Poles At The Ready

DaddyO

A work in progress... Banging some PP ideas around. This is one result.

adbsgicom

It has a very dreamy feel to it. Cool image. The only down side is the lack of contrast against the sky, but that works with the pp you've chosen as they just kinda fade out. Good choices!

DaddyO

Thanks for your commenting Andrew. Appreciate the "good choices". in PP.
Michael

Dogdots

WOW - the blue just pops in this photo with a little orange/red on the reels. Nice photo and good editing too Looks like an Orton, but not really sure..so if it is you did a good job on it. As for the sky...it doesn't bother me at all. My mind is seeing fog

DaddyO

Appreciate your nice comment Mary Kim.
I was pleased with the blue too. There is just a very slight Orton
Effect. Just barely but I think it works for this image in getting that
bit-o-fog look for the sky as you mention. Michael

Dogdots

DaddyO wrote:

Appreciate your nice comment Mary Kim.
I was pleased with the blue too. There is just a very slight Orton
Effect. Just barely but I think it works for this image in getting that
bit-o-fog look for the sky as you mention. Michael

A very slight Orton can give you that foggy look. Good choice as I think it helps much better then trying to add fog a different way.

Panther

Howdy Michael,

Really like the look and feel of this one, and the blue is just so pleasing to the
eye.


Very nicely done!!

DaddyO

Craig, thanks for saying. Agreed. Its a pretty cool blue.

jpc

Gray choppy water and an overcast sky are horrible conditions, but you pulled it off. I also like the colors, composition and the "Orton". You can create the same effect in Lightroom 2 by moving the Clarity slider to the left, creating a negative value. The effect works very well on this pic. Nice choice.

rwells

Michael,

Several things to like in this image.

Perspective
Colors ~ the blue & the orange on the reels
Processing ~ I like that the rods melt into the grey sky. The rod guide wrappings now stand out.

I'd say you've created a nice image

DaddyO

jpc wrote:

Gray choppy water and an overcast sky are horrible conditions, but you pulled it off. I also like the colors, composition and the "Orton". You can create the same effect in Lightroom 2 by moving the Clarity slider to the left, creating a negative value. The effect works very well on this pic. Nice choice.

My thanks JPC. It was a difficult day on many levels. Being ill 3 out of 4 hours
wasn't my cup of tea. I don't do sea well even on a 50 ft. boat.

Nice of you to say "pulled it off". Sometimes good things can come from a
iffy shot.

Clarity slider... nice point and will have to check it out. Michael

DaddyO

rwells wrote:

Michael,

Several things to like in this image.

Perspective
Colors ~ the blue & the orange on the reels
Processing ~ I like that the rods melt into the grey sky. The rod guide wrappings now stand out.

I'd say you've created a nice image

Nice way to put it Randy. The points you mentioned were my marks and
focus for enhance for a possible result. Thanks for saying.