Feedback on shoreline shot...

colbycolby Registered Users Posts: 3 Beginner grinner
edited May 16, 2008 in Landscapes
please be blunt! Looking for helpful suggestions/comments as this is my first post here and just started doing some processing work to get the mood of this place. Thank you in advance!

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  • colbycolby Registered Users Posts: 3 Beginner grinner
    edited May 14, 2008
    one more for your opinions...
    working to get a realistic look but messing around with extending the tones in PS (not using HDR software)...

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  • davidweaverdavidweaver Registered Users Posts: 681 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2008
    Number 1 looks like a bad use of a lensbaby. Sorry. :-(

    How about posting the original shot???

    The out of focus area on a wide angle shot is also kinda...hmmm..weird to me. The composition is cool. It also reminds me of a pinhole camera shot somehow.


    Number 2 is a solid shot.
    Cheers.
  • Quzol1Quzol1 Registered Users Posts: 167 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2008
    I can't say much about #1 either.
    #2 is much better, try burning in the white in the upper right hand corner. I don't think you want to crop the shot enought to get rid of the white. That would make the shot to cramped.
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  • PezpixPezpix Registered Users Posts: 391 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2008
    I like the first shot, but the framing needs to be more offset one way or another to me. Try shooting more ocean, less trees since the majority of it is just black in the trees anyway. thumb.gif
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  • colbycolby Registered Users Posts: 3 Beginner grinner
    edited May 15, 2008
    davidweaver wrote:
    Number 1 looks like a bad use of a lensbaby. Sorry. :-(

    How about posting the original shot???

    The out of focus area on a wide angle shot is also kinda...hmmm..weird to me. The composition is cool. It also reminds me of a pinhole camera shot somehow.


    Number 2 is a solid shot.
    Cheers.

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    Here's the original shot. I agree about the cropping and am rethinking the blurring to this degree. Main question...how would I get a shot like this super sharp...the logs and the middle area are somewhat blurry still? I used a tripod and a D200...would you shoot at a higher F-Stop, like F22 or? Would the ultimate way to get sharpness be in combining two images taken with a 12-24mm Nikon lens into one photo.? thanks again for your advice! thumb.gif
  • PezpixPezpix Registered Users Posts: 391 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2008
    Colby, I like the processed finish you added FYI. The low-key color made it very moody. Great job. What was your workflow to achieve that color and tone by chance?

    A tilt-shift lens could achieve the blur that you are hoping for, but if you cannot get ahold of one, perhaps a focus stacking bracket?
    If you can at around f4-6.3ish and focus on two or three key points while keeping that background as blurred as possible, it should achieve your goal IMO
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,957 moderator
    edited May 16, 2008
    The lighting & compo in #1 looks good. Lose the blur/motion. If you want
    motion blur, do it with exposure and get that buttery smooth surface that
    makes the shot.
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,957 moderator
    edited May 16, 2008
    colby wrote:
    working to get a realistic look but messing around with extending the tones in PS (not using HDR software)...

    I like the way this turned out. Not really color and not really b&w. It made me
    really look at the shot and see the detail that you've achieved in post.
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