does this cut it for LPS#10?

Briggie

so, should i submit it? this would be my first entry, so i'm a bit nervous...



http://briggie.smugmug.com/photos/newexif.mg?ImageID=179410338

I'm getting photo shop elements tonight (finally!! :barb)... any ideas on what i should do to tweak it into shape are greatly appreciated!

Thanks!!

B

pyroPrints.com

I think it's good. Nice colors.

Briggie

pyroPrints.com wrote:

I think it's good. Nice colors.

would you crop the bottom water up to the rocks on the right... like this:




or, would you leave it as is?

pyroPrints.com

Maybe... I would also try a 10:4 pano crop as suggested recently in this forum. This crop actually comes up exactly up to the stones in the water.

The way I do this kind of crop is as follows (perhaps someone has better techniques:
I create a new image 100px by 40px with a black (or white, or pink if you want) background. Copy and past as a new layer in your image. I apply 30% opacity to the layer so I can see through the rectangle. After that I use the transform tool (while holding shift to constrain proportions) to compose my crop by enlarging and moving around this rectangle. After I'm done, I pull guides all around the rectangle and use the crop tool to crop the photo.
Let me know if you got all that =c)

Tessa HD

oooh, very pretty - go for it!

Briggie

pyroPrints.com wrote:

Maybe... I would also try a 10:4 pano crop as suggested recently in this forum. This crop actually comes up exactly up to the stones in the water.

The way I do this kind of crop is as follows (perhaps someone has better techniques:
I create a new image 100px by 40px with a black (or white, or pink if you want) background. Copy and past as a new layer in your image. I apply 30% opacity to the layer so I can see through the rectangle. After that I use the transform tool (while holding shift to constrain proportions) to compose my crop by enlarging and moving around this rectangle. After I'm done, I pull guides all around the rectangle and use the crop tool to crop the photo.
Let me know if you got all that =c)

Hmm...pretty nifty method. I'll try that!

Briggie

well...after FINALLY making a photo during the contest that actually pertains to the theme, and that i actually like...i realize that my camera was showing the wrong year!!! 2006!! not 2007!!! ARRGGGG!!!! I even picked up a copy of photoshopt to work on the hues and saturation, all for nothing!! do you think the mods will accept it anyway?... doubt it!

Oh well...maybe i can catch another fantastic sunset like that this weekend. luckily its just about a half hour from here... SOOOO FRUSTRATING!!!!

:cry... brige

LiquidAir

Briggie wrote:

well...after FINALLY making a photo during the contest that actually pertains to the theme, and that i actually like...i realize that my camera was showing the wrong year!!! 2006!! not 2007!!! ARRGGGG!!!! I even picked up a copy of photoshopt to work on the hues and saturation, all for nothing!! do you think the mods will accept it anyway?... doubt it!

Oh well...maybe i can catch another fantastic sunset like that this weekend. luckily its just about a half hour from here... SOOOO FRUSTRATING!!!!

:cry... brige

PM DoctorIt about it.

pyroPrints.com

Considering that data could be doctored, that data doesn't by itself prove anything. Unless I get corrected by the the powers that be, we're working on an honors system here. You should be ok.

Briggie

pyroPrints.com wrote:

Considering that data could be doctored, that data doesn't by itself prove anything. Unless I get corrected by the the powers that be, we're working on an honors system here. You should be ok.

but, check out the exif on my post. i took the picture on July 31st, 2007, but it shows "date taken" as July 31st, 2006...then i played around with it on the 1st of August, 2007, and that shows up correctly in "date modified", since my computer knows what date it is...

:cry.... i'm really bummed... i really doubt they'd go for it. i'll try and "recapture the moment" on the weekend. got a few days yet to get a photo in! wish me luck!! and thanks for all the help!!

BTW, i think i managed that 10:4 crop ... here it is, for the record:



...and you're right! i think it looks better with this ratio!

B

pyroPrints.com

Briggie wrote:

but, check out the exif on my post. i took the picture on July 31st, 2007, but it shows "date taken" as July 31st, 2006...then i played around with it on the 1st of August, 2007, and that shows up correctly in "date modified", since my computer knows what date it is...

...and you're right! i think it looks better with this ratio!

B

I understand what you're saying. But since the EXIF data can be faked, the fact that your data is off doesn't mean as much as you think it does. My images all go though PS, so half the time I don't even have the EXIF embedded, and just post the date shot.

Shay, Andy, DoctorIT.. wanna weight in on this?

dlscott56

Very nice. Like your last cropping and hope you get the ok to enter. Good luck.

Briggie

LiquidAir wrote:

PM DoctorIt about it.

Worth a shot... good idea!...thanks!

Briggie

dlscott56 wrote:

Very nice. Like your last cropping and hope you get the ok to enter. Good luck.

Thanks Dave!... i hope so too!!... but i'll certainly check my camera setting more often!! There's a lesson to be learned in all things!!

BistiArt

Landlubbers Opinion

Briggie wrote:

BTW, i think i managed that 10:4 crop ...
...and you're right! i think it looks better with this ratio!

B

Whats the old song title,
"you gotta Have heart...?"

I like the sea side image, being landlocked. The soft, pastel colors certainly make a nice feeling and the boat standing by itself adds character...

Briggie

BistiArt wrote:

Whats the old song title,
"you gotta Have heart...?"

I like the sea side image, being landlocked. The soft, pastel colors certainly make a nice feeling and the boat standing by itself adds character...

Thanks! I really lucked out! I guess smog alerts have their uses!! Makes for rich sunset colours!
B