I first made it high key although there was very little detail of movement in the water and I painted it out. I added fog with Color Efex. I used an Exposure 5 wet plate preset, tweaked. Then I added a texture.
Theme: Canada Geese in the Mist
I first made it high key although there was very little detail of movement in the water and I painted it out. I added fog with Color Efex. I used an Exposure 5 wet plate preset, tweaked. Then I added a texture.
Judy-this is fabulous! You started with a great capture and took it a couple of steps further. The only thing I would address are the blurry blobs of haze on the lead Goose. Wish I had a double pose like this in my files.
Nicely done, like the effects, not sure about the framing, TFS
Thanks Randall! I will see if I can fix the blobs. That happened in Exposure 5 for some reason.
Originally Posted by Randall Farhy
Thanks Paul. The effect is supposed to look like a wet plate vintage photo.
Great poses captured of the geese and I like the glowing circle that you used to surround and visually frame them. Thinking about the framing as per Paul's comments; I wonder if you made the two vertical edges softer like the horizontal edges. I think those more obvious details of the wet plate effect pull your eye away from the geese.
Thanks Nancy. I decided to just post one without the framing. Actually I will post 2 versions, one with the texture toned down with lower opacity and one without the texture.
Repost without frame or texture and neck fixed. I like it a lot this way too.
This one is the same as the above but with more subtle texture than the OP.
Can't choose! Like them both! I prefer the images without the framing since the circle glow already acts as a frame.
Hi Judy, it's a very nice image and you could take it several different ways. I like the original, as I am a fan of the really old processes, but I also appreciate your final repost. I do like the tamed-down texture of that final image and the cleaned up neck of the left goose. Nice work!
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Love the details of the Canada Geese. Well done. It is fun to see the geese grooming themselves, standing on that spit of land allowing you to capture the reflections. I like all three versions. Your idea of the wet plate is an interesting one. I wondered what would happen if I took some off the top, making the geese go more into the upper third of the image, instead of in the middle. I also took a tiny bit off the right side. Added some contrast and adjusted levels. Now that I see my version posted, it looks a bit warmer than I intended. I'd meant to keep it cool like your OP. Just another idea.
Thanks for the comments and suggestions Anita. Although your version is a good alternative, I prefer my original crop. I took down the contrast since it was supposed to be in the fog although if I wasn't submitting it as a theme image I would have left it higher contrast. I might post one with more contrast if I can do it easily in the psd file.
Hi, Judy, I'm partial to the OP
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