Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: spring

  1. #1
    Forum Participant
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    New Zealand Auckland
    Posts
    297
    Threads
    122
    Thank You Posts

    Default spring

    Attached Images Attached Images
     
    D300 f11 1.5 sec added boarder some sharpening comments needed
    Grahame

  2. #2
    Forum Participant
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    West Nottingham, PA, USA
    Posts
    7,038
    Threads
    427
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Attached Images Attached Images
     
    Beautiful flowers in an unusual but striking vase. I especially like the buds on the right and the diagonal line created. The light is soft and complements the flowers.

    I think the overall image is a bit dark. I brightened it up using levels, curves, contrast and saturation. I also rotated the image slightly CW to get the horizontal table line straight. I cropped the bottom, despite the reflection. My thinking was that since only part of the vase was was reflected, cutting more off would not hurt; it also allowed the flowers to move down a bit into the rule of thirds position. I cloned some spots off the table, but there may be more to be done. It seems the BG on the left side is lighter than the rest. The dark BG nicely offsets the flowers.

    I hope these thoughts help. I imagine others will share their views.

    Thanks for sharing these beautiful flowers.

  3. #3
    Roman Kurywczak
    Guest

    Default

    Hi Gahame,
    I think Anita was correct that this was dark a bit overall. As mentioned a striking composition with the nice vase adding to the image. I do like the crop she chose and the direction with the lighting.....although you could go in many directions with that. Oveall, nicely done and making the suggested tweaks only takes this up a notch.

  4. #4
    Forum Participant
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    New Zealand Auckland
    Posts
    297
    Threads
    122
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Thank you both for your comments have followed your ideas and i must admit it really pops and my wife now thinks i am improving.
    Many thanks Grahame

  5. #5
    Forum Participant
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    West Nottingham, PA, USA
    Posts
    7,038
    Threads
    427
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Grahame Hamblin View Post
    Thank you both for your comments have followed your ideas and i must admit it really pops and my wife now thinks i am improving.
    Many thanks Grahame
    You are improving. I learn so much from the critiques I get on this and other forums here at BPN.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Web Analytics