tricks on me.
Another tool, I use, if you have smugmug you can go into tools and use picnik.com. The softening tool is excellent.
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I do have smugmug but picnik doesn't work on my computer. I will have to look at my firewall.
Was this picture originally taken in RAW or did the camera compress to JPEG?
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I never shoot in RAW:D