hi Ed, I really like the zoom/blur effect, and the way the light radiates across the frame. Would there be a way to do this without the vignette? I'd like to see a version without it, just to compare the differences. Well done :)
Hey Jules. I'll let you like the totally unprocessed version but I am sticking with the first. I prefer the processing done in Viveza. The vignette wasn't necessary but I really liked the effect that I came up with so I stuck with it and will stick with it.
thanks for the repost Ed. I do like your second version better as the full impact of the zoom works much better in that one I think, and I like seeing the rays of light all the way though the frame. Very cool :)
Wow. That is a really nice choice of subject for a zoom blur and one I would have never thought of...until now. <We really need a devil smiley on this forum.> The streaks of light are very cool. I like both, but the first a bit better since the LL corner is sort of plain on the second one.
Ed, I love the zoom blur and the pp work of the first one. Very nice depth to the image. The white vignette pulls your eye to the outer edges rather than directing your eye into the scene. Maybe a darker vignette w/ a slight blur that is just a bit smaller would work?
First let me address my real accomplishment of the day. My response to Jules was done from my iPhone! I don't know that I'll ever get comfortable typing on those teeny tiny keys but I got the whole message done without any typos. Like I said, my big accomplishment of the day!
Now on to the vignette. First of all, it came about from some experimenting with Color Efex. I tried a number of different presets just to see what they would do. I kept coming back to one called Vignette Blur (I think). I liked the effect and started to play around with it. The way I played with the vignette blur was determined by the way I saw the light.
I viewed this image as rays of light coming toward me. So the action in this image, as I saw it, was from the center radiating out as opposed from the outside pulling me toward the center. Because I saw this as the light radiating outward from the center, I felt that the whitish vignette with reduced opacity so you could still see a little of the image through it gave those rays somewhere to go - a final resting place if you will. I must say that I really do like the effect that I managed to create in the image as originally presented.
But as always, different strokes for different folks.
Ed, I like the rays of light here. I don't mind the light vignette, but I think a more gradual blend into the vignette would be nice. Also, the empty foreground doesn't add anything for me, so I think I would have preferred a comp showing less of the foreground and more of the sky and trees where the light rays are. Of course, this is just my opinion.
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